Honda Car Forum

Hello;

Purchased new 2003 honda CRV EX with auto.
I do a combination of freeway/expressway/city driving.

Best fuel economy I've ever gotten was driving on hiway 17 to santa cruz and
back, no detours, straight hiway 17 driving, got a bit over 23 mpg.

many times most of my driving will be on the hiway/freeway with some
expressway driving and a few miles of city driving (when I exit the freeway)
to get home.
My best fuel economy for that has never been over 22mpg.

I am not a lead foot, although I do use my a/c alot.

what kind of MPG have other owners gotten doing similiar driving.

"jazz man" <ileong@hotmail.com> wrote
> Hello;
>
> Purchased new 2003 honda CRV EX with auto.
> I do a combination of freeway/expressway/city driving.
>
> Best fuel economy I've ever gotten was driving on hiway 17 to santa cruz and
> back, no detours, straight hiway 17 driving, got a bit over 23 mpg.
>
> many times most of my driving will be on the hiway/freeway with some
> expressway driving and a few miles of city driving (when I exit the freeway)
> to get home.
> My best fuel economy for that has never been over 22mpg.
>
> I am not a lead foot, although I do use my a/c alot.
>
> what kind of MPG have other owners gotten doing similiar driving.

My Honda's lots different from yours, but I wanted to ask people the same
question, along with what speed seems to give the best fuel efficiency. I have a
1991 Civic, 5-speed manual transmission.

I am getting 41-44 miles per gallon, with mostly suburban driving; not too many
frequent stops. On the highway with the cruise control set at 67 mph to 70 mph,
I seem to get closer to 41 mpg. I think my optimal speed is around 40-50 mph.
Anyone else notice this?

I understand new cars have to break in. The best fuel mileage occurs in
subsequent years?

Also, as I've posted a few times now, my mileage went up 10 to 20% after I
replaced my PCV valve last spring. Now I'm trying to clean the PCV valve with a
little WD-40 every other oil change or so and before long trips.

"jazz man" <ileong@hotmail.com>, being of unsound mind, did utter in
news:x5Vrb.8774$Gu4.5030@news.cpqcorp.net:

> Hello;
>
> Purchased new 2003 honda CRV EX with auto.
> I do a combination of freeway/expressway/city driving.


Don't even THINK about measuring your mileage until you have at *least* 10K
on the odometer. It will be the pits before that. Rings are still bedding
in and all that.

Hope you have not driven steady-state rpms for any length of time with that
new motor. Also hope you have changed the factory oil at the specified
interval, and NOT sooner.


--
TeGGeR®

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:38:56 GMT, "Caliban"
<caliban03nospam@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I am getting 41-44 miles per gallon, with mostly suburban driving; not too many
>frequent stops. On the highway with the cruise control set at 67 mph to 70 mph,
>I seem to get closer to 41 mpg. I think my optimal speed is around 40-50 mph.
>Anyone else notice this?
>
>I understand new cars have to break in. The best fuel mileage occurs in
>subsequent years?
>
>Also, as I've posted a few times now, my mileage went up 10 to 20% after I
>replaced my PCV valve last spring. Now I'm trying to clean the PCV valve with a
>little WD-40 every other oil change or so and before long trips.

With my 94 Civic DX w/159k on it and a 5-Spd, I can go 60-100mph and
still get anywhere between 38-48mpg. IOW, I can go 60mph steady on one
tank and get 38mpg, and go 80mph the next tank and still get 38mpg, or
I might get 42, or 46, or some other number. I do know that the best
tank of gas I ever got was going cross-country in Tennessee going
west, when I got 485 miles on a tank and put in 10 gallons to fill it
up. The last LONG trip I took was going from OKC to San Antonio, and I
hit traffic in Dallas and Austin both on the way there, and averaged
75 mph on the way back with no traffic problems. Every single tank
with 5 people in the car and luggage (and 100+ lbs of speakers) was
about 38mpg both there and back.

Nate