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Originally Posted by HondaHondo
True, there is no objective reality but there is a collective reality. So unless everyone who has weighed in on MPG -- from CR right down to the forum users-- are shading the truth, I am an exception, so far. Everyone's collective experience tells me that I am getting less than I should.
I've had the opportunity to work with the people at CU and other indepenent (unpaid) testing failities and they come close to the consumer's experience. The cars are driven by people in everyday circumstances.
But I do realize that there are many factors in the CR testing that might or might not relate to my unique driving experience. So I refer again to the colletive evidence suggests that I'm underperforming.
My tire pressure is right on. I have not played with that yet.
One thing that Honda passed on to me, which you all have confirmed, is that there is a breaking in periood. This was charted on the EPA web site as well. Long range testing showed that as you begin to head toward 2K miles you increase your MPG noticeably. They charted two HAH over several months.
So, unless someone else can confirm that they too are getting 9 city  and averaging 18 MPG  , I have to believe there is much more to explore on my end. |
Hi; I have been reading your post and the different post of others regarding your FE and have just a few things to say. I have owned many-many Hondas over the yrs. including the Hot Dog 6-Speed 2-door coupes and (NONE) have ever come even close to the FE you are experiencing with you car. I do not live in N.Y. but I have driven the crap out of some of the cars and believe me they did not get 9 MPG City, 14 Hwy. , if they did I would have traded them off A.S.A.P. and never looked back. I realize that this info. is not telling you how to improve your existing FE but I hope that it will tell you that I am not aware of any Honda that gets that sorry of FE period. I'm sorry but I think I would consider getting rid of that car and move on because truthfully I cannot see you changing these numbers to where they make some (Major-Improvement).
This is not meant to "Slam" Honda but more I hope to simply say to you if (No-One) including Honda can offer some real assistance to this situation I would think about getting rid of the car unless you can (Live) with the FE it is going to deliver even after some miles is put on it.
I wish you the very best and hope you can come up to some solution that will work for you.
Regards
Terry