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Hello,
I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
this MPG. Thanks.

snoopy_@excite.com wrote:

> Hello,
> I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
> not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
> for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
> see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> this MPG. Thanks.

If it's a leftover, then I assume it is actually "new" and needs to be
broken in.

Also...

Is this city, highway or mixed?

What are your driving habits like? Aggressive or easy-going?

How are the tire pressures?

It's a mix, mostly suburban but we have a lot of stop-n-go too.

It's only two months old so I haven't checked the tires yet, only 1200
miles on it (3 miles on it when I bought it). My wife drives the car,
she is kind of a fast driver, she refers to the car as her "zippy" car.


High Tech Misfit wrote:
> snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
> > not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
> > for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> > Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> > 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> > 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
> > see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> > this MPG. Thanks.
>
> If it's a leftover, then I assume it is actually "new" and needs to be
> broken in.
>
> Also...
>
> Is this city, highway or mixed?
>
> What are your driving habits like? Aggressive or easy-going?
>
> How are the tire pressures?

I wouldn't get too excited. This 'break-in' stuff is pure BS. I have
13000kms on my '06 Civic and the fuel mileage can only be described as
horrible. I agree that the advertised mileage is unachievable for any
vehicle, however, other family members that have recenlty purchased '06 GM
vehicles are getting a number almost halfway between the advertised "city"
number and the advertised "highway" number as their average.

The advertisements for the '06 Civic, IIRC, are 5.7 L/100km HWY and 8.2
L/100km CITY. Right now my total average is 9.1. Over the last four tanks,
my mileage has dropped to slightly over 10L/100km and one tank hit
11L/100km. Our '92 Accord EX averaged 11!

Here's my mileage from every tank of fuel (in USmpg) since the car was brand
spankin' new, see how there is no "break-in" period when it comes to
mileage? Anyway, car is going into the shop tomorrow because there is
definatly something wrong.

25.0
26.1
24.4
25.7
26.6
24.4
23.1
26.1
26.8
32.2
31.0
23.1
25.6
35.8
29.0
34.1
24.1
27.4
24.9
25.3
24.2
24.4
28.9
25.0
24.2
27.2
23.3
23.0
21.4
23.1

Steve

<snoopy_@excite.com> wrote in message
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> It's a mix, mostly suburban but we have a lot of stop-n-go too.
>
> It's only two months old so I haven't checked the tires yet, only 1200
> miles on it (3 miles on it when I bought it). My wife drives the car,
> she is kind of a fast driver, she refers to the car as her "zippy" car.
>
>
> High Tech Misfit wrote:
> > snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage
is
> > > not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the
car
> > > for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> > > Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> > > 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> > > 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone
else
> > > see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> > > this MPG. Thanks.
> >
> > If it's a leftover, then I assume it is actually "new" and needs to be
> > broken in.
> >
> > Also...
> >
> > Is this city, highway or mixed?
> >
> > What are your driving habits like? Aggressive or easy-going?
> >
> > How are the tire pressures?
>

snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
> not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
> for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
> see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> this MPG. Thanks.
>

Our '03 V-6 Accord can return low 20s fuel economy when we use it in
short trip grocery-getter mode. Highway economy ranges from 26-30 mpg
depending upon speeds and conditions.

John

> I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
> not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
> for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
> see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> this MPG. Thanks.

My wife's 2005 Civic EX 5 speed coupe was EPA 32/38. She gets
25 mpg driving around town (lots of 1st and 2nd) and 35 mpg on the
road at 70+ mph. She drives it agressively !

Her 1997 Civic EX 5 speed coupe was the same way.

Lynn

snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
> My wife drives the car,
> she is kind of a fast driver, she refers to the car as her "zippy" car.
>


Ah ha! If you put your foot into it the Accord can certainly burn
plenty of fuel, especially if you have the V-6.

John

Yeah, but this is a 4 cyl.

If I knew I would have gotten 18, I probably would have bought her a
bigger car, but she has this thing about fuel consumption. I drive a
lincoln town car that has a large V-8 and it gets 18 MPG around town;
and it's 6 years old.


John Horner wrote:
> snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
> > My wife drives the car,
> > she is kind of a fast driver, she refers to the car as her "zippy" car.
> >
>
>
> Ah ha! If you put your foot into it the Accord can certainly burn
> plenty of fuel, especially if you have the V-6.
>
> John

Is this Accord a V6? or a itec 4?

Johnny
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snoopy_@excite.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord LX-E leftover and the gas mileage is
> not much better than my lincoln town car!. I've been driving the car
> for a few months and finally tried to calculate it. The tank is 17
> Galons, I filled it to the top. Then I drove until I was on E again,
> 280 miles. I filled the tank up and put 13.9 Gallons in it. I figure
> 280/13.9=20 MPG. It was supposed to be 27 City, 32 Hwy. Anyone else
> see these type of numbers? Drives and handles great, only problem is
> this MPG. Thanks.

Lynn McGuire wrote:

> My wife's 2005 Civic EX 5 speed coupe was EPA 32/38. She gets
> 25 mpg driving around town (lots of 1st and 2nd) and 35 mpg on the
> road at 70+ mph. She drives it agressively !
>
> Her 1997 Civic EX 5 speed coupe was the same way.

My 2004 Civic LX automatic averaged 40mpg on a recent 350 mile stretch,
mostly on the highway doing 55-65mph.