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I own a 1998 Prelude which has an automatic transmission, I purchased
this car about 7 months ago. What kind of mileage do you Prelude
owners get?

I seem to average around 20 mpg which only gets worse in cold weather
driving. On a full tank I might get 280 miles, some times 270 if I'm
lucky once in a while I get about 290 to a tank. This seems to be
about 40/60 city & highway.

I like this car but would like better MPG. I recently changed the
plugs & air filter but that's it.

Should I be getting better than this?

<mrkrl@aol.com> wrote
>I own a 1998 Prelude which has an automatic transmission, I
>purchased
> this car about 7 months ago. What kind of mileage do you
> Prelude
> owners get?
>
> I seem to average around 20 mpg which only gets worse in
> cold weather
> driving. On a full tank I might get 280 miles, some times
> 270 if I'm
> lucky once in a while I get about 290 to a tank. This
> seems to be
> about 40/60 city & highway.

fueleconomy.gov says mileage should be around 21 mpg
combined city and highway for your Prelude.

> I like this car but would like better MPG. I recently
> changed the
> plugs & air filter but that's it.

Try the tips at:
http://honda.lioness.googlepages.com/gasmileagetips to
ensure optimal mileage.

<mrkrl@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I own a 1998 Prelude which has an automatic transmission, I purchased
> this car about 7 months ago. What kind of mileage do you Prelude
> owners get?
>
> I seem to average around 20 mpg which only gets worse in cold weather
> driving. On a full tank I might get 280 miles, some times 270 if I'm
> lucky once in a while I get about 290 to a tank. This seems to be
> about 40/60 city & highway.
>
> I like this car but would like better MPG. I recently changed the
> plugs & air filter but that's it.
>
> Should I be getting better than this?

You might get 27-28 on the highway -- which was what I typically got on the
01 5 spd I owned. 20 around town with your auto is probably about it. The
Prelude turns a high rpm -- I recollect 4200 at 80, so the mileage is not
what you would get on an I4 Accord.