In article <4645af4f$0$8963$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
Dave Kelsen <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> > 30 only. My 4 banger auto 2003 Accord gets 34 to 37 at 70-80 mph w/
> > passengers. But even better than that, it's paid for.
>
> Hold on to that car.
>
> My 4 cylinder auto 2003 Accord has never gotten 34 mpg on any tank, with
> all maintenance faithfully done and tire pressure properly maintained.
> Over 101,704 miles, I have gotten 27.77 mpg (3,662.12 gallons) - and a
> lot of those miles are highway miles.
>
> Granting that a lot of those were at 80-85 rather than 70-80 mph, I find
> your mileage estimates amazing.

Huh. My 2000 Accord--a jewel of engineering, 4 cylinders and manual
transmission--regularly got 35mpg going up and down the mountains in
summer with the AC on--and 75-80mph was very common.

It's no surprise that a newer design would get 34 to 37 with passengers.

It's also no surprise that your automatic trans model gets a bit
less--but 28 lifetime with mostly highway miles? Should be more than
that, I'd think, unless you had a BUNCH of very very short trips in very
cold weather in there to drag it way down.

You're stating a lifetime average. Do you have any tank to tank numbers
you can share? Did you ever get 34 to 37 on a tank, given that most of
your tanks were probably all highway miles?