Smiles per Gallon!

I purchased an 07 RTL/NAV a few weeks ago and my first few gas tanks showed around 12mpg average. I read all the threads about mpg and many saying go easy, keep the rpm low and some saying they started getting better gas milage after the first oil change and or up to 30k miles.


my last tank showed 13 mpg, so I kinda was discouraged but saw it was going up. Well one day while drinking a Red Bull, it hit me. (Red Bulls do that!)If I was designing a motor with a modern CAD program and I had machinists who ran the CNC milling machines telling me that I could build a motor with the tightest tolerances, wouldn't I build them tight as possible, maybe too tight?

So I decided if the motor is very tight in design, then break in could take a long time, all the while I am getting terrible gas mileage. In reading about gas mileage in these threads I discovered more about the shift logic in the transmission and I start to consider how the Truck is shifting. With all this information spinning around in my head, the Red Bull logic kicked in!

To heck with waiting and all the babying of this puppy, I will try and see how bad of mileage I can get! So my plan is to take the next two tank fulls and dog it, lead foot, blow it out. Every start that its a safe run, floor it and let it blow out the engine. I have about 900 miles at this point so I have babyed it enough.
One thing I noticed as I was driving this agressive way is my shift points have improved. I am now one with the pedal. I can control the shifting with my foot and drive it like a stick shift ringing out the power and getting really good speed. I have yet to take a trip but in town driving and pushing it every chance I can get. My wife rides with me the other day and she says, whoa why are you driving so hard? I told her I want to see how bad of mileage I can get. I want to see the worst, because 12 and 13 mpg sux! How bad can it get?

Well today, I went to fill up and check my mileage. 15 MPG!!! So I gagged it and flew off into the sunset once again with a full tank of regular planning on seeing how bad of mileage I can get. smiling all the way!

LOL....just too funny.... :D

LOL....just too funny.... :D

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's to Red Bull, bottoms up!

And People wonder why they pulled That Surge cola product off the market.

keep it up though im interested to see what kind of mileage you get.

I am getting similar results, the mileage seems to steadily get better. My last tank was almost 100% city, no highway driving and I got just under 15. I just passed 1000 miles, the first two tanks were around 13.5.

I don’t get it... There seems to be a few RL's that are getting such poor gas mileage... I have found at this point that I can make the RL get 17's mpg going to work if I am really vigilant with acceleration points or just not pay attention and knock it down to 15's...

Cyclicpitcher, Take a really long HW trip for 45min to an hour, set your cruse for 70 and see what type of mileage you get. If you don't get at least 19's there has got to be something really wrong.

My first 3 tanks where high 19's...

Last night I thought I would go and air the tires to 35 pounds to add some mileage if possible that way. What I found was the dealer had already set the air pressure on each tire to 35, so I am already set up on that idea.

This weekend I will take a trip up to the missouri boothill, there is a big RV dealer in that area and it will be a nice Saturday to get out and dream. Hopefully its not raining. I am still pushing the truck hard and will continue to keep the rpm up as much as possible.

Cyclicpitcher... Did you do a "cold" tire pressure check.... If you want 35 psi it has to be at 35 after sitting for at least 12 hours. Check it early morning before even driving... Tires will increase 4-6psi after a good drive.

Here's to Red Bull, bottoms up!

Drink enough of that stuff and who cares about MPG. You can just run along side the truck... :p

Yeah! Maybe a little in the tank would boost the MPG's?

I don't get it either, mine get 17 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway.

I am at 1500 miles and get a solid 18 MPG. I'm looking for it to get better as it gets broken in.

is there a way to reset the system so the truck re-learns your driving habits?:confused:

Part of my bad mileage is probably due to:

A. I have the roof rack

B. It's been colder than hell here the last few weeks

C. I have been taking a lot of short trips

If it is still getting 15 mpg in spring and summer, then something is wrong.

Around town I get 17.5 MPG. I just got back from a trip from Atlanta, Ga to Richmond, VA. and back. I got just over 20 MPG. I am happy with that, eventhough the gas price went up 25 cents over the weekend.

Well we drove from Memphis to Sikeston Missouri and it was windy, lots of crosswinds and my average speed was about 71 mph. I burned a tank of gas today and showed 18.3 miles per gallon.

I think it's getting better, I have about 1600 miles on the truck at this point. Around town and driving it hard I am averaging now about 15 mpg.

I like the quick response of the truck. Since I have the Navi, its easy to use the calculator each time I fill up. Today I forgot to reset the trip counter so I will have to skip a tank and check my mileage next round.

Happy Ridge Ridin!:cool:

Are you sure you didn't put redbull in the tank:)

8700 miles now on my RL. MPG is increasing!! woohoo.

I averaged 13.5 mpg on the first tank.
I filled up this morning, and returned an average of 16 mpg on the second tank. Same driving conditions for both (just using the truck every once in a while, not much highway use yet, since I still have a month left on my other car's lease, which I use the most).

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

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.

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 :D

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.

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.

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

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!:D I usually average between 15-17mpg with mix of freeway and street traffic.

I used regular Chevron Techron as well.

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

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/images/9049-12874-181560.jpg

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

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/images/9049-12874-181560.jpg

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.

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.

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.

If I were you, I would avoid those stations. It sounds like they are short changing you.

My Ridgeline is only a 127 miles old, so I haven't had a chance even to fill up yet, but with my other 3 Hondas, there was always 2 to 3 gallons left when the low fuel light came on. While it wouldn't surprise me if the tank can hold a little more than the stated 22 gallons, I find it hard to believe you can cram in 24 to 25 gallons total.

23.2 has been the max , the other time was 23.1 .

One was a BP and the other a Shell , find it hard to believe they both had bad measuring systems.

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.
i just would have thought that a ridgeline would be a lot better on gas after all it is a honda

Well, I am still out here driving the machine hard, dogging it and racing around like a high school punk and I am always getting around 15 mpg. I show oil at 40% and my miles are 3350.

Here's how I calculate my miles per gallon: Fill up and zero out the trip meter. Drive around like a bat out of hell, when I get to a quarter of a tank, I fill up again and on my navi, I bring up the calculator and enter the miles on the trip meter and then divide by the gallons that show on my receipt. That value is your MPG. (I think?)

If you forget to zero out your trip meter, then go back to the gas station and top off the tank and zero again. By using this method you could stop when you get to a half a tank top off and calculate the mpg. When you top off your tank you can hear the sound of the fuel coming up the filler tube and stop on a good even number on the gallons. I pay by credit card and so nowadays I fill by gallons , not by the amount of the purchase.

I want to get my oil changed this week, If I can I am hoping to see an improvement. I admit I am driving the truck hard but I am also disapointed not to see any improvement in the mpg.

Well, I am still out here driving the machine hard, dogging it and racing around like a high school punk and I am always getting around 15 mpg. I show oil at 40% and my miles are 3350.

Here's how I calculate my miles per gallon: Fill up and zero out the trip meter. Drive around like a bat out of hell, when I get to a quarter of a tank, I fill up again and on my navi, I bring up the calculator and enter the miles on the trip meter and then divide by the gallons that show on my receipt. That value is your MPG. (I think?)

If you forget to zero out your trip meter, then go back to the gas station and top off the tank and zero again. By using this method you could stop when you get to a half a tank top off and calculate the mpg. When you top off your tank you can hear the sound of the fuel coming up the filler tube and stop on a good even number on the gallons. I pay by credit card and so nowadays I fill by gallons , not by the amount of the purchase.

I want to get my oil changed this week, If I can I am hoping to see an improvement. I admit I am driving the truck hard but I am also disapointed not to see any improvement in the mpg.

You will not see improvement. Might as well wait till it says 10%.:rolleyes:

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!:D I usually average between 15-17mpg with mix of freeway and street traffic.

I used regular Chevron Techron as well.




You guys are killing me.....I cant get more than 300-320 miles per a tank!!!! I have 16,000 miles on the Ridge now.

My mpg's are getting much better around town 15.5 to 16.5 mpg....
I am much happier

I had my oil changed today @ the 40% mark and I had the dealer add a new set of running boards! Man, it changes the look of the truck and makes it look even better. I am looking forward to any changes to mpg. I will always try and change my oil around the 40% mark, cant see waiting that long to change it.

Had my RL for a little over a month and it has approx. 800 miles on it. On the first tank of gas I got 16.5 mpg with 90-95% of that being winding mountain road driving--much better than my 03 durango (13 mpg). Don't know about highway mpg yet. I plan on testing that over the next month.

14.68 mpg on my first tank using the dealers gas. Almost entirely city going back and forth from work. Not that great, but still better than what I was getting with my mercedes SUV.

I got 12.09 mpg on the dealers tank of gas :mad: . Mind you I only have about 230 miles on the truck so I am surely hoping for an improvement. All city/suburban driving.

18.0 today, with 1700 miles on vehicle.

18.0 today, with 1700 miles on vehicle.

Jeff,

That's good! Your making me feel bad. Do you remember what you got in the very beginning?

Does the truck come with a full tank of gas from the mfg?

Does the truck come with a full tank of gas from the mfg?

Mine came with a full tank of gas: No idea if it was from the manufacturer or from the dealer.

The dealer filled mine up before it was delivered to me.

With just over 1900 miles I average any where from 14mpg in the city to 17mpg on the highway.

THERE IS HOPE ON THE HORIZON!

Started out April 05 making about 13.5mpg.

Today with over 23,000 miles make 15-17mpg in town and about 22-23mpg on interstate.

Have not been on a long trip in some time. Last Nov. took trip 350miles and made 23.1mpg gallon on the hwy.:) :)

My first tank of gas was either 15.5 or 17.5. (not sure when dealer filled up), but worst case it would be 15.5 mpg.

If you look on the window sticker I think it says a full tank of gas.

My first tank Hwy/City was 17.87. The second tank was approximately the same. With 2100 miles on it now I will see if it is better right after the next fill up.

Honda only puts 3 gallons of gas in each unit before they ship out. It is the DEALERS job to fill it up when you take delivery. I have about 2,500K on it now. Getting 15 to 20, depends on my driving.

After my oil change, I had mid tank, I showed 12.5 MPG :(
I did do some idling in the parking lots on my lunch breaks. Got to thinking maybe we should keep up with gallons per hour like an airplane.

One thought is, I have been so eager to check my mileage that I sometimes fuel at a quarter tank. Could be the mileage should be checked after you go almost to empty, because from half tank and up, you are carrying the extra weight of the fuel, if you average your mileage from an empty tank, you get the benefit of the fuel usage on a light truck? Just a thought

My first tank was ~15.5 or ~17.x

My truck was driven from 30 miles out. Not sure where the tank was filled up at though. 15.5 at worst sounds pretty good for the 1st tank or so I've read.

Mine has 1500 miles on it
16.25 around town....
So I am happy with that......
Have gone as high as 17.6 but 16.25 is average.....

I get the same mileage as cyclicpitchen. I have 1500 mi. now. Don't idle much but do short trips some hyway. I get 12.9 mpg. I hope it gets better. It's hard to believe this thing can't get better mileage than my last truck,98 f150v8. But this runs better and it handing ,and braking are the best. hmans3

I just went over 20,000 miles and for some reason my mileage just got better the last 3-4 fillups. I had been averaging 18 every time since about 2,000 miles. Now it's been getting 19 and even got an all-time high of 22.5 on a trip to Tahoe, (75 mph) highways and mountain driving. I had to ask myself if it was all downhill in both directions!

A while back, a ROCer did an oil analysis around the 20,000 mile mark and the lab said it looked like the engine was still breaking in. Could the mileage get even better?

I don't know if it makes a big difference, but I have been using Mobil 1 5-20 since 14,000 miles, and a Castrol Syntec blend the first oil change at 7,000 miles. (The last few tanks were at the end of the oil life according to the RL computer.)

you sure there wasn't any vodka in that redbull?:p

alrighty. Just did my first fill up today!

:D

It had 6.1 miles on it when I bought it.

Using that 6.1 miles I got 18.58 MPG with about 60% of my driving done at highway speeds, maybe a high as 70%, the rest was around town city stop and go driving.

Even excluding that initial 6.1 miles, I got 18.23. I am VERY pleased with that.

When I bought my RTL, I got about 17 mpg on the first tank with a good bit of around town driving. Now at 6600 miles, I am consistently getting 20-21 mpg whether on the highway or around town. I just got my first oil change and will see if that makes any difference.

My 2nd tank was good for 17.3 mpg.

latest tank 19.2 mpg, mixed highway/city, used 93 octane fuel verified tire pressure @32 and drove like a granny most of the tank. I guess thats pretty good with on 1.8k miles. This was a experimental tank, and I will drive normal the next tank but will use premium fuel again. after one tank I think the ridge prefers it. may be in my head but it seemed to thrive on the higher octane.

My gas milage is getting better as truck is breaking in....
I love this truck....:)

Well after my oil change, I checked this weekend and I hit 16mpg, so now I am ready to try the granny drive and see what I get. Best to all!

My 07 RT consistently gets 15-15.6 mpg with 4200 miles on it. My 20 year Honda tech says it will get better around 10,000 miles. This is a mix of city
and short highway trips to work-still love it-it's a Honda!

First tank 14.67 mpg, second tank 15.97 mpg:) All city and rush hour traffic.

aright so first tank was 18.25 but it was mostly highway miles. My second tank was 80% city stop and go driving and I got 16.09 MPG. Not bad at all.

First, I'll preface, I'll hopefully take possesion of a new RTX tomorrow. As of today my 2004 TITAN SE, KC, 4X4 , Big Tow, gets 11.5-12mpg in the city. I hope my new Ridgeline gets at least 15 mpg around town! Being that it's two cylinders and about 60hp less in power. Doesn't matter, I'm looking forward to it.

I would not count on getting 15 mpg in the very beginning. My first tank I got 12.09 mpg, my second I got 14.56 mpg. My driving is all suburban, no highways, lots of short trips. But I still have less than 500 miles on the truck and my driving habits are purposeful to conserve fuel. At least for right now.

I think most people are reporting better gas mileage as the engine breaks in. I hope I can report the same.

But hey welcome to the club. You will love your RL!

My first tank averaged 15 mpg - most of that was freeway rush hour at ~20-30 mph. This is assuming the dealer topped the tank to the same level I did when I filled up. I noticed that my 05 Element got better gas milage after 10K miles (went from 19 to 22). Hopefully, this holds true for the Ridgeline also.

good morning everyone, I posted last week that I was taking my '07 RL on a trip up to Vermont and would like to report that my average gas mileage was 21 mpg. The best mileage was from Buffalo to Albany 24.2 mpg, the worst was from Albany thru the Adirondacks to Vermont, 17.5 mpg. I don't consider this to be to bad for a 4wd truck. This was all at 75 mph. The truck rode and handled great and was extremely comfortable, the beast truck I've owned.

so my third tank is right in line with my previous 2. 18.07 on a 60/40 mix highway/city.

I will be taking a 1000 mile journey(round trip) in the Ridge in two weeks so I will have a good idea what it gets on pure highway driving. I am expecting 21-22 but we will see.

I posted this in another area, but no one replied as having the same experience:

First tank- 60% two lane and the rest around town driving= 16.7 MPG. Second tank- 50% over the mountain pulling a small trailer and golf cart and around town= 16.5 MPG. Third tank 75% interstate= 16.8 MPG Fourth tank 95% interstate= 16 MPG.

Any theories?

Dang! I should have bought a used Ridgeline! I just read the story posted by Honda's chief engineer Gary Flint and he's reporting 22.6 mpg on his Ridge with 20,000 miles on it! (could the hard cover on his make such a difference?) I'm up to 15.3 mpg w/ 1000 miles on my '07 silver RTX ..woo hoo! Much better then the 12 mpg I was getting at first and a trend I hope continues. I really love this car/truck thing and wish I could drive it more but gas is now up to $3.35 a gallon near me (Hemet, Ca.)

Here's a link to help figure out your gas mileage..
http://www.streetlookup.com/calculator/gasmileage.html

For its size you would think it would get better MPG.

I'm SHOCKED!! I just filled for the first time--even topped off. 330 miles, 17.56 gallons. 18.9 mpg? I'm a happy camper. Must be due to very little stop and go and keeping it under 3,000 rpm most of the time. Only got 385 miles on this RTS so it's definitely not broken in :D

18.31 MPG this fill up so it seems to be getting better slowly but surely!

Made a little trip through the Smokies earlier this week, 2 fill ups, 19.5 and 20.1 mpg. Lots of mountains, heavy traffic, back roads, and high speed interstate. RL is closing in on 19K miles. :)

First tank- 60% two lane and the rest around town driving= 16.7 MPG. Second tank- 50% over the mountain pulling a small trailer and golf cart and around town= 16.5 MPG. Third tank 75% interstate= 16.8 MPG Fourth tank 95% interstate= 16 MPG.

Update: Ridge now has 3,000 miles and just returned from a 700 mile roundtrip.... all interstate. 19 MPG on two tanks @ 75 mph. So it is getting better on the highway, and I'm getting 17 around town.

Just at 2000 miles now, last fillup 30% local uncongested suburban, 70% interstate: 19.8 MPG.

Smiles per gallon... yes indeed.
I posted this a few days ago...
on a "what kinda mileage are you getting?" thread.


I stopped caring about what I pay for gas about 2 years ago.
Long before I had even bought my RL.
I set the gas pump and fill it till it clicks.
I do kinda remember that it didn't always cost $60 to fill it up tho.
That little ATM "ouch" feeling only lasts a few seconds.
About the same amount of time it takes me to get the RL
out of the gas station lot and up to freeway speeds.

My arms and face feel flush as I accellerate and slide 2 lanes left.
In my side view mirror my dog's tongue flaps in the wind.
The sky is blue.
The truck is black.
I am proud to be an american.

I would gladly pay more if someone could get our troops home.

Dang! I should have bought a used Ridgeline! I just read the story posted by Honda's chief engineer Gary Flint and he's reporting 22.6 mpg on his Ridge with 20,000 miles on it! (could the hard cover on his make such a difference?) I'm up to 15.3 mpg w/ 1000 miles on my '07 silver RTX ..woo hoo! Much better then the 12 mpg I was getting at first and a trend I hope continues. I really love this car/truck thing and wish I could drive it more but gas is now up to $3.35 a gallon near me (Hemet, Ca.)

Here's a link to help figure out your gas mileage..
http://www.streetlookup.com/calculator/gasmileage.html

great looking truck and your house looks great too.

texmex

I have been keeping track of my mpg for the entire 22 months of driving. With 16,000 miles I get 19mpg every time. Once in a while I will hit the interstate for a 100 mile trip and bump it up to 20mpg. I have been using synthetic motor oil, not sure how much it helps. Still change it when I get down to 30% oil life left. Using a K&N air filter also.

My first tank in my new 07 RTX came out at 14.16 mpg. The truck had 21 miles on it when purchased, so I don't know if the tank was full or not at that point. Also, I use E-10 due to it being a dime cheaper, and at $2.99 a gallon today, everything helps, but MPG may be a bit less.

Question, where does everyone's fuel light come on? Mine came on at 248 miles of city driving, and with 4.8 gallons left in the tank.

wren .......... my light comes on around 240 to 250 and i usually have 3 to 4 gallons left.

All stop and go driving , top speed of 35 and rpms never above 3000.

I have over 2000 miles on it and have not done any better than 14 mpg in the city , on the one 400 mile roadtrip i took i got about 17 mpg .

Sitting on 5000 miles at this point and averaging 16 mpg ,no matter how I drive, light or agressive, city or highway. Cheers!

Averaging about 15.5 so far. Not that great, but better than my last vehicle. The Houston area is required to us the special formula gas to cut down on smog. I was wondering how this effects MPG.

I will also note that the majority of my driving is to and from work. It is 18 miles to work in which I have to go through one school zone, 6 stop signs and 20 traffic lights.

Here in the flatlands of N.E. Florida my 07 RTX gets a consistant 20.1 mpg. Haven't done the first service yet but will switch to synthetic when the time comes. Only complaint to date is excessive wind noise...

I'd be real curious to know who has a roof rack, and what they normally get for MPG vs. the non roof rack Ridge crowd?

Took a quick 100 mile highway trip today. Exactly 20 miles per gallon. My scangauge read 20.4 MPG trip average.

I have a roof rack.

I got 18.5 mpg my first tank and 20 mpg my second tank. I usually drive highway round 75-80 mph.

Took my first trip in the Ridgleline RTX this weekend. I had a little over 600 miles on the odometer when I left. I drove to Jacksonville FL and back. I drove my normal driving style, 70-80mph, ac, with as much Cruise Control as I can. Most of the trip was Highway, but there is probably 50miles of secondary roads, each way. I got 20.4 down and 19.9 on the return. Needless to say I am tickled.:D

2,538 miles, original factory oil, oil life 60%, best mileage 18 mpg (mostly highway), last check down to 13.3 mpg (mostly city).

I'm getting 16.5. I have 700 miles on my Ridgeline, and I don't baby it, but I don't light'er up either. Interesting reading.

Check out the new mileage spec on the 08 Ridgeline!! More realistic at 15 cty 19 hwy and 17 combined.

Still averaging 15 mpg in the city , I have 19 thousand miles on the truck. I can get 19 mpg on average on the highway and 10-11 mpg pulling a 5000 lbs travel trailer. I don't baby the truck, I just drive it. Works good, nothing has broke. Cheers!:cool:

Just turned 10K miles and here are my MPG from last Oct thru end of Mar (most recent on top of list) - I quit recording about 8/9 weeks ago. This is mixed with most mileage on "back roads" commuting to/from work.

19.97
18.81
19.84
18.65
19.74
19.13
19.67
16.66
19.26
20.13
19.64
18.41
19.33
20.12
19.63
19.30
19.81
19.59
19.18
20.86
17.35
21.76
20.25
19.58
16.98
18.52
15.19

Not once I hear people mention anything about how much weight are being carry on. I do understand the road condition, speed, city street vs. highway, but not once mention anything about what they have on their truck. Roof rack, sunroof, running board, tool in the trunk, fat wive on the right. Fat in-law in the back. Those weight do contribute to your mpg too you know...:D :D :D

My 2007 has 43000 miles on it and i'm only getting 13.6 mpg. What's going on here? I love the truck, but I expected in the 16mpg range in town??!?

John 2007 RTL NAVI BOARDS DVD

How much air in your tires? I had noticed mine were 30-32 which is too low.
I also waxed the beast trying to squeeze out better mpg. At just under 8,000 miles I seem to consistantly get 17 mpg.

Well I bought my 07 rtl (16K miles on it) 4 weeks ago and very happy with it. I see why everyone love them.

At first I thought I was only going to get 15.6 mpg , but then it went to a whole 16.7 (and that was with babying it) So needless to say, I got pissed, I said if I'm only going to get that mileage, I might as well beat on it.

So I did, I wound it out quite a few times, tried to spin the tires (yeah right! like thats ever going to happen) and all the sudden it started running better, shifting perfectly, and to my suprise 18.4 mpg. Here I'm getting the performace I'm looking for and also the gas mileage...

So today I'm up to 19.5 mpg and driving normally (slightly agressively) (ok, just plain agressive) and nothing but pure smiles.

I just got back from a trip to the NC mountains....carrying a passenger and lots of gear. I got over 21 mpg going to the mountains (uphill, since I love near the coast), and I got 24.7 mpg coming back. And that was with the A/C on and driving 60-70 mph all the way home. And my truck has only 5,800 miles on it so far. I sure can't complain about gas mileage in my Ridge.

I have an '08 RTX with almost 800 miles on it, only two weeks old. Hwy mixed I seem to be getting 18mpg, in the city only about 15, I thought I would do better?

I have an '08 RTX with almost 800 miles on it, only two weeks old. Hwy mixed I seem to be getting 18mpg, in the city only about 15, I thought I would do better?


Thats about dead on for what Honda says you'll get. Be happy your not one of the MPG lottery losers.

I feel a little better after reading some of these...I'm one of those that will look at the gas light and try get a little more out of it. One thing I've noticed, when I go to fill up, I'm only putting about 19 to 19 1/2 gallons in, even after I've been looking at gas light for a little while. So that means I still have at least 2 gallons left in the tank. 320 miles is about all I can go without getting too nervous. Most I've ever gotten out of a tank was an all interstate trip with cruise set at 70 and I went 385, I was running 93 octane. On the way back on the same trip, I put in 89 to see if there was much of a difference and got 340 out of that tank. All the other variables were the same to my knowledge other than the difference in octane.

Only 13,000 miles on the truck, I just installed a KandN filter to hopefully help some (it did in my old truck) and also hopefully it will get a little better mpg as the truck continues to break in.

mpg tells a lot about how you drive........ 13mpg city guess what that means


heres a hint i have an intake and exhaust tip :D

2007: 17.13 mpg average for the year (8k miles +/-)
2008: 17.29 mpg average for the year (14k miles +/-)

...both years included some towing.

When I tow my sailboat, it really brings the mileage down!
For 2009, I'm breaking down the mileage while towing vs slick.


If you're mileage is below 15 mpg...
A. You need to relax your right foot!
B. You're not calculating your mileage correctly

If you're mileage is above 25 mpg...
See "B." above!

Putting higher octane fuel in your Honda is a waste of money.
These engines were engineered to run on low octane fuel.

Nice looking spot there James.:cool:

do you think a tonneau cover would increase the fuel millage at all

Short answer: Nope.

There is only one way to appreciably improve your mileage...
Everything else is minuscule in comparison...
We all know what it is...

...your right foot.:D