Sounds about right, maybe you will get some more mpg once your car settles.
Gas Mileage???
Since I'm a brand new MDX owner, I'm not quite sure what is the real gas mileage of MDX is???
I've been driving about 50/50 on local and freeway but it seems like I only get around 17mpg.
Would appreciate if you guys can give me some feed backs.
I've been driving about 50/50 on local and freeway but it seems like I only get around 17mpg.
Would appreciate if you guys can give me some feed backs.
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Check these threads for some good info/experiences re: mileage
Ghost's Initial MDX Mileage Survey Results
Ghost's MDX Mileage Survey Results - Chapter II
Mileage history and discussion (related to Ghost's posts)
If you do a for mileage several other good discussions will pop up.
Ghost's Initial MDX Mileage Survey Results
Ghost's MDX Mileage Survey Results - Chapter II
Mileage history and discussion (related to Ghost's posts)
If you do a
for mileage several other good discussions will pop up.I usually average about 17-18 mpg during my normal commuting from the burbs to downtown. On my trip to Gainesville last weekend for the Gators v. 'Nole game (approx. 250 miles roundtrip from Orlando), my mpg was exactly 20.1 according to the trip computer, which is more points than the 'Noles scored against the Gators This consisted of everything from high speed (85+mph on some stretches of highway) to bumper to bumper game day traffic in Gainesville. On a couple of mostly highway trips to the gulf coast beaches I've averaged 22 mpg, but I noticed that while actually driving the speed limit on the highway the computer would indicate 25+ mpg. Thus, like most SUVs the MDX mileage begins to plummet the faster you go above roughly 70 mph due to aerodynamic drag. I think I read somewhere that the EPA computes highway mpg at an average speed of only 45 mph, so IMO it will be difficult for most boxy SUVs to attain the EPAs highway mpg in real life highway driving of say 75 mph where the drag is way higher than it is at 45 mph. This might explain why I almost always see other SUVs chugging along in the slow lane on the highway when I whiz past them in the fast lane
This consisted of everything from high speed (85+mph on some stretches of highway) to bumper to bumper game day traffic in Gainesville. On a couple of mostly highway trips to the gulf coast beaches I've averaged 22 mpg, but I noticed that while actually driving the speed limit on the highway the computer would indicate 25+ mpg. Thus, like most SUVs the MDX mileage begins to plummet the faster you go above roughly 70 mph due to aerodynamic drag. I think I read somewhere that the EPA computes highway mpg at an average speed of only 45 mph, so IMO it will be difficult for most boxy SUVs to attain the EPAs highway mpg in real life highway driving of say 75 mph where the drag is way higher than it is at 45 mph. This might explain why I almost always see other SUVs chugging along in the slow lane on the highway when I whiz past them in the fast lane 23 mpg? I haven't ever broke or come close to 20... All this time, I thought everyone was exaggerating to imply that their X was better than mine...
We got 23 MPG on our trips to and from Lake Tahoe last winter.
But typically we get around 17 MPG during the Bay Area commute up the Penninsula.
Would love to get up to the 19 MPG level on a regular basis.
But typically we get around 17 MPG during the Bay Area commute up the Penninsula.
Would love to get up to the 19 MPG level on a regular basis.
I am now convinced that Granite Green MDXs get about 4 mpg less than their Mesa Beige and Redrock Pearl counterparts. Perhaps the GG paint is more dense... maybe they added some matter from a collapsed star to the paint? Could it be Bin Laden is behind this?
I never accelerate heavily and I am very certain that I haven't been driving with the parking brake on... I just don't understand how everyone can break the 18 mpg barrier.
Am I calculating this wrong? Basically, I reset the trip odometer when I put in gas. The next time I fill it up, I take the amount of gas that goes in and divide that into the number of miles I drove, and then I start over by reseting the trip odemeter again, right?
I never accelerate heavily and I am very certain that I haven't been driving with the parking brake on... I just don't understand how everyone can break the 18 mpg barrier.
Am I calculating this wrong? Basically, I reset the trip odometer when I put in gas. The next time I fill it up, I take the amount of gas that goes in and divide that into the number of miles I drove, and then I start over by reseting the trip odemeter again, right?
I have difficulty breaking 17mpg on my normal commute which is about 60 percent local in respect to distance. But than I only have 1000 miles on my MDX and hope that it gets better as the engine settles in.
It is not fair that we Californians pay the highest gas price and yet, we get the crappiest gas mileage....
It is not fair that we Californians pay the highest gas price and yet, we get the crappiest gas mileage....
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