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09-10-2018, 08:00 AM
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I understand the information presented, I said wheel I should have said wheel and tire, I never took the time to google combined wheel and tire diameter. I drive Clapped out accord with a quarter of a million miles on it and a salvage yard tranny so if it gets even 29 mpg and I can drive it 80 miles a day to work I’m not complaining. I was short in my reply because I didn’t want him to ask me another question that he already had the answer too so that I could post an incorrect response and he could correct me while at the same time stroking his own ego and Bragging about his three cars that aren’t RL’s. As I said before I am here to learn about the RL and what it is capable of.
09-10-2018, 08:04 AM
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^Please see above response.
I’m kind of shocked that this is the thread that would devolve and not the “what gas do you use” one from some time ago. Usually those get way more animated, right alongside the “which oil do you use” threads
I’m kind of shocked that this is the thread that would devolve and not the “what gas do you use” one from some time ago. Usually those get way more animated, right alongside the “which oil do you use” threads
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Ken1997TL (09-10-2018)
10-06-2018, 07:47 PM
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I drive mostly highway and never average less than 22 and usually average 24-25. I have averaged over 30 on a trip that was all highway, but I had a tailwind. My wife however never averages more than 22, even with 60% highway. She just drives harder and isn’t fuel conscious. Unless I have some nice twisting turns to accelerate out of I’m more of a hypermile driver. I have over 150,000 on my RL, and use only 93+ octane almost exclusively from BP(I get discounted fuel with gas card), and drive 163 miles round trip daily for work. Lol I drive an ‘01 civic to work usually though.
10-12-2018, 04:21 PM
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19-21mpg avg - mixed city and hwy... note that on hwy I don't care much about speed limit - I drive as everyone else and then add 5mph up 
so 80-85mph
Also, I use V-power all the time
so 80-85mphAlso, I use V-power all the time
10-12-2018, 09:50 PM
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14-16 city, 20s highway, never more than 26-27 even at a steady cruise-controlled 75 mph. Same mileage I've always gotten; car is in pretty good tune. As noted above by another owner, and as is true of every car, winter is worse. I'm pretty sure every car's engine computer makes the fuel-air mixture richer for drivability in cold weather.
The miles-to-empty calculator on my car seems to be calibrated pretty conservatively when the tank is over half full, although on one of the few occasions I actually tested it by letting it get low, it was dropping toward zero at an excessive rate of speed that suggested it was inaccurate either before or afterward.
The miles-to-empty calculator on my car seems to be calibrated pretty conservatively when the tank is over half full, although on one of the few occasions I actually tested it by letting it get low, it was dropping toward zero at an excessive rate of speed that suggested it was inaccurate either before or afterward.
12-31-2018, 02:53 PM
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I live in the Bay Area home of the bad traffic it’s usually stop and go around commuting hours I travel a hour to get home I get about 18 mpg city
QUOTE=Walfunk;16259802]Do you guys mind posting your ave miles per gallon and number of miles that you get if you drive until the gas warning light comes on? Really only interested in 2G RL's. Thanks.
Right now I'm getting like 22mpg on mostly highway driving. Is that about right or should it be higher?[/QUOTE]
12-31-2018, 07:11 PM
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I live in the Bay Area home of the bad traffic it’s usually stop and go around commuting hours I travel a hour to get home I get about 18 mpg city
QUOTE=Walfunk;16259802]Do you guys mind posting your ave miles per gallon and number of miles that you get if you drive until the gas warning light comes on? Really only interested in 2G RL's. Thanks.
Right now I'm getting like 22mpg on mostly highway driving. Is that about right or should it be higher?
I'm in the San Jose metro area and in the city I get 15-18 mpg. Since freeways are often stop and go, I also get the same mpg there. At steady state cruising around 65-75 mph, I get about 26-28 mpg.
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TonyCD (12-31-2018)
12-31-2018, 08:06 PM
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Schen, thanks for what I consider an honest assessment. That mileage is very similar to mine, both city and highway. I don't like it when I've seen some people make what I considered outlandish claims about the MPG they get with their RL's. People considering one of these cars deserve to know that when they pick up a 4,100-pound, AWD, 290-HP car, they're not going to get what people think of as "Honda gas mileage." I've read people saying they get numbers like 31 MPG. My car is in excellent condition and I've driven it in every kind of conditions for nearly a decade. In my experience, I couldn't get 31 MPG with my RL if I dropped it out of a cargo plane.
12-31-2018, 10:50 PM
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Schen, thanks for what I consider an honest assessment. That mileage is very similar to mine, both city and highway. I don't like it when I've seen some people make what I considered outlandish claims about the MPG they get with their RL's. People considering one of these cars deserve to know that when they pick up a 4,100-pound, AWD, 290-HP car, they're not going to get what people think of as "Honda gas mileage." I've read people saying they get numbers like 31 MPG. My car is in excellent condition and I've driven it in every kind of conditions for nearly a decade. In my experience, I couldn't get 31 MPG with my RL if I dropped it out of a cargo plane.
01-01-2019, 11:56 AM
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Fk no!TheyldstroyEvrthing
I'll test the mileage, but I can certainly confirm that I get much more mileage when i fill gas in the US.
01-01-2019, 09:11 PM
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Something to keep in mind is how is mpg measured... people who put cruise on 55-60mph and then reset the mpg should simply state that is what they are doing...
Bottom line a real mpg is a REAL mpg when you simply report what your car says without altering the circumstances or condition in which the certain mpg was reported... if you take 1000 miles trip, say what it was based on the car calculating it... so yeah, if you floor it report that say it be HONEST... because all you do with alterations is lie to yourself saying "my RL goes 35mpg on hwy" - because you know that's not true...
Bottom line a real mpg is a REAL mpg when you simply report what your car says without altering the circumstances or condition in which the certain mpg was reported... if you take 1000 miles trip, say what it was based on the car calculating it... so yeah, if you floor it report that say it be HONEST... because all you do with alterations is lie to yourself saying "my RL goes 35mpg on hwy" - because you know that's not true...
01-19-2019, 08:59 AM
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I am getting about 15 mpg in the city.... seems like sometimes I can watch the fuel needle move as I drive. Its probably the only downside I can find about this car other than the crappy material on the glovebox!
01-19-2019, 09:14 PM
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Three Wheelin'
Sounds about right. I get slightly more MPG in the city but probably because I feather the gas pedal and do a lot of coasting up to red lights. If I drove like most people and peeled away from traffic lights, 15 (or less) is definitely the norm. Keep in mind in 2005, for a heavy car like this, this MPG was normal.
01-19-2019, 09:57 PM
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Null and proud of it
The RL is a highway cruiser at heart, like any J series car. Awesome MPG highway, and sad, sad mpg in heavy city traffic. My TL got 33 mpg highway. The RL has a slightly bigger engine and more weight, but IMO, expecting almost 30 mpg highway would be rational.
01-21-2019, 09:01 PM
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MID says 20.7 over the last 800 miles, I'm not 100% sure but I think I get somewhere around 300 per tank. That's probably like 60% city style driving with low speeds and traffic lights. I definitely do not have a heavy foot either. I've seen this car get 25+ MPG on trips but it tanks when you're not out on the highway
01-22-2019, 06:17 AM
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I drive like an old man, and live in PA and have never seen anything above 15.5 mpg....... I have 93,000 miles and was going to do a spark plug and pcv valve change, but the shop said I didnt need to.
01-22-2019, 07:06 AM
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It matters not how you drive if you spend most of your time in heavy traffic.
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01-23-2019, 01:30 AM
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I've been around 18.5-19MPG with 80% city, 20% highway. Hoping to change out the PCV and replace the air filter in the coming weeks. If this thing could get 25MPG on the freeway, I'm a happy man.
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