Re: 2006 Honda accord with low gas mileage. 20MPG? Anyone else?
 

I have been tracking my mileage since September of this year and am
averaging 21.17 MPG. Granted mine is an '05 but there's not that much
different
"efrank" <frank27603@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>> There are 2 drive setting on the Honda, if she was useing D3 and nor D
>> it would explain the low milage. On 14 Nov 2006 06:41:30 -0800,
>> "snoopy_@excite.com"
>> <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.
>>
> Are you sure tank is only 17 gal? Not 20 gal?

Re: 2006 Honda accord with low gas mileage. 20MPG? Anyone else?
 

I have been tracking my mileage since September of this year and am
averaging 21.17 MPG. Granted mine is an '05 but there's not that much
different
"efrank" <frank27603@cox.net> wrote in message
news:aeofh.5199$a14.2122@newsfe24.lga...
> Jim wrote:
>> There are 2 drive setting on the Honda, if she was useing D3 and nor D
>> it would explain the low milage. On 14 Nov 2006 06:41:30 -0800,
>> "snoopy_@excite.com"
>> <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.
>>
> Are you sure tank is only 17 gal? Not 20 gal?

Re: 2006 Honda accord with low gas mileage. 20MPG? Anyone else?
 

I have been tracking my mileage since September of this year and am
averaging 21.17 MPG. Granted mine is an '05 but there's not that much
different
"efrank" <frank27603@cox.net> wrote in message
news:aeofh.5199$a14.2122@newsfe24.lga...
> Jim wrote:
>> There are 2 drive setting on the Honda, if she was useing D3 and nor D
>> it would explain the low milage. On 14 Nov 2006 06:41:30 -0800,
>> "snoopy_@excite.com"
>> <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.
>>
> Are you sure tank is only 17 gal? Not 20 gal?

Re: 2006 Honda accord with low gas mileage. 20MPG? Anyone else?
 

I have been tracking my mileage since September of this year and am
averaging 21.17 MPG. Granted mine is an '05 but there's not that much
different
"efrank" <frank27603@cox.net> wrote in message
news:aeofh.5199$a14.2122@newsfe24.lga...
> Jim wrote:
>> There are 2 drive setting on the Honda, if she was useing D3 and nor D
>> it would explain the low milage. On 14 Nov 2006 06:41:30 -0800,
>> "snoopy_@excite.com"
>> <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.
>>
> Are you sure tank is only 17 gal? Not 20 gal?