jesuswalks

The whole time i have had my car i average 22.6 mpg for the 600 miles i have driven. The audi a4 has less hp and a turbo engine and gets better gas mileage. It gets a-24/32, m- 23/34. Why is that? also isnt it heavier? I thought i would get much better gas milage. I have filled up my car twice already and i have 600 miles on it.

Jeff The Pianist

are you doing mostly city driving? MPG will also improve after break-in

VegaTSX

City driving will give you low mpg, try driving on highway, That's where you get the 30+ mpg. I noticed the same thing when i drive in the city i only get around 20ish mpg, but when i get on the highway that's when you notice the higher mpg.

manda

I've been seeing similar mpg (~22.2 mpg) but I can attribute that to mostly city driving. As others have said, I expect my mpg will improve after break-in.

ck123

try different brands of gas. My tsx has about 900 miles and i filled up twice. Dealer filled up before it left the lot.
City miles really kills your gas

littleorangeman

A.) 91 octane or higher
B.) Do more highway driving
C.) Mileage will get better as the engine gets broken in
D.) Don't freak out

evo_to_tsx

when I fill the gas tank up, the range on my navi tells me I can go 497 miles; my low fuel light usually comes on between 400 - 420 miles... so anything in between those numbers between fill-up is normal to me.. after a while of owning a tsx, you wont pay attention to the fuel economy as much.. we all know it can achieve great numbers if you baby it (especially on the highway) but that kinda takes away the fun of driving =)

SoCaliTrojan

First, the stated EPA fuel economy rating for the 2006 TSX:

Manual: 22/30 mpg
Automatic: 22/31 mpg

The first number is the city driving. The second number is what you'd get if most of the miles is highway/freeway.

So it looks about right. Your fuel economy will improve after you've gained some more miles. Mine still isn't on par with everyone else's, but it is better than my first month with the car.

Second, the stated EPA ratings are like laboratory results. They don't exactly reflect real-time driving. We all do a mixture of city and highway driving. You can't exactly compare your real-time value to the EPA rating of another car. You need to ask around and see what they're actually getting.

I average around 21-22 mpg, but i don't do any freeway driving. I live 4 miles from work, and I get stopped at a traffic light almost every half mile. I also accelerate fast/hard all the time. In my first couple of months, I was averaging around 16-18 mpg. Thus, I've seen an improvement (despite my driving style becoming more aggressive now that I don't have to baby the car as much). When I went to Vegas, my mpg was around 28 mpg with all highway, so my car needs some more time before it reaches the stated ratings.

Depending on how you drive, you can get your TSX to be very fuel-efficient. I think there's a thread where people try to get 500 miles out of a single tank of gas. But then you wouldn't be able to enjoy your car as much. I don't mind paying for a little bit more of gas if it means I can have fun driving.

psteng19

Do you have the 5AT or 6MT?

Psychologically, I feel that manuals gets better gas mileage in the city because it can free wheel in neutral and coast a lot, whereas the auto still has to crank the torque converter.

LuvMyTSX

I get 24-25 mpg on my '04, with all city driving. I live 3 miles from work and very rarely get to go on any highways.

Gen4MDX

Just returned from a roadtrip and averaged 33.5 mpg's. This was over several mountain passes and an average speed between 70-75, sometimes higher. Car only has about 1,500 miles. Was averaging about 21 in town, a lot of very short trips, which kills mpg's.

savage

first road trip i went on with the tsx was boston to montreal and i got about 32-33 mpg while going about 75-80mph the whole trip...

ussually i avg about 24mpg... city driving, limited highway...

Ronin317

See, this is the problem with all the misleading numbers out there. You get Chevy and whoever stating they have X amount of vehicles that get 30 or more MPG, but in fine, tiny ass print a the bottom of the screen it says "average based on highway mileage under controlled conditions". Thus, people begin to panic when they get 22-23 mpg. It's normal. There's many many other people out there getting FAR worse MPG than you. Take a look at anyone in anything 10 years old or older. chances are you're getting 50% more MPG than most of them. I listened to some guy complain that his 1989 Lincoln Towncar only gets about 14mpg...well, there's a reason for that.

Not to be a prick, but really, if you were that concerned about gas mileage, you bought the wrong car and should have done more research beforehand. The TSX isn't an MPG champ - it's a sport-lux hybrid (not engine).

Knox

I'm at 7300 miles in my 2006 and around town, I get between 22-24 on average. On the interstate, around 34 on average. As I always say, if you can't afford the gas that goes into the car, you can't afford the car. So, get used to the lower city averages.

kboosman00

I avg 25.4 w/ a mixture of city and highway driving. As everyone else has already touched on, as your engine breaks in you will notice better mpg.

curls

In my 2004 (w/ a 2006 short block), since the new engine was put in, I've driven approx. 2900 miles. My MPG calculations say I'm averaging 25.61 mpg (US) over that time.

That's about 90% city driving. I'd say the new engine is closer to being fully broken in now... I can feel it and my fuel consumption has gone up a bit throughout the entire 2900 miles.

ruffellprefley

i'm at 1500 miles, but have yet to see any significant post-break in mpg increases. am i still in a second-stage break in period or something?

i know it depends on how it was broken in and how i drive, but is there a ballpark mile mark where i should start to see better mpg?

i did the break in in this thread:https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=break

(now i see that i'm still in the extended break-in until around 3000)

PixelHarmony

Did you pick that out of some info tab on the car? Try reading the TSX posted MPG I heard it gets 22-30MT and 22-31AT

Seriously, around campus I literally got about 17mpg due to all the damn stops, crosswalks, stop lights, etc... I don't complain about it because when I get on the highway I pull a cool 34mpg while doing 70-75mph.

Maybe it's your driving? I'm sure if you got behind the wheels of an audi it'll be about the same.

Gen4MDX

[QUOTE=curls]In my 2004 (w/ a 2006 short block), since the new engine was put in, I've driven approx. 2900 miles.QUOTE]

What's the reason for the '06 short block?

SoCaliTrojan

I'm confused. You say the car is a sport-lux hybrid, but not the engine. If the engine's not a sporty engine, then wouldn't it have great MPG?

True, depending on what review you read, the car is considered sporty or luxury. However, this mostly relates to the interior features and the suspension. The engine itself wasn't designed to be all-powerful. It's 4-cylinders is more fuel-efficient than the 6-cylinder TL.

RL: 18/26 mpg
TL: 20/29 mpg (both auto and MT)
TSX: 22/30 mpg (MT) and 22/31 mpg (auto)
RSX: 27/34 mpg (base MT)
25/34 mpg (base auto)
23/31 mpg (type-s)

If he wanted a fuel-efficient Acura with 4-doors, then he chose correctly. The RSX is the only one with better gas mileage, but most RSX owners I've seen on the road definitely don't drive like a grandma.

A car with all features standard for less than $30k, with great fuel economy -->

Sure, he could have gotten a civic hybrid or prius, but then he wouldn't have as much fun driving.

EuRTSX

I'm at 20-22 right now, still around 3.8k miles, about ready for first service. It'll get better once broken in.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

I just filled up my tank today and got 26.11 mpg city/hwy. That's with average 4k rpm shifts and red line often. Average hwy speed is 70. I'd say that's damn good gas mileage with all the mods I have.

drunkenbuda

Ahhh, yeah. Thats really good for all the mods you have.....I'm shock!

jesuswalks

That mpg i posed was for the audi, showing how a car that has a turbo gets better gas mileage. it also has 200 hp where the tsx has 5 more.

pilotbiffster

Just got home from my first trip to Bay Area and back and averaged about 32mpg, mostly highway/freeway driving, 60-75mph.

oem tsx

bad gas mileage? learn how to drive or maintain your car

curls

[QUOTE=tsturbo]https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28541

Should give you the details of it.

PixelHarmony

Last I checked the TSX had a 2.4L engine and Audi had a 1.8L engine. Also I know it's an Audi you were talking about. You posted up sticker stats on the Audi so I did so for the TSX to let you know that they are just figures given by the manufacturer and can vary with different drivers.

But I would assume turbos have more efficient milage.

vidgamer

Not necessarily? My wife's subie is lucky to get 23 mpg highway. Let's not mention city. Me, I usually get 26-28 around town (mostly high traffic highway to work). My last couple of fillups averaged 27.3 mpg. I can't complain about that. LOVE Honda/Acura.

SunnyG

i noticed an improvement in gas mileage after the first few thousand miles. i usually average about 26mpg with a mix of city/highway, and when it's predominantly highway i get around 30-31mpg. now only if our car was designed to run on regular fuel!

Ronin317

Yeah, I meant not fuel economy, and the damn "five minutes to edit a typo" rule blows...

kingkong222

Took a road trip from Oregon to Atlanta covering 2600 miles across the continent. My 06 TSX drove like a champ up and down the mountains across Utah and the plains of Wyoming and Nebraska. I also got a chance to test out the gas mileage on the TSX, both with regular and premium unleaded. My average speed was 83 mph. The pictures speak for itself.

Hoosier_Buddy

zot09

STFU, 72.1 No way! hahaha

My 06 is horrible in terms of mileage. I've averaged roughly 25.5 mpg in the last few thousand miles, but the only reason it's that high is because of my trips to NorCal and back. I seriously think I only get about 16mpg in the city

frescagod

are you calculating your mileage correctly, or are you referring to the navigation calculator? when i took delivery of my car, the MPG was on 19 until i finally reset it after ~2 tanks and it showed the correct mixed city/highway (of around 26-27). the first few hundred miles that i drove were at 70mph on the highway, which is 30-32 mpg territory, but the nav system MPG readout didn't change an inch.

maybe try resetting it and go from there? otherwise, you can't beat filling up, driving x number of miles, filling up again, and dividing the total miles by the # of gallons you put in. over time, it will give you a more accurate depiction of your gas mileage.

tdottsx

no way your gettin 72 mpg. thats insane. i would kill for anything close to that. im gettin 11-13 litres per 100 km. dont know wat that converts to in MPG

EscaBoi

If you see below his 72MPG it says he's driven 6 miles on the car. So it most likely means he just filled up after getting off the highway.

miked8887

It's not done averaging yet. It missed out on a lot of lower instances that should contribute to your average. Its just like saying you got a 100% on one exam and declaring that your average is 100% when its really going to turn out lower in the end. You kind of have to understand the way averages work. If you calculate an average after 2 seconds of driving on the highway with the accelerator not pressed, you get like 100MPG at that instant. You want the average over the whole 'school year.' If you reset it, you'll notice that it goes something like 72, to 12, to 65, to 21, to 40, etc... until it zeros in or converges on the actual average. Averages are more valid after driving a long time. You're not getting 72MPG... I'd bet a testicle.

I was getting 13 MPG overall in March because I was leaving it in the lowest gear so I can bounce around and have fun with the torque. Then I had to intervene and stop having so much fun. For city streets with 25mph speed limits, I found that if I punch it at first and enjoy 1st gear and most of 2nd and just let off the accelerator after shifting to 3rd, I get 20MPG city. It's a trade off. You either have to pick fun or fuel economy. I found my way of driving so that I'm in the middle. That is, I get some fun and some fuel economy.

There are tips of course. I can tell you what I know about getting better fuel econ:
1) of course, stay in the highest gear possible for your speed so you can cruise more,
2) I take great advantage of downward hills.
3) If you rev it enough in 1st gear, skip 2nd and just cruise in 3rd
4) cruise control when possible
5) pick roads with less stop signs and higher speed limits so you can cruise.
6) blow off red lights...... just joking.

If you watch the instantaneous fuel econ, you'll notice that you get 60MPG after letting off the gas to cruise. You get around 0-5 when accelerating. So stopping and going really hurts bad.

ESHBG

The TSX is awful for city mpg, and one of my biggest gripes with the car. It's a high performance 4 cyl moving a decent amount of car, though, so I guess one shouldn't really complain. Here's our stats from another thread:

Year of your car - 2007

- Cost of fill up + price of gasoline in your area - Depends on how low we take the tank of course, but around $56.00+ is a safe bet (we use Premium only).

- MPG - This is where it gets very tricky, and we have experienced dismal city readings since day one unfortunately. Our worst tank was 16+mpg while the engine was still breaking in and we are lucky to get 20+ most of the time. I don't think anything is wrong with the car per se, just a combination of factors working against us (e.g. very short trips to the office, all stop and go, crappy gas in our area, etc.). On our all highway trips to go back home and see family, we can easily pull 33+, though.

- % of highway driving - regularly, 5% on an entire tank at best.

-Mileage: 10,500

silkk8482

I found out that by having you RPM under 2000 you can get excellent gas mileage. So when your doing city driving try not to have your RPM over 2000. I garantee you will see a difference in your gas mileage.