Smiles per Gallon!

[djeaux]

I took a 710 mile trip this past weekend & averaged a hair over 20 mpg. Although my actual speeds varied depending on traffic -- and there was about 60 miles of in-town driving involved -- I tried to keep the cruise set between 75-80 mph out on the i-state. I'm very pleased, obviously.

Fuel: Chevron Techron regular unleaded.

[Cyclicpitcher]

I would put some redbull in the tank if I thought it would help but then the truck would be hooked on Redbull like me!

I am continuing to drive the RL hard and today I turned on the air conditioner, The truck runs a little different with the air compressor on, Kinda shifts different and you can tell there is a power loss.

I will get used to it.

[kermit777]

My last tank I got about 18 mpg. last night on the way home and this morning I flew home with D3 locked in at times so I could be in the right gear to ram in to the fast lane and made the 55 mile trip in about 50 minutes with stop lights loving the vtec and this morning was going around rotaries with what felt like one tire off the ground and got 18.9mpg on the tank...nice

[breakfastchef]

Just finished a 1200 mile trip with my new RTL and got an average of 19.6 mpg. This included highway and in-town driving with some use of the AC. Straight highway driving with no AC and I topped out at 21 mpg on one leg of the trip. Lower that what the vehicle sticker stated, but definitely respectable.

[INRidgeman]

First tank dealer filled 15.2 mixed city highway no A/C me driving and sitting at idle alot while checking it out, second tank all interstate no A/C 65-70 mph wife driving 22.1 . I am pleased with this and hope it gets better.

[DEW]

Have never gotten less then 18 even when new, 43000 miles later am
averaging 21,2mpg all types of driving, loving it.

[SinisteR1]

Originally Posted by djeaux

I took a 710 mile trip this past weekend & averaged a hair over 20 mpg. Although my actual speeds varied depending on traffic -- and there was about 60 miles of in-town driving involved -- I tried to keep the cruise set between 75-80 mph out on the i-state. I'm very pleased, obviously.

Fuel: Chevron Techron regular unleaded.

I took a 320 mile round trip to the mountains last weekend to go snowboarding. I filled up before we left and came back with just over a 1/4 tank left. I thought I got great mileage considering that I had to drive up the mountain up to 9K feet up with 4 people plus gear in the back. Not sure how many gallons is left at the 1/4 mark but if its about 5 gals left, I did about 320 miles using 15 gals equalling to about 21mpg (assuming I'm calculating it correctly). Man I hope thats light at the end of the tunnel! I usually average between 15-17mpg with mix of freeway and street traffic.

I used regular Chevron Techron as well.

[chrism9232]

im not trying to make anyone mad but i have a 2001 f150 supercab 4x4 with a v8 and i get 14-15 mpg city

[FL_Ridge]

Originally Posted by chrism9232

im not trying to make anyone mad but i have a 2001 f150 supercab 4x4 with a v8 and i get 14-15 mpg city

The Ridgeline's crowning achievement hasn't been ecomony. While not bad, it's not great. You're right there probably are trucks out there that are torquier and perhaps more powerful that get equivalent MPG.

The vehicle that my Ridgeline replaced got 13 to 15 mpg on required premium fuel. I saw an instant savings moving to the Ridgeline, not to mention the utility that the Ridgeline offers that my previous "luxury" car didn't offer.

I track each tank of fuel and can see the dramatic difference that traffic conditions play in MPG. I would like to know how some people are averaging those high MPGs. I drive like an old lady most of the time and believe that someone people may be either miscalculating or are simply inflating their numbers.

I give you kudos on your acceptable MPG on your F-150, but that's not a fair comparison. I'm not angry or upset that you get 14-15 MPG, congrats to you. But there are many other pluses of the Ridgeline that offset the lack of economy for an otherwise economy-minded company like Honda.

While no car will be everything to everyone, I would say that the Ridgeline would score a 9 out of 10 for the average American, where on the same basis of judgment a domestic or ordinary pickup would probably get a 6 or 7 out of 10 on the same scale.

[tntspitz]

I have packed just over 23 gallons of gas into my Ridgeline at two different gas stations and in both instances the fuel light was on for approx 10 to 20 miles.

My point is that somewhere along the line we have some misinformation , either on the pumps calculation or the fuel line and filler neck hold more than 2 gallons.

So , all of our comparisons are not scientific by any means. There is no way that i know of to tell the exact amount of fuel left when you go to fill up , my guess is it could be off by as much as 2 gallons . That could make a couple MPG difference when we figure our mileage.

I have 2000 miles now and have gotten better MPG with each tank ive used.

I am up to 15 city and 20 highway to the best of my knowledge.