Have been driving my Hybrid w/ tech Package or a few weeks. First week, I was averaging 38 MPG, now I am consistently doing 43. I do mostly HW driving, and try to watch how I drive. But I do downshift to accelerate and also do AC.

Anyone else with hybrid want to share what they are seeing?

 

Inhabitat got 44 mpg in the hybrid ILX WITHOUT using the Econ button, and driving similarly to you.

Reference HERE

So it appears that Acura could be underestimating the mileage? If so, this would be a PR boon for Acura.

BTW, WELCOME to Acurazine, SantaBarbaran. It appears you are ILX owner #3 on the site and the first hybrid owner. Please post your purchase details in the ILX owner sign-in thread-HERE.

Could you share your other driving impressions of the ILX, interior, etc., as well?

 

Welcome to Acurazine and congrats on your new car. That is pretty nice mileage for a hybrid that doesn't look like a hybrid (thank God!). I'm sure people would like to know about the drivability of the car. How does it accelerate to get on the highway? Passing? Do you drive with Econ mode on or off? How is space in the trunk? I assume the rear seat does not go down.

 

They probably underrated the MPG's after the amount of crap Honda has been going through with the Civic Hybrid debacle.

 

Typical Honda way of doing things...

 

Yes, welcome! And look forward to hearing about your other impressions about the car (and some pictures!). Congratulations on the MPG success.

 

For the love of God, please tell me why Premium gasoline is recommended in the ILX? Isn't the hybrid the same thing as the one in the civic? Has anyone tried putting regular in the hybrid and 2.0L engine? Notice any changes in mpg?

It would seem, especially when Lexus and Buick have moved to regular in their lower models, that Acura should be doing the same to stay competitive. Regular should be what is required in a vehicle like the ILX.

 

To suit the "premium" image of Acura lol.

 

I'm curious to know if the original poster is going by the mid estimate on the cars dash, or going by miles traveled/gallons.

On my TSX, the mid says 1.5 mpg better than it comes out to in real life.

Oh, and congratz on the new car, I think they look real nice.

 

LoL! I mean, the mpg that some reviewers and new owners are getting out of the hybrid are fantastic, but it is with premium gas. I'd be interested to see if that same mpg can be obtained with regular gas. If you could get the same mpg out of the hybrid and 2.0L I4 with regular gas then that would be pretty impressive and just add to even a greater bang for your buck value if you got the ILX, and you'd be in an Acura, which is a hell of a lot nicer than a Civic.

 

Based on the compression ratio, I don't think there's a need to use premium fuel for the ILX hybrid. The compress ratio isn't that high that it would require higher octane.....But for a new ILX owner, they'd most likely want to stay safe and fill the car with premium fuel.

 

This Hybrid drivetrain is the same as the Civic which doesn't need it. They may have specified 91 Octane because that is what they used to claim the expected mileage, but I don't think the engine needs it.

 

Yea, exactly my thoughts.

 

We test drove an ILX Hybrid today and after a 30 minute drive where we both drove fairly conservatively, but in traffic and in 95+ degree heat we only were showing 30 mpg on the MID (which would mean 28 in reality). It appeared the battery never achieved a full charge during this time so we're not sure what the car is capable of achieving. The dealer said the car was running on on premium and mileage would be slightly worse on regular. But, after returning to the dealership and asking whether premium was recommended or required to get the rated mileage there was a big debate and the sales guys didn't agree on the answer. We're planning to drive it again when the battery is fully charge to see how well it does in typical summer city driving.

 

Can anybody give any fuel economy numbers they are getting on the 2.0L I4 with the 5spd automatic transmission?

 

Sounds like the hybrid is underrated just like the CR-Z.

 

I've spoken to two ILX owners with that configuration, they got 37+ mpg on the highway. Long trips with mountain passes.

 

2.0 I4 here. Car states I'm getting 9.8L/100 km, although I'm sure in reality it's around the 7L mark as the number was initially close to 11L because of my hot foot and it's been going down ever since. I'll reset that gauge and give you a real number after a couple days of driving.

I hover around 5L/100 km when I'm on the highway. The gas needle doesn't even budge.

 

What's that in American?

 

Rephrased in MPG from this calculator: http://calculator-converter.com/l_10...per_100_km.php

2.0 I4 here. Car states I'm getting 24 MPG, although I'm sure in reality it's around the 34 MPG mark as the number was initially close to 11L because of my hot foot and it's been going down ever since. I'll reset that gauge and give you a real number after a couple days of driving.

I hover around 42-47 MPG when I'm on the highway. The gas needle doesn't even budge.

 

Seeing that Acura.ca says I should be at 5.6L on the highway, 42 MPG would be more accurate for that last line than up to 47 MPG.

 

thanks for converting it for us...wondering what ill average once/if i get the 6 manual...tyson, care to provide your thoughts on mileage

 

He said: "Getting 32+ MPG".

 

^these mpg numbers seem to be under-rated across the board then, huh?

 

It appears Tyson has been doing most of his driving (6MT) on the highway therefore not so much but numbers may be very slightly better than advertised.