Miles Per Gallon Discussion Thread

I was surprised to see that! We know it will really be 14/18. Their Accord Hybrid get in the 30's. Why can't they at least be in the 20's?

cedosada,

More would be nice, but hey, its a trunk, its big, it carries a lot of weight, and even this is far better than manny, and it does it on regular. I was looking close at the Tacoma before I found out about the Ridgeline coming out, that was looking good, about the same mileage, but in fine print it say premium recommend. I read to day that oil may peak at $80.00 per barrel, right now its $50.00, so what will that do to pump prices.


I was surprised to see that! We know it will really be 14/18. Their Accord Hybrid get in the 30's. Why can't they at least be in the 20's?

Talking to a friend last night, I heard gas prices will go up as much as a quarter. It's about 1.90 here, so that will push prices up to the 2.10's.

Cedosada, have you ever owned an SUV or truck? Being a previous Explorer and Chrysler Towne & Country driver, 16/20 really is a good number and, as delphi said, it beats a lot of the competition. And considering lots of truck owners want the V8 option, fuel economy is probably one of the last things on their minds.

Something else to consider: research has shown that hybrids really don't save you any money. The extra upfront costs for the hybrid even out with your fuel savings, so all you're really gaining are the lower emissions.

how many gallons does a Rigdeline fuel tank hold anyway?

15 gallons 20 ?

how many gallons does a Rigdeline fuel tank hold anyway?
15 gallons 20 ?

22 gallons. I just filled my tank and I got 16mph for mixed driving. Not bad considering most of it was in the rain and very short trips. Should get better as it breaks in. I know some claim Hondas can take up to 10,000 miles before the mpg levels off.

My local paper reported today that gas prices may rise as much as 24 cents in the coming days.

Makes me feel better about my decision to trade the Infiniti (V8 and required premium fuel) for the Ody.

Thankfully the Ridgeline only requires regular unleaded fuel.

My daughter bought an Accord Hybrid and has been experiencing very low mileage numbers. Enough that she has been discussing with dealer. I bought a Ridgeline without thought to mileage.

We have an Acura TL, so I feel everyone's pain!

...Of course, in relationship to the TL I am just very happy to see regular grade gas as standard with a nice size tank.

Jvacierto,

Yes, I own a few SUVs and trucks. How's a V10 Excurion, V8 4Runner, 3.5L MDX and 3.5L Trooper? 4.0L Tacoma and 16yr old 22R Toyoyta truck that's not reliable. What can I say, I love toys. But 16mpg is just crazy! The Excursion weighs 9,500 lbs and gets 14mpg or 8mpg depending on towing, driving style and speed. I was thinking of getting a daily driver/hauler to work Home Depot. I don't think this would be it. Not a real truck to me. This unibody thing is not for a truck too. Banging into things with one corner would cause the all 4 corners to be out since there's no real frame holding things together.

Bottom line, it looks like Honda tried to cover too many bases with a truck. Luxury, family hauling, truck hauling vehicle. But the latter is what it really is. It's a luxury SUV with a bed.

Cedasoda- "This unibody thing is not for a truck too. Banging into things with one corner would cause the all 4 corners to be out since there's no real frame holding things together."


This Is a ladder frame welded to a unibody. It's stronger and stiffer than any truck frame out there. I think I'll trust the Honda engineers on this one, as I don't have an auto engineering degree. Do you?

from the Honda website-

Integrated Closed-Box Frame with Unit-Body Construction

The integrated closed-box frame with unit-body construction is quieter and safer than the conventional body-on-frame design. Not only does this greatly minimize the buzz, squeak and rattle generally associated with body-on-frame trucks, but it also greatly enhances the Ridgeline's ride and handling, especially when fully loaded. The two integrated, fully boxed and reinforced frame rails and seven fully boxed cross members give it added strength.

They use words like reinforced, integrated, fully boxed etc. I don't think it's welded like a real truck frame. It's not like the big steel frames of Chevy, Dodge, Ford and even Toyota and Nissan trucks.

I fail to see how a body attached to this frame would result in this statement.

"Banging into things with one corner would cause the all 4 corners to be out since there's no real frame holding things together."

This looks like a real frame to me. It's 20 times stiffer than any other truck frame according to Honda engineer, probably because it's a unibody.

Keeping in mind that everything has a trade off...
The Ridgeline gets the best of both worlds by having a "hybrid" of Unibody and ladder frame. The trade off of this is the extra weight that is added by having both. :)

Cedosada, you've obviously very knowledgeable about pickups and I think there's just some misunderstandings going on here. Check out this review from the reviews sections: http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2006/honda/ridgeline/page1.html
Especially check out the interview with some of the engineers. It'll clear things up.

Im still looking,but you all have had yours long enough to see if the gas milage specs are close to being real.What kind of # are you really getting??

There is a thread called "Milage/Fuel economy" within "Under The Hood / Performance / Tires & Wheels" that quotes quite a range of experienced values. As for me, ~17mpg.

There is a thread called "Milage/Fuel economy" within "Under The Hood / Performance / Tires & Wheels" that quotes quite a range of experienced values. As for me, ~17mpg.
I get better than that on my '97 F150 with 113k miles on it...I have an RL on order, I hope I get better than the good 'ole V8 I have now! :confused:

Took a 750 mile trip a couple weeks ago ...Freeway and mountain driving I got 19.5 for the whole trip ..Pretty good I think..I'm sure it will get better once the engine has more miles on it...

I got the same mileage...actually I got 20.5 mpg. BUT, to get that I drove at the speed limit (65 mph).

On a 1000 mile trip I got 20.6 mpg. However, it was primarily highway (some mountain driving).

I drive on the average 45,000 miles each year. The CR-V averages about 21+MPG. I drive very little in the city mostly on the highway and dirt roads as well as turn rows. A turn row is between two fields of crops (cotton etc) that we drive on. I pull a small trailer with a Honda Forman 4X4 about 30% of the time. This cost of gas is pretty important to me. Can some of you who have driven quite a few miles post the milage you are getting.

I have 65,00 miles on my 2003 CR-V (18 months old). I need to trade now or just keep on driving. I drove my 1997 CR-V 238,000 miles and it served me well but was underpowered, so is the 2003.


Those of you that have had or have wind noise, has that been fixed and if not what's the problem. We have big time wind in this part of Texas. Wind noise tires you out and I don't need that.

Thanks for any help you all might have.

Tiger

We just picked up a Honda Element today for my daughter. We drove it about 100 miles and I am very impressed! It is very quiet, has no trouble on the highway at 75 MPH with 4 on board, and handles great! I do not know about it's towing capabilities. Also, I understand that Honda may be close to releasing a hybrid CRV very soon. Same for the Pilot. I would not be surprised to see a hybrid Ridgeline in a year or two.

I just got an RTL this week. I have 450 miles on it so far and at my first tank of gas I had 16mpg. This is with approximately 10% highway. I live on the coast and we have quite a bit of wind but I honestly haven't noticed any wind noise despite listening nor have I noticed the creaky steering wheel that others have mentioned. This is the quietest vehicle I have ever owned, and has the smoothest ride. You would never know it was a truck. It feels more like a camry. I used to have a 2001 CRV which I believe is similar to your prior '97. I traded the CRV in due to the lack of power for a 2003 toyota tacoma. The ridgeline is much more powerful than a CRV and I haven't had cause to complain about lack of power. It has just as much power as my tacoma did and already has the average mpg I got with the tacoma so hopefully it will only get better.

Thanks for the information Octavivs. It's the kind of inormation I need.

Tiger

My first tank of gas gave me 19.1 mpg. Second tank 19.895. Third tank 20.776. IT'S A KEEPER!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first 2000 miles was up and down, but for the last 2000 miles I've consistantly been averaging 21.5 mpg @ 75/25 ratio (hwy/city). :)

Last fillup at 1010 miles, 95% city, 5% highway, no cruise control, 18.7mpg, which includes several full throttle blasts and many half throttle blasts for breakin purposes :D

Second tank of gas was 17.8mpg with only local roads--no highway

My first tank was 16.9, second was 18.4, and third tank on the open road was 21.7.

I'm getting about 15-17mpg on avg. I drive 80 miles highway and 10 city. put in on cruise at 90mph each day. Somedays I could sit in traffic for about 20 minutes which doesn't help either.

I'm getting about 15-17mpg on avg. I drive 80 miles highway and 10 city. put in on cruise at 90mph each day. Somedays I could sit in traffic for about 20 minutes which doesn't help either.

Cruise Control at 90 MPH?!! How many speeding tickets do you have?

17.6 on the last tank, all city, and I've been mashing the go pedal a lot.

Just returned home from a 400 mile round trip, 90% highway miles at 70 mph. I got 20.2 mpg. I'm satisfied! :)

My last tank was 11.2 mpg

98% freeway driving


....something big and boxy was tailgating me the entire time.

My last tank was 11.2 mpg

98% freeway driving


....something big and boxy was tailgating me the entire time.

Bet it followed you all the way home to your driveway!

Just short of 800 miles on the odometer and have yet to reach the minimum 16 MPG rating (15.6, 15.6, 15.8- at least it's consistent!). I'll admit that I am doing very little highway driving but I'll also admit that I am treating the gas pedal very gingerly as I see the $$$ signs in front of me everytime I accelerate hard. Great truck, hope the mileage improves or gas prices drop (I think I know which one has the greater chance of occurring).

Cruise Control at 90 MPH?!! How many speeding tickets do you have?


Only 1 in the past 2 yrs and 1 about 10 yrs prior to that. ;)

I just drove my new ridgeline down to Arkansas from ks first part of trip I stuck to just normal fuel. Then second tank I added Freedom Fuel additive it added over five miles per gallon. So it helped alot I was not a believer in fuel additives but a trucker friend of mine uses this product religously so I figured I better try it out for myself and it works. Doesn't take much to make a big difference in the pocket book. Hope that can somewhat make you feel better about your purchase of a not so fuel economic vehicle. It can be helped. Good luck.
WAGG

I just drove my new ridgeline down to Arkansas from ks first part of trip I stuck to just normal fuel. Then second tank I added Freedom Fuel additive it added over five miles per gallon. So it helped alot I was not a believer in fuel additives but a trucker friend of mine uses this product religously so I figured I better try it out for myself and it works. Doesn't take much to make a big difference in the pocket book. Hope that can somewhat make you feel better about your purchase of a not so fuel economic vehicle. It can be helped. Good luck.
WAGG

So what was your mpg? You are saying if you were running on the highway you would be getting 25/26??

If that's the case, where do I find this stuff, I'll buy a case!!

sounds too good to be true.

Heard on the Imus this morning about a 70 MPH Diesel

I know of lots of diesels that will run 70mph. :)

I read in Popular Mechanics about a carburetor that will make your car get 160mpg.

That was 30 years ago :)

I know of lots of diesels that will run 70mph. :)

I read in Popular Mechanics about a carburetor that will make your car get 160mpg.

That was 30 years ago :)
the copyright and plans for that carb are sitting in some oil company's safe deposit box. :rolleyes:

I was surprised to see that! We know it will really be 14/18. Their Accord Hybrid get in the 30's. Why can't they at least be in the 20's?

Look at some of the other mileage threads on this site. People are getting the specified 16/21 rating. I typically get 20mpg on regular gas.

In all my driving experiences with multi type vehicles (military and pov), every single one required mashing the gas pedal 1/4 to 3/4 of the way down to the floor to get going from stop. After 3000 miles with my RL, and not getting more than 16 mpg in any driving modes, I came to realize that with the RL, you only need to press on the gas, like the old saying "walking on eggshells", and she goes!!! In the past, I kept my seat adjusted so there is tension in my right ankle, so when the tension is relaxed, the gas pedal is depressed almost halfway down! In the past few days, I have been driving with my seat back far enough that my right foot and ankle is relaxed and barely touching the pedal. I only need to consciously nudge the pedal 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch, keeping the rpm at less than 2500, to get going in a very smooth and refined manner...Now, I have 250 miles on this tank and it is still 3/8 of the tank full. This is the most I have gone without a fill up!! Can't wait to figure out the mileage! Now mind you, I only started this driving experience when I was down already 1/4 of this tank, which included a couple of demos to my wife, on a long stretch of road, with all the windows down, the back window and moon roof open, and flooring the gas!!! Oh what a feeling!!! :D

Oh what a feeling!!! :D

Hey Tex..I thought you were driving a Honda?? ;)

Oh yeah...what commercial was that? Oh what a feelin.....Still, I'm adapting the expression for my babe! :D

Oh yeah...what commercial was that? Oh what a feelin.....Still, I'm adapting the expression for my babe! :D

It was Toyota!!
And...yeah..it's how I feel too!! :D

Tex -

The reason the pedal feel is different and mashing is not required is the Ridgeline has a state-of-the-art throttle by wire system, meaning the gas pedal is not mechanically linked to the fuel system with a cable like on 99% of other cars. The input on the gas pedal is transmitted electronically to the fuel system, so there is no "lag" or mashing necessary to open her up.

The feel of the fly by wire throttle system was a challenge for me too. but after five thousand miles and one oil change, I am seeing some twenty mpg tank averages in Atlanta driving conditions.

Thanks EBone, that is very enlightening. I had read that the Ridgeline was equipped with this system but was not explained till now. Wow! that explains the precise response from the engine! I'm sure a lot of ROC members will see this (I hope) and possibly train themselves how to drive the RIDGELINE, which is unlike any other vehicle out there!

Just an update here on experienced mileage. I'm over 3000 miles now and in every day driving with mixed highway and city I'm seeing at most 17mpg, usually less. This past week I was on vacation and cummuted back and forth to a cottage my family was at, this was mainly highway driving (70+ mph), and at my last fillup I caculated out 18.5mpg. I'm still not at all impressed, I was hoping for around 20. Does anyone now of any mods out there that may help us out? Will a K&N air filter help? How about a chip? I'm open for any ideas.

I got over 400 miles to the very first tank and I was very pleased.

I got over 400 miles to the very first tank and I was very pleased.

Did you go almost to empty? I haven't had any warning light come on, usually i fill up between 1/8 and 1/4 and I put in 18 or so gallons and it boils down to 17mpg or so as I'm around 300 miles on the trip.

Did you go almost to empty? I haven't had any warning light come on, usually i fill up between 1/8 and 1/4 and I put in 18 or so gallons and it boils down to 17mpg or so as I'm around 300 miles on the trip.

It was on empty with the light on. Put in nearly 20 gallons. I will post on the next tank and see where its at.

I just drove my new ridgeline down to Arkansas from ks first part of trip I stuck to just normal fuel. Then second tank I added Freedom Fuel additive it added over five miles per gallon. So it helped alot I was not a believer in fuel additives but a trucker friend of mine uses this product religously so I figured I better try it out for myself and it works. Doesn't take much to make a big difference in the pocket book. Hope that can somewhat make you feel better about your purchase of a not so fuel economic vehicle. It can be helped. Good luck.
WAGG


Congratulations Wagg!! We know you'll enjoy your new ride!!
Welcome to the ROC family, we're gald you're here!

J.C. :)

I've been pleasantly surprised by my mileage so far --

18.6 first tank,
21.4 second tank,
20.5 third tank,
19.6 fourth tank.

Of course, even though I've got about 1500 miles, I'm still babying it a bit -- continuing to resist the temptation for hard, fast starts. I learned to drive in California's 70's gas crisis, so had the whole gas conservation routine drilled into me.

Just finished a short trip and was pleasently surprise with the milage. I topped off the tank before I left and again when I got back being sure to get as much gas in as I could. I would have to say its accurate within 1 mpg or so. Mostly freeway driving at 60 - 75 mph. :D

Thats good news. I just checked my mileage, mostly highway, getting 22.5 MPG. Enjoy the ride.

Hey! I thought I had the only white/olive RTL in Orlando! Just kidding. Be sure to beep if we drive by eachother.

Just finished a short trip and was pleasently surprise with the milage. I topped off the tank before I left and again when I got back being sure to get as much gas in as I could. I would have to say its accurate within 1 mpg or so. Mostly freeway driving at 60 - 75 mph. :D
wow..........outstanding!!!!!!!!!

That is outstanding. I drive 46 miles round trip for work each day and the best I get on I-95 (70-75mph) is 17-18mpg. I had the dealer check everything and was told not to expect anything over 20mpg because of the 4x4; which I do not use. Good luck

I only have 1500 miles on my black beauty and have gotten only 19.5 on highway road trip at 75 mph. Now I am only getting 16.5 city driving. Not to much stop and go. Its 13 miles to work and the same home with only 5 stop lights. Do you all have more miles on your truck than I. Can I expect better gas mileage in the near future? :confused:

What one get in this truck is completely up to the driver. The truck can and will get 23mpg, as other's have proven. The issue is the right foot. Yes "you" are on the freeway, but how often do "you" change speed? Are "you" at 2000rpm as often as you can at 70mph? Do you tailgate or follow closely to cars in front? Because if you do, when they slow down you have to as well, and then speed back up. Lots of factors.

I'll bet that most of the 21+mpg'ers don't drive aggressively, stay at a constant speed, etc.

What one get in this truck is completely up to the driver. The truck can and will get 23mpg, as other's have proven. The issue is the right foot. Yes "you" are on the freeway, but how often do "you" change speed? Are "you" at 2000rpm as often as you can at 70mph? Do you tailgate or follow closely to cars in front? Because if you do, when they slow down you have to as well, and then speed back up. Lots of factors.

I'll bet that most of the 21+mpg'ers don't drive aggressively, stay at a constant speed, etc.

That's what I get with my CRV! (if I have the air on) How can a 4500 lb vehicle with a v6 get that much?, or do you guys know how to do the calculation?

Wow, that is great! I just got my oil changed and went with synthetic hoping to up my mpg. The last time I checked I was only getting 15 mpg! at 50% highway and 50% city driving. My service light came on at 5500 miles.

what year is your CRV? what's your driving habit like?
My wife in her modified RSX gets 32 - 35mpg.
In my S2000, if I stay under VTEC, I can get 30+mpg as well.
Neither of the car are rated that high.

It's possible, as each generation of engine gets more and more efficient.

I only have 1500 miles on my black beauty and have gotten only 19.5 on highway road trip at 75 mph. Now I am only getting 16.5 city driving. Not to much stop and go. Its 13 miles to work and the same home with only 5 stop lights. Do you all have more miles on your truck than I. Can I expect better gas mileage in the near future? :confused:

It took my Ridge a few thousand miles before mileage improved. I averaged 20-20.5 on my one extended highway trip (with about 4K on the odometer). In mixed use, I'm close to 17 but still within the estimate range of 16-21. I think you'll do better after you've doubled your current odometer reading.

It took my Ridge a few thousand miles before mileage improved. I averaged 20-20.5 on my one extended highway trip (with about 4K on the odometer). In mixed use, I'm close to 17 but still within the estimate range of 16-21. I think you'll do better after you've doubled your current odometer reading.
yes and godskid, after breakin period hopefully you will notice improvement as well. by breakin i mean first oil change........don't change the oil early, just be patient, go the full limit with that breakin oil and let it do its thing.

what year is your CRV? what's your driving habit like?
My wife in her modified RSX gets 32 - 35mpg.
In my S2000, if I stay under VTEC, I can get 30+mpg as well.
Neither of the car are rated that high.

It's possible, as each generation of engine gets more and more efficient.

I have the new CRV but it is geared much lower than the RSX, so you can't compare the two. I've had accords and civics and get similar mileage as your RSX. I don't drive agressive and my commute to work is on roads where I drive 45-55mph.

These guys who are getting 23 with the Ridge may be driving exceptionly easy with air off, no extra pasengers, or driving at reduced speeds for a test situation. The guys who aregetting 17-19 probably reflect real world expectations.

It took my Ridge a few thousand miles before mileage improved. I averaged 20-20.5 on my one extended highway trip (with about 4K on the odometer). In mixed use, I'm close to 17 but still within the estimate range of 16-21. I think you'll do better after you've doubled your current odometer reading.

denvrfan, I sure hope you are right about getting better milage after putting more miles on. OUCH! gas was $2.579 per/gal today when I filled up! They got me for $50.00 bucks even.

I have 1566 miles on my RTL today and "fill ups" have been going like this:

1) 11.7 mpg :)
2) 11.3 mpg
3) 13.7 mpg ;)
4) 18.4 mpg :D
5) 16.3 mpg
6) 14.7 mpg :mad:

what a hog!!!

In mixed driving with 4k I have been getting about 16mpg. I was actually getting close to 20 in the begining, but I was also taking it very easy on the new truck.

I topped off the tank before I left and again when I got back being sure to get as much gas in as I could. :D

It's not good to top off the tank. You could damage your fuel system. Just an FYI

denvrfan, I sure hope you are right about getting better milage after putting more miles on. OUCH! gas was $2.579 per/gal today when I filled up! They got me for $50.00 bucks even.

I have 1566 miles on my RTL today and "fill ups" have been going like this:

1) 11.7 mpg :)
2) 11.3 mpg
3) 13.7 mpg ;)
4) 18.4 mpg :D
5) 16.3 mpg
6) 14.7 mpg :mad:

I've only registered under 15 MPG once and never anywhere close to your first two numbers. I agree with you on the gas pump sticker shock. It's getting absolutely ridiculous. Checking my records, gas prices in my area (Central VA) have risen 50 cents since I took delivery of my Ridgeline back in March.

Finally got in a fairly long freeway run with no trailer or major load and enough miles on the odometer to feel like it might be broken in (5000). Sooo: Primarily freeway driving (with usual I-5 issues of a few sections at 10 MPH), some stump pulling (and a broken cable that generated 3 dents in the truck :mad: ), and several short runs full of branches - got just under 21 MPG :) .

It's asking for its first oil change but while I will eventually go to synthetic oil, not yet - I seem to remember reading some place that under 10000 miles synthetic oil slowed the engine break in process and should not be used (I believe it was in some Mobile 1 literature).

I've been getting between 19.5 and 21 mpg. Just hit 4K. I have noticed that mileage has been increasing as it gets more broken in. Much of my driving is country driving, winding and hilly.

I just got back from a 2 week vacation which took me from Waltham Mass down to Miami Florida. I have kept mileage information since my first tank in a small booklet in my armrest.

1. 16.95mpg 327.8 miles on tank
2. 19.98mpg 133.4 miles on tank
3. 19.90mpg 278.4 miles on tank
4. 17.98mpg 253.1 miles on tank
5. 19.99mpg 294.4 miles on tank
6. 22.29mpg 253.6 miles on tank
7. 21.84mpg 307.3 miles on tank
8. 16.82mpg 139.1 miles on tank
9. 21.03mpg 329.7 miles on tank
10. 19.95mpg 173.0 miles on tank
11. 19.35mpg 357.9 miles on tank
12. 18.81mpg 351.8 miles on tank
13. 19.19mpg 282.0 miles on tank
14. 19.54mpg 351.2 miles on tank
15. 20.45mpg 270.2 miles on tank
16. 19.19mpg 116.5 miles on tank
17. 21.15mpg 225.1 miles on tank

$2.35 Average Price
$2.36 Average Price Per Gallon
$535.93 Total Paid
4445.3 Miles Tracked
19.61 Average MPG

Gallons Price/Gal Total Cost Odometer Trip A Mileage MPG
18.487 2.099 38.80 313 313 16.93
17.949 2.199 39.47 627 314 17.49
19.164 2.079 39.84 931 304 15.86
18.564 2.059 38.22 1252 321 17.29
17.96 2.199 39.49 1544 292 16.26


I'm keeping all of mine in a spreadsheet...this is what i've got so far since i got the truck with 3 miles on it. I always fill up when my light goes on. 60/40 City/Highway driving.

Nice work Zlash! I used to do the same when I was consulting and could deduct gas off of my taxes. I've gotten much lazier about it since I stopped consulting and work in a "normal" job now (as if any tech job could be deemed normal).

I am doing the same Zlash. I am getting about the same mpg as you. I would like to know how Capt is getting the milage is getting. I have 19 miles of interstate and 5 miles in town to and from work. I set my cruise on approx 73 when on the interstate.

I am doing the same Zlash. I am getting about the same mpg as you. I would like to know how Capt is getting the milage is getting. I have 19 miles of interstate and 5 miles in town to and from work. I set my cruise on approx 73 when on the interstate.

I drive a hybrid vehicle during the week normally. I have learned to drive with a fairly light touch. In the 20+mpg tanks my wife drove some, and she is even lighter on the gas than me. The 16mpg tanks were the first one where the car was with the dealership, and the other 16mpg tank was through very backed up traffic on the trip due to construction in 100+ weather with the AC on a lot. I think that if I worked harder I could get 23mpg but I just am not interested in driving that way.

I finally gave in and started tracking my mileage. Now I regret not having tracked it earlier when I went on my two long-mileage camping trips. I commute 20-something miles each way to work every day, plus social driving (to the store, etc.). My street type breakdown probably comes to about 70/30 highway/street. I consider myself a semi-pedal-masher, but have found myself using the cruise control a lot more on the freeways than I used to in my Accord (in big part because this car is so darn smooth, I have no idea how fast I'm going a lot of the time and I'm scared to get another ticket; in part because I like to chill on the freeway and let the other cars get a good look at my ride :D). So without further ado, my most recent fillup got me exactly 16 mpg. Oh, and I have ~3,700 miles on the truck and have not had my first oil change yet.

16 mpg here to. To be frank with all of you, I feel this is complete and utter BULL**** from Honda. I mean, come on, get close to the 21 for gosh sakes.

Wonder if we have any recourse?

Nah, I'm not pissed about this at all. Mpg, like horespower, is just a number to me. Those two things rank right down there with "coin holder included" in my reasons to buy the Ridgeline. I loved the look, ride, feel, and functionality of the truck - and those were my primary reasons for buying this vehicle. Would I like to get 22/23 mpg? Sure, who wouldn't. But I think my mileage will improve with the subsequent oil changes. If it doesn, then que cera cera, I'll still love this truck as much as I do now. Just my two cents.

Nah, I'm not pissed about this at all. Mpg, like horespower, is just a number to me. Those two things rank right down there with "coin holder included" in my reasons to buy the Ridgeline. I loved the look, ride, feel, and functionality of the truck - and those were my primary reasons for buying this vehicle. Would I like to get 22/23 mpg? Sure, who wouldn't. But I think my mileage will improve with the subsequent oil changes. If it doesn, then que cera cera, I'll still love this truck as much as I do now. Just my two cents.

I have developed the same attitude as you MT. I have 4500 miles, and yet have to see anything above 17 mpg. I have the OEM tonneau cover and it is heavy. So I removed the cover and stored it till winter. MPG? dropped to 15 mpg!!! I was talking to my wife yesterday about fuel prices...between the two of us, we have to spend 25 dollars a day to go to work! She did not realize this and was very surprised....What the heck is the problem with our government to allow the price to go up like this?? Are we getting gouged by the oil industry??? Can someone in the know, explain to us, why we have pay so much for gas???????????????? :mad:

I was talking to my wife yesterday about fuel prices...between the two of us, we have to spend 25 dollars a day to go to work! She did not realize this and was very surprised....What the heck is the problem with our government to allow the price to go up like this?? Are we getting gouged by the oil industry??? Can someone in the know, explain to us, why we have pay so much for gas???????????????? :mad:
You know it is funny you mention this, my wife and I were talking the other day and we were hoping that gas prices would continue to rise. We are big environmental supporters and by raising the prices you find that the popularity of more efficient vehicles seems to go up. If it wasn't for my two trips, my truck would only have 300 miles on it to date and it is just about 2 months old. We primarily drive our Civic around which as you can see exceeds 40 miles to the gallon. I also hope that this will push Honda and others to make more hybrid technology available to larger vehicles like the Ridgeline. The reality is that the US still pay way less than most others do for fuel. We were in the Mexico the other day and gas was over $8 a gallon, and was even more in Roatan and Grand Cayman. This is if you convert to US dollars which even makes these prices worse since most of these countries do not have incomes on the level of US people.

I don't know what your drive is like each day, but if you have a long commute, you may actually be able to save money by getting a high efficiency vehicle in your mix.

I hate the prices as much as the next guy, but when you compare to everwhere else we look like a bunch of whiners. This is from a country who has no problem paying a $1.00 for bottled water!

I hate the prices as much as the next guy, but when you compare to everwhere else we look like a bunch of whiners. This is from a country who has no problem paying a $1.00 for bottled water!
Amen! When compared to other liquids, gasoline is a bargain. I don't like the prices but I have no control over them. I just hope that the mutual funds that I've invested in are taking advantage of the record profits that are being reaped by the oil companies and refiners. ;)

Now, I do have a problem with the "not in my back yard" problem that is supposedly behind the less-than-adeqate oil refining capacity in this country (US). As someone who works directly across the road from a refinery, I feel that those who resist a refinery in their geographic area should pay more for fuel than those of us who do have refineries nearby. Seems fair, eh? :p

I've only got about 350 miles on the truck and picked it up last Friday (one week today). I filled up the tank last Sunday, and have since driven 178 miles. Well I filled up today and it took 9.1 gallons, and I used 87 octane. I double checked the math and 19.5 MPG is correct. I can't believe its that good, and yes I do know how to figure MPG :)

And about 90% of my driving is city, to and from work, about 12 miles each way, and there are about 12-15 stoplights along the way. And no I don't hit every light but I'd say at the least I hit about 5. There was maybe a half dozen times when I was able to keep at 45-55 MPH for a stretch of only 5 miles at a time without stopping.

I have been easy on her though, I almost never went over 3,000 RPM's, I look at least 500 feet ahead to see if traffic is stopping/light is red, and lay off the gas if it is. I try to coast as much as I can instead of getting up there and hitting the brakes, and I'm almost always really easy on the brakes slowing down.

Wow, I just was not expecting MPG like this before the first oil change, heck its even before the 600 mile break-in period :D

I had decided even before I bought it that I was going to switch to Mobil 1 full synthetic at the first oil change, but man I don't know. I wouldn't want to mess up this good MPG, but hey it might get better too!?

O-well I hope this isn't a fluke, it is my first time checking it. I'm going to keep writing it down to keep track though, and I'll post again too.

I wanna say your full of it or it's fluke only casue I'm jelous. Simply amazing. I havn't gotten better than 16-17 mpg ANd I drive about 40 miles to work

4200 miles .... mostly highway ... never above 19 mpg. :mad:

ditto on what dwdrums said... I've got 1400 miles on mine... not sure what the breakdown is on highway/city but it is a normal mix... 15mpg+ on the first couple tanks.. 16 on the next... and just yesterday got 17+... if the mpg keep going up I will be happy... but It probably won't... congrats on the 19.5mpg... I know I'd be happy if I could get that.

I know, I can't believe thats what I got. My dad has a Ridge too, and he has only gotten about 15 and he is not a lead foot.

Maybe it was a freak thing (but I hope not), I will post my numbers again in about 7-10 days when I'm down to half a tank.

If it's good like this again (or close to it) though, then everyone will know I'm not full of BS or really bad at math! :rolleyes:

Just drove from Raleigh NC to Daytona Beach Fl.
I filled the tank til the filler would hold no more gas and shook the truck to burp it 3 times more times til it was full ( each shaking would burp the tank to allow more gas )
2 tanks

1st tank 20.8 in NC & SC cruise control at 65 on I40 & I95
2nd tank 21.8 in SC & Ga cruise control at 55 (10%), 70 (50%), and 65 (40%) on I95

4400 miles

at home in arkansas bes mileage was 17.6

FYI gas was:
fillup $2.58 in NC
fillup $2.48 in SC
fillup $2.38 in GA ( this was the cheapest Price seen in each state )
$2.52 in FL

very nice... the worst tank I've had was 17.5mpg, the last 3 have all been above 19 and it's 70% houston traffic(daily work commute).

I've only got about 350 miles on the truck and picked it up last Friday (one week today). I filled up the tank last Sunday, and have since driven 178 miles. Well I filled up today and it took 9.1 gallons, and I used 87 octane. I double checked the math and 19.5 MPG is correct. I can't believe its that good, and yes I do know how to figure MPG :)

And about 90% of my driving is city, to and from work, about 12 miles each way, and there are about 12-15 stoplights along the way. And no I don't hit every light but I'd say at the least I hit about 5. There was maybe a half dozen times when I was able to keep at 45-55 MPH for a stretch of only 5 miles at a time without stopping.

I have been easy on her though, I almost never went over 3,000 RPM's, I look at least 500 feet ahead to see if traffic is stopping/light is red, and lay off the gas if it is. I try to coast as much as I can instead of getting up there and hitting the brakes, and I'm almost always really easy on the brakes slowing down.

Wow, I just was not expecting MPG like this before the first oil change, heck its even before the 600 mile break-in period :D

I had decided even before I bought it that I was going to switch to Mobil 1 full synthetic at the first oil change, but man I don't know. I wouldn't want to mess up this good MPG, but hey it might get better too!?

O-well I hope this isn't a fluke, it is my first time checking it. I'm going to keep writing it down to keep track though, and I'll post again too.

Man, that's good, my first tank in a CRV, I got 20mpg, but I drove it harder than you did.

6.7k miles. I get 16 around town, 21 highway. Sticker says 16/21, dead nuts. :D

I have over 6500 miles on my RL and I am averaging almost 19 mpg since I got it. I have every fill up written down with the miles traveled. I travel about 70 miles a day to and from work, mostly highway at 65 to 70 mph (speed limit is 55). I pretty happy with that. :)

My signature says it for me. I have just over 4400 miles on my truck. This is the most AC I have ever used on a car in a long time, I saw exterior readings of 101 and 104 on the dash during our long drive. Now that the weather has cooled off, I probably won't be driving the truck for a few weeks, at least not much.

As to being lead-footed, a lot of people are far heavier on the accelerator than they think that they are. It is often possible to maintain the same speed with a lighter touch on the pedal.

6.7k miles. I get 16 around town, 21 highway. Sticker says 16/21, dead nuts. :D

Me too Rocker. ( Only without the nuts) :D

Did a cold air intake modification on my Ridgeline. My wife drove it 156.1 miles and had to pack 7 gallons of 87 octane in it.Still have a few more tricks up my sleeve. Someone have a calculator?

Did a cold air intake modification on my Ridgeline. My wife drove it 156.1 miles and had to pack 7 gallons of 87 octane in it.Still have a few more tricks up my sleeve. Someone have a calculator?

22.3 mpg...what is the cold air intake? thats very good! :)

Bob79,
Got mine on the 18th, and topped it off at my usual gas station. First tank on 20th and got 18.3.mpg. I knew from the ROC and wife's Pilot that if I "felt the force", I would pay at the pump so really babied it. About 50-50 city/hiway.
I will say that this is a cruiser that gets respect on the road like my '87 Z28.

One thing folks on mpg threads do not discuss is region of country - gas formulation. Come winter and oxygenated gas here in NE, I expect mileage to plummet, but as it is, I'm getting about same mileage as with my previous ride - 99 Ody with much improved satisfaction......YMMV !

BTW, I use 93 octane. Habit from my 99 Ody - felt like I was missing a gear with regular.

So without further ado, my most recent fillup got me exactly 16 mpg. Oh, and I have ~3,700 miles on the truck and have not had my first oil change yet.

Just filled up the tank again tonight. ~3950 miles on the truck, HAL still won't let me change my oil yet, 17.4 mpg ($49.50 at the pump, youch!).

I keep reading how people say they are traveling above 65MPH and such, and I know sometimes you have to in order to keep up with traffic.

But to get the best MPG the best speed really is 55-60 MPH, anything over 65 and your MPG will start to fall off. Especially at 75 MPH+, and I know a lot of people don't care about it, but if you do just keep it in mind. Just look at the RPM's, I'm pretty sure that when you're at about 55-60 the RPMS are at about 1,500 and when you start going up into high 60's and low 70's its at/above 2,000 RPM's.

To get the best mileage possible highway you want to be in the highest gear (5th) and in the lowest RPM's. And in the city accelerate slowly (try not to pass 3,000 RPM's) and watch traffic ahead if the light is red, or people are slowing, lay off the gas ahead of time, and maybe you won't have to even hit the brakes.

Its all just FYI, but its working well for me :)

I keep reading how people say they are traveling above 65MPH and such, and I know sometimes you have to in order to keep up with traffic.

But to get the best MPG the best speed really is 55-60 MPH, anything over 65 and your MPG will start to fall off. Especially at 75 MPH+, and I know a lot of people don't care about it, but if you do just keep it in mind. Just look at the RPM's, I'm pretty sure that when you're at about 55-60 the RPMS are at about 1,500 and when you start going up into high 60's and low 70's its at/above 2,000 RPM's.

To get the best mileage possible highway you want to be in the highest gear (5th) and in the lowest RPM's. And in the city accelerate slowly (try not to pass 3,000 RPM's) and watch traffic ahead if the light is red, or people are slowing, lay off the gas ahead of time, and maybe you won't have to even hit the brakes.

Its all just FYI, but its working well for me :)
Just to add to this, it is a fact that wind resistance increases as the square of the speed you are traveling. And 60 does seem to be the sweet spot for most vehicles, although I have to tell you, 70 in the Ridgeline doesn't seem to hurt gas mileage significantly if it is through a flat area and with trees bordering the highway, in my Civic it would be different though.

I noticed when driving to work the other day with the Ridgeline that I was able to drive at 60MPH (which is my normal highway speed even though everyone else seems to do 65 to 70 in the 55 zone) with about 1800 RPM if you go light enough on the pedal. Remember you don't get the normal resistance you do with a regular gas pedal with the Ridgeline since it is drive-by-wire, so you need to ease off the pedal until the car start to slow then push a little more to keep it at the pace you want. I do this by going just over the speed I want then easing back to the speed I was looking for.

Just to add to this, it is a fact that wind resistance increases as the square of the speed you are traveling. And 60 does seem to be the sweet spot for most vehicles, although I have to tell you, 70 in the Ridgeline doesn't seem to hurt gas mileage significantly if it is through a flat area and with trees bordering the highway, in my Civic it would be different though.

I noticed when driving to work the other day with the Ridgeline that I was able to drive at 60MPH (which is my normal highway speed even though everyone else seems to do 65 to 70 in the 55 zone) with about 1800 RPM if you go light enough on the pedal. Remember you don't get the normal resistance you do with a regular gas pedal with the Ridgeline since it is drive-by-wire, so you need to ease off the pedal until the car start to slow then push a little more to keep it at the pace you want. I do this by going just over the speed I want then easing back to the speed I was looking for.

Someone already explained this to me a long time ago...but for newbies, can that someone recap the explanation for "drive by wire"? It really would help a lot of RL owners understand the basics of driving the RL versus the old version of pedal and cable....I think I just dated myself...Oh well selaveeeee! :)

Drive by wire....instead of the old mechanical linkage to the carburetor or fuel injection system.....the gas pedal is connected to a computer module. This allows the programer of the computer model to completely control how the pedal reacts to you depressing the gas pedal.

For example...the manufacturer can program the module to give the engine a lot of gas with only a slight press of the pedal. This makes the acceleration to be higher than if connected to a mechanical linkage that had a linear response.

Connected to a computer module gives the manufacturer lots of ability to program what your foot tells the engine to do!

I hate to be one more to complain...but OUCH...i just did my first fill up last night and it was in the $50 range!

Capt Middy: I also feel like in order to be more practical I should add a hybrid vehicle to the mix. I just have a problem justifying it. For example: having just bought a beautiful RL...and then buying a hybrid that I would drive everyday while the RL sits in the driveway. Seems like maybe I could have just let the RL sit at the dealers?

any justification points? :rolleyes:

I did some figuring yesterday, and I may have been off slightly when I said 90% City. Its more like 75-85%, because I did make a few trips to stores where I could travel 50-55 MPH for about 3-4 miles w/o stopping. But without a doubt at least 3/4 of what I drive is city, I just felt to be fair I should post this, because 90% city was a little high after re-figuring it.

I can tell that my next fill-up will be a little under 19.5 MPG already (prob 17.5-18.5) because I was stuck in stop-n-go traffic more often, and was running late more often (which = driving faster). But after the next fill up I am going to "baby" it again to see if I can match 19.5 or better.

I'm at about 85% highway and averaging 17 -17.5. On cruise most of the time at 69-70. Any other suggestions on how to increase the mileage? I have 11,500 on the truck so far.

I hate to be one more to complain...but OUCH...i just did my first fill up last night and it was in the $50 range!

Capt Middy: I also feel like in order to be more practical I should add a hybrid vehicle to the mix. I just have a problem justifying it. For example: having just bought a beautiful RL...and then buying a hybrid that I would drive everyday while the RL sits in the driveway. Seems like maybe I could have just let the RL sit at the dealers?

any justification points? :rolleyes:
You could do that, but I will tell you this, try putting a canoe on your Civic Hybrid (not pretty), try loading up a Civic Hybrid with 1500LB of luggage to take to the between the Hotel and the Port (I did this on my last vacation loaded luggage so it was even with the top of the car, too bad my camera was in the luggage). Try bringing home a 4x8 sheet of plywood on your Civic. I bought the truck for utility not as my daily commute vehicle. I put a total of about 15000 miles on both of my cars combined each year. Usually pretty evenly split. Long drives tend to be in the non-commuter vehicle, unless I know I won't be in need of the utility of the larger vehicle at the other end. But if you are buying just for gas savings, you will never recover the $20k difference between your existing car in the extra car just for commuting. Although remember if you keep a car until it dies this changes things, because you will extend the life of the RL by not driving it as much as long as you maintain it well.

Also we are a two driver family. My wife does occasionally drive off in a different direction from me and we need both cars. It is just that for our normal work day stuff, I drive my wife to the train station and then drive back home to work. It is about 12 miles round trip and so it runs us about $0.80 for the trip twice a day at current gas prices. If she just drove and parked at the station it would run us $.40 + $5 to park. *and Mass wonders why people drive all the way to their offices where they can get parking for only about $200 to $400 a year rather than spend the $5 a day plus pay for the train pass*

I hate to be one more to complain...but OUCH...i just did my first fill up last night and it was in the $50 range!

Capt Middy: I also feel like in order to be more practical I should add a hybrid vehicle to the mix. I just have a problem justifying it. For example: having just bought a beautiful RL...and then buying a hybrid that I would drive everyday while the RL sits in the driveway. Seems like maybe I could have just let the RL sit at the dealers?

any justification points? :rolleyes:

Actually I just did the math, because I was having the same discussion with a friend.

The jist of it is, at $19k for a civic hybrid, it would take pay for nearly 5 years of gas at $3.25 per gallon and 20 mpg. YMMV ofcourse.

Actually I just did the math, because I was having the same discussion with a friend.

The jist of it is, at $19k for a civic hybrid, it would take pay for nearly 5 years of gas at $3.25 per gallon and 20 mpg. YMMV ofcourse.
Is that based on the gas delta? I know someone who did this but forgot they had to put gas in the Hybrid, it dramatically changed their figures as you might guess.

I did this because of the environmental impact more than anything. I will never recover the cost delta. But I don't care, I love the hybrid and it is great for the environment compared to a car getting only 21MPG which is what it replaced (heck I can get that on my truck which makes that car sound even worse).

We're getting a range from 18 to a little over 21 mpg, both city and highway driving. I drive the truck 40 miles to work one way every day, in all sorts of traffic conditions, and with and without the A/C on.

I romp on it now and then, but mostly try to stick with driving habits that save gas (no jack rabbit starts, get to a high gear and try to keep it there, try to monitor the traffic ahead to avoid lots of stops and starts, etc.). My experience has been that my driving habits make a pretty big difference in my mileage savings.

NJdevil-70MPH starts to eat into your MPG, optimally you should try and stay at 60MPH to get about the best you can. Or at least 65MPH, and no higher if possible for the best mileage. Also what I have found is that the gas pedal is real touchy, if you press down just slightly your speed still increases pretty quick. I can already tell that with the extra running around I've had to do on this last fill-up that my MPG will be down a little, because I've had to move a little quicker through traffic, and hit the gas harder. BTW-I'm an Illinois transplant from just a couple of years ago, and I'm still a Bears fan! I hate the Packers.

I think a good test for anyone to try just for 5 days or so is to fill up your tank first. Then in city driving make sure you don't go over 3,000 RPM's, accelerate slowly, and watch traffic ahead so you can brake early/let off the gas. And on the highway make sure you don't go over 60MPH keeping cruising RPM's at 1,700-1,900. Let it go down to about half a tank and see what you come up with. I know its not that much fun, but it does make you enjoy the handling/smoothness of the Ridge though ;)

I've got 9800 miles on mine, and the last two tanks are the first I've really checked for mileage... Rural Maine to City, work commutes and etc, I've gotten 18.x GPM each tank. Few lights, the occasional stopsign and lots of hills (not BIG hills like CO or anything mind you, this is Southen Maine aka the flatlands)

I've got 9800 miles on mine, and the last two tanks are the first I've really checked for mileage... Rural Maine to City, work commutes and etc, I've gotten 18.x GPM each tank. Few lights, the occasional stopsign and lots of hills (not BIG hills like CO or anything mind you, this is Southen Maine aka the flatlands)
I am hoping, no...I know that you typoed that line and meant 18.x MPG, but it is amusing to think just the same that you get worse gas mileage than that rig that moves the shuttle (okay it uses more then 18 gallons per mile so maybe worse than a tank).

The best gas mileage I ever got on my Civic Hybrid was while driving around the back roads around Brunswick, Maine. Over 50 MPG with 4 people in the car no less. Definitely flat areas around there. The entirety of I95 is pretty flat through Maine too.

I just filled with 17 gallons having gone 157 miles. That's 9mpg !!! :eek:

Then I realized that both my trip meters had reset when I disconnected the battery the other day. Phew :rolleyes:

I just filled with 17 gallons having gone 157 miles. That's 9mpg !!! :eek:

Then I realized that both my trip meters had reset when I disconnected the battery the other day. Phew :rolleyes:
My mileage book has the total mileage recorded too just for situations like this, more if the dealer resets it than me but same difference.

My first tank was around 14 MPG, but ever since then I've been getting around 19 MPG.

Am I the only one with really bad MPG? With 1600 miles I'm still only getting 11/14.2 MPG. Dealer said it was my driving habits, so I had a friend who is a very careful driver drive it for 2 days mixed driving and still only got 14 MPG. Also have a bad hesitation after stopping, the truck starts moving, then pratically stops then takes back off with a bang! Dealers drove it, said it was the transmission deciding what gear it needed, what?????, taking off from a dead stop should I not expect it to be in first?? My 15 year old Bronco gets better mileage with the same driver and route every day! Dealer told me to wait until it has 4,000 miles or more before they will test it, at these gas prices I'll drive my Bronco!!

Just filled up, drove 217 miles on 11.8 gallons of gas which works out to 18.4 MPG. Not as good as my first time around, which was 19.5 MPH, but still good. I had to do more errands this time around though, which caused me to be in more traffic which is what caused the decreased MPG.

My plans are to try taking it real easy again to see if I can at least get better than 18.4 and, maybe even try and beat 19.5 MPG. I just don't want to see a gradual decline in my MPG. Cause if I can beat the 18.4, then I know 100% for sure that I can regularly get this good of mileage.

All I can say is that I'm really glad I didn't let the Tacoma's slightly better *listed* gas mileage guideline sway me to getting it instead. I'll keep you guys posted on the next fill-up mileage.

Am I the only one with really bad MPG? With 1600 miles I'm still only getting 11/14.2 MPG. Dealer said it was my driving habits, so I had a friend who is a very careful driver drive it for 2 days mixed driving and still only got 14 MPG. Also have a bad hesitation after stopping, the truck starts moving, then pratically stops then takes back off with a bang! Dealers drove it, said it was the transmission deciding what gear it needed, what?????, taking off from a dead stop should I not expect it to be in first?? My 15 year old Bronco gets better mileage with the same driver and route every day! Dealer told me to wait until it has 4,000 miles or more before they will test it, at these gas prices I'll drive my Bronco!!
If you are truly having this type of problem then you should try another dealership. Even driving aggressively I only dropped down to 16.8MPG for 1 tank. I have never seen a tank below 16.7MPG, and my average is in my signature. And I don't know what you mean by this hesitation but I definitely don't get any sort of hesitation when I am driving.

Sounds about rignt for that much driving. Recently I checked by Ridge on 3 tanks in a row and really packed full, could not get another nickels worth in the tank. Each fillup was at 340/360 miles. Results:

1st tank 25% local and 75% intersate @ 70/75 mph=22mpg

2nd tank 90% local and 10% interstate=19.4mpg

3rd tank 5% local and 95% intersate @ 75/85 mph=20.4mpg

First full tank - 15.4 MPG which was about 60% City/40% Hwy. Not very pleased with that. Hopefully it will get a lot better.

The 'only' time I thought I got over my 18.25 mpg average was when I didn't 'top it off'. The pump stopped and I figured it was full, as it normally should be. Having read somewhere it's not good to 'top off', I left it.

I did my calculations and was surprised to see 19.5! Then I looked at the gas gage and saw it wasn't full :mad:

The best I've gotten in 5000 miles is 18.5, with my last fill up this week at 18.25. I think the lowest was 16.5. No complaints, it's in the right range although we would all like to see it closer to the 20 mpg range given gas prices these days!

That is outstanding. I drive 46 miles round trip for work each day and the best I get on I-95 (70-75mph) is 17-18mpg. I had the dealer check everything and was told not to expect anything over 20mpg because of the 4x4; which I do not use. Good luck

If you drop down to 60-65 mph you will see a big increase in mpg! Give it a try . You will get where you are going almost as quick.

I have 3 cars... of the 3 my Corvette gets the best about 23 mpg around town... next is my Infiniti FX35 which gets 19-20 mgp around town and of
course the Ridgeline which is a turck probably will get 16-18 around town but not sure just yet.

Miles Gallon MPG
0.0 0.000 0.000
171.0 15.799 10.823
212.0 14.493 14.628
183.2 16.511 11.096
237.0 18.314 12.941
222.0 16.795 13.218
221.0 17.323 12.758
145.0 12.599 11.509
246.0 18.342 13.412
245.0 17.708 13.836
207.0 17.419 11.884
210.0 17.916 11.721
203.0 17.291 11.740
183.0 15.359 11.915
204.0 17.458 11.685
189.0 19.564 9.661
193.0 17.922 10.769
216.0 18.411 11.732
211.0 19.025 11.091
112.0 11.283 9.926
159.0 12.176 13.058
204.0 18.554 10.995
161.0 15.116 10.651
227.0 11.979 18.950
167.0 15.479 10.789
201.0 18.284 10.993
318.0 29.593 10.746
188.0 17.793 10.566


As you can see my mpg's really REALLYREALLY suck! I am by no means an aggresive or heavy footed driver. This is probably 85- 90% city driving (City of Philadelphia and some suburbs).
The one time I got 18.95 mpg was a 4 hr trip and back to Baltimore.

Why am I consistently getting crappy gas mileage. I drive about 6 miles round trip to work and then errands in the evening occasionally.

Very tame driver. Christ, our 740iL gets better gas mileage around town than this truck. Even my Sequoia that I traded in for this truck put it to shame.

I did monitor my driving in the city and rarely go over 3,000 rpm. I'm easy on the startups and stops (i'm a former police officer and got all the aggressive driving out of my system years ago ... besides thats only fun in State owned vehicles I don't have to pay to maintain :D )

If this doesn't get better I'll be forced to bail out and sell.

I'm open to suggestions. Whatever I'm doing I seem to be doing it consistently bad.

Mine seems stuck on 16 MPG but yours is awful. Gas hit $2.75 per gallon here today and I have to question the necessity of such prices. :eek:

I'm just grasping at straws here, but they told me not to top it off at the dealer as it could damage the fuel system/pump as fuel needs room to expand. Does a damaged fuel system cause horrible mpg? I can't say.

When the gas pump shuts off automatically, I'm done. I don't top off, and it's not unusual for me to get 19-19.7. Though, my last tank was 18.6. I did a bit of racing against a Chevy Cavalier. It lost.

It seems I've read more than a few post where people fill it to the brim. I wonder what their mpg is. Don't do this people.

I was getting around 16 mpg in the beginning. I'm now at 5,000 miles.

I'm open to suggestions. Whatever I'm doing I seem to be doing it consistently bad.
Do you use the same brand of gasoline all/most of the time? If so, maybe it would be worth trying other brands. <shrug>

FYI, I generally have the A/C running and almost all of my driving is in a suburban/rural area (hardly ever reach 50 MPH). I'm hitting 15-16 MPG consistently. My truck has less than 1500 miles on it so I'm hopeful that it will get even better. I haven't been on a highway trip yet so I can't offer highway MPG for comparison.

Good luck in tracking down the problem.

I also use 88 octane.

I have 7,000 miles on my ridgeline and my wife says I put to much damn gas in that truck. So..what ever that means,thats my MPG rateing.

Just filled up this morning in light of the cheapest gas being $2.89 a gallon for 87 octane.

136 miles on 7.1 gallons= 19.1 MPG.

I did finally pass the "break-in" 600 mile mark too, I'm at about 750 miles and it says I'm at 90% oil life. I'm still 90% sure I'm gonna switch to Mobil 1 full synthetic too. Is there enough room to slide under the Ridge without jacking it up to change the oil yourself?

Is there enough room to slide under the Ridge without jacking it up to change the oil yourself?
It's a little tight, but yes if you use a flat pan to catch it. A bucket wouldn't quite fit when I did mine.

OK 100% high way @ steady 74mph w/ac on; at night; Amoco 93 octane; the truck has 4500 miles w/the original oil still in the case= 24 mpg. The mileage is one of 2000 reasons I'm impressed with the Ridge.

http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/octane.htm

Check out this article, it will dispel a lot of myths about octane advantage, and save you money on gas! :)

OK 100% high way @ steady 74mph w/ac on; at night; Amoco 93 octane; the truck has 4500 miles w/the original oil still in the case= 24 mpg. The mileage is one of 2000 reasons I'm impressed with the Ridge.
Hey welcome to the ROC family reggiewilliams.
We're glad you're here.
Post some pictures of your RL soon!!

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Another good info site. :)

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Another good info site. :)
Thanks for sharing this Tex. I just have one question regarding the last staement made on one of the pages in that articles. It is as follows and I quote!!
"Cost savings are based on an assumed fuel price of $2.20/gallon."
What century is THAT in???
:D

Still worried I got a below average Ridgeline. I only got 16.5 on the last two full tanks. One tank was 95% highway trip. 70 to 75 mph with cruise on. I had to stop using the cruise because it kept hunting between 5th 4th and 3rd. Very annoying and it had to affect the gasmileage.

The last tank was just normal back and forth to work 60% highway. My 2000 4runner gets almost 20 (I think the window sticker was 21 mpg hw) doing back and forth driving so it isn't my driving habits that are killing my ridgeline mileage.

I was hoping for 19 for my type of driving before I bought the ridgeline but unless it really increases at the 5000 mile oil change, I am pretty dissappointed with this particular Honda Ridgeline.

:(

Kevin

Still worried I got a below average Ridgeline. I only got 16.5 on the last two full tanks. Kevin


... I guess the grass is always greener. If I could get even 16 mpg I would be ecstatic!

-- david :cool:

NJdevil-70MPH starts to eat into your MPG, optimally you should try and stay at 60MPH to get about the best you can. Or at least 65MPH, and no higher if possible for the best mileage. Also what I have found is that the gas pedal is real touchy, if you press down just slightly your speed still increases pretty quick. I can already tell that with the extra running around I've had to do on this last fill-up that my MPG will be down a little, because I've had to move a little quicker through traffic, and hit the gas harder. BTW-I'm an Illinois transplant from just a couple of years ago, and I'm still a Bears fan! I hate the Packers.

I think a good test for anyone to try just for 5 days or so is to fill up your tank first. Then in city driving make sure you don't go over 3,000 RPM's, accelerate slowly, and watch traffic ahead so you can brake early/let off the gas. And on the highway make sure you don't go over 60MPH keeping cruising RPM's at 1,700-1,900. Let it go down to about half a tank and see what you come up with. I know its not that much fun, but it does make you enjoy the handling/smoothness of the Ridge though ;)

OK I just tried keeping the ridge around 65 mph (and that isn't fun), with 90% highway driving, and no racing starts, or quick stops my last two tanks were 20.4 and 20.4882. I have around 1300 miles on it, and I guess I can live with that type of milage.

OK I just tried keeping the ridge around 65 mph (and that isn't fun), with 90% highway driving, and no racing starts, or quick stops my last two tanks were 20.4 and 20.4882. I have around 1300 miles on it, and I guess I can live with that type of milage.

Yep, it's painful cruising in the RL at 65mph. I feel like I'm sitting in my living room. Smooth, quiet, excellent ride.

Come on Ridge, you know 80+ is the flow. :D

HondaRidgeline,
I just filled my 4th tank of progressively more assertive driving and got 325 miles on 20 gal; about 16.3 mpg including 50-50 hiway and suburban "with the flow". Even some experimenting with OD off switch and spirited acceleration. This was my last tank of 93 octane. I'm paying more now for regular than premium a few days ago. Previous tanks IIRC: 18.5; 17.8; 17.3.

What reqion of country are you in? Wonder if gas formulation is cause of poor mpg? I am in NE.

Oct 05 Consumer's Report has interesting article on EPA ratings vs CR's own rating. CR contends that EPA ratings are exagerated and poor predictor of actual mileage. Some examples:
vehicle EPA / CR city mileage
Small SUV Jeep Liberty Diesel 4wd 22/11
Large Sedan Chrysler 300 C 17/10
Mid Sized SUV Chevy Trailblazer EXTLT 4wd 15/9
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cont'd
Minivan Honda Odyssey EX 20/12
Pickup Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew 4wd 13/8
Large SUV Dodge Durango Limited 4wd 13/8
Small Sedan Ford Focus ZX4 SES 26/17

Jul 05 CR road test of 5 PUs list Ridge mileage as 10/23 city/hiway so would be listed above as 16/10 and ave mileage as 15. For me the EPA ratings 16/21have been very close to my actual mileage so far at 1500 miles. Interesting that Ridge mileage at 10 is not much worse than Odyssey at 12 or Liberty rating of 11 and Ridge hiway mileage at 23 is above EPA rating of 21.

Even small sedans do not get the stupendous EPA rated numbers and some of the big vehicles take a real hit in city driving. YMMV

My understanding is that the EPA's mileage rating is not intended to predict "actual mileage". Its sole purpose in life is to provide a baseline number, calculated the same way across the board, against which to compare new models fairly. That's it. End of story. No surprise that CR would find "actual mileage" to be different -- I'm sure the EPA would say, well, yeah, it could be different -- our numbers were *never* meant to reflect ACTUAL mileage!!!

cont'd
Minivan Honda Odyssey EX 20/12
Pickup Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Crew 4wd 13/8
Large SUV Dodge Durango Limited 4wd 13/8
Small Sedan Ford Focus ZX4 SES 26/17

Jul 05 CR road test of 5 PUs list Ridge mileage as 10/23 city/hiway so would be listed above as 16/10 and ave mileage as 15. For me the EPA ratings 16/21have been very close to my actual mileage so far at 1500 miles. Interesting that Ridge mileage at 10 is not much worse than Odyssey at 12 or Liberty rating of 11 and Ridge hiway mileage at 23 is above EPA rating of 21.

Even small sedans do not get the stupendous EPA rated numbers and some of the big vehicles take a real hit in city driving. YMMV
The CR numbers seem to be right on the mark for my experience. I never expected to get the EPA numbers, but I was hoping my average would at least hit the EPA's city number. I drive mostly in town, mostly 25 - 55 mph, and I drive with a well practiced feather touch on the accelerator. Checked tire pressure, with AC and without, it doesn't make a difference. With 4,000 miles on the meter now, my average is about 14.8mpg with a glorious high of 17.9mpg - just one time. I still enjoy the luxury aspects of the RL though, and it's the only way to get out on the beach for us. We'll just be more careful as to when we use it.

I have had my RTL, first trips on the highway at 75 on I-80 right at 20.0, At 1500 mi now, hope it will continue or improve, my city mileage is about 16.5 - seems to be following window listings

Got my first full mpg reading today - 15.8 - the truck has only done 1100 miles so I figure it will get better. That's a 10 mile commute on mostly freeway, but I'll admit to being a bit of a leadfoot. Why have a 7000rpm Vtec if you don't want to hear it howl occasionally? Oops - forgot there's an energy crisis :eek:

My average fill-up at the pump is 13 gallons and I'm getting 15 mpg city/21 mpg highway with only 2200 miles thus far.

-SixOpRidge

Bob79: BS!!! ITS THE TURAIN, DAAH!!! I live in Marion, NC 2k elev. When I went to Anderson SC, I filled up in SC to take advantage of the price, And driving on I26 and I85 , I got 20.5, BUT IT DOESN'T TRANSFER TO THE MTNS.

Just got 18.8 MPG when I filled up the other day. This was again with at least 75% city driving. I just passed 1,000 miles and the it says I still have 90% oil life left.

I love that this truck far exceeded my expections everywhere, especially the MPG I'm getting :D

Arghhh! Just broke 1K on the RL. Last two fill-ups have only been 14.4MPG with 50/50 city/hwy driving. Very frustrated. Just finished a 100% hwy trip and I have 186 miles with just under a half tank. I figure that's about 11-12 gallons used. That's between 15.5 and 16.9 which is still not very good for 100% hwy driving at 60-65mph.

Please tell me this is going to get better????

Arghhh! Just broke 1K on the RL. Last two fill-ups have only been 14.4MPG with 50/50 city/hwy driving. Very frustrated. Just finished a 100% hwy trip and I have 186 miles with just under a half tank. I figure that's about 11-12 gallons used. That's between 15.5 and 16.9 which is still not very good for 100% hwy driving at 60-65mph.

Please tell me this is going to get better????
It may, it may not, it depends on a lot of things, driving style, gas quality and type, external temperture, distance travelled on an average trip, payload. The easiest of these to fix is the driving style but it is also the one most people are least willing to change.

I just got back from Vegas and got 20.1 mpg 99% highway driving. There was alot of uphill driving and the air was on constantly. I think that's pretty good.

Have had my Ridge since April and have put 12130 miles on it. The mpg just keeps getting better. Lowest was through Kansas into a 45mph head wind at hywy speeds, result was 17.7mpg, not complaining. The best was 24.6mpg, great!!, also in Kansas flat country. I live in Colorado, we have mountains ;) ;) . I'm what many people would call an old fart, am 66 yrs old. I also use X-1R engine treatment since new and have in my last 3 trucks all Fords all three got 1to3 mpg boost, am a bliever in the product, Wal-mart carries it. I am a retired farmer and have owned many trucks in my time and the Ridgeline surpasses them all if it had been available 20 years ago I would have had one. All the nay sayers about this truck haven't a clue what they are talking about, this is one great truck don't let them kid you. This is my first Honda, love it, all maintance service has been great by the dealer, Markley Motors of Fort Collins Colorado. I've had my say for what it's worth, Great Web site. Forgot to mention my average mpg is 21.3.

Welcome aboard DEW! Great info too. I wish that I could say that I was getting your average MPG but I am closer to 18 than 21+. I don't blame the Ridgeline for that yet though. It is probably a combination of making short trips and my not being as gentle with my right foot as I could be. I expect that I will see better mileage after my first oil change (presently only at 4600 miles) and if I take it easy on longer trips. I have been more aware of throttle habits since gas hit $3.29 per gallon. It is starting to show some improvement but it has not yet yielded 20 MPG.

I don't have the miles driven with me right now (but they were quicker fill ups), but in light of the Hurricanes I have been filling up more frequently and I remember the MPG's.

I have recently got 17.0 MPG and that was pushing the truck harder, I did about 4-5 accelerations where I hammered the gas pretty good getting it to 5,500 RPM's.

And the most recent fill-up was 19.1 MPG, and this was driving more careful. Both times I was again driving 80%+ city.

I would like to hit 20MPG driving mostly city just because I've come pretty close several times now. I'll be finding out what I can get highway the first week of Nov when I'll be doing about 500 miles round trip on the highway.

And to look back at how I was really considering getting a CR-V (which is a good auto) because of the gas mileage, which is 22/28, and the 19 which I've been regularly getting isn't that far off. And hopefully I will get even better MPG after my first oil change (I'm at 1,300 w/ 80%).

What one get in this truck is completely up to the driver. The truck can and will get 23mpg, as other's have proven. The issue is the right foot. Yes "you" are on the freeway, but how often do "you" change speed? Are "you" at 2000rpm as often as you can at 70mph? Do you tailgate or follow closely to cars in front? Because if you do, when they slow down you have to as well, and then speed back up. Lots of factors.
I'll bet that most of the 21+mpg'ers don't drive aggressively, stay at a constant speed, etc.

To My ROCland friends,
Very true. Since March, been driving the RL like I drove my 97 Jeep. The Jeep consistently got 16 to 17 mpg. With the RL, it was consistently 14 to 16 mpg. I could not comprehend the "drive by wire" advise I was reading here. Recently went to Cape Cod, and decided to apply all the advise given here on the ROC, and for the first time, got 23.5 mpg. Here are the principles:
1. When filling your tank, do not top off after the first click off. Anything after that is wasted to the recovery system. I adopted another method also. When approaching the full point, I slowed the flow rate of the pump to avoid air pockets. Full points=1/2 tank=10 to 12 gal etc.
2. When accelerating from stop, through the gears, never go past 2500 rpm. I try to keep it around 2000 rpm. Also, I noticed that if you back off slightly at the shift points instead of continuing to press on the gas, it shifts sooner. Shift points are: 2nd=10mph, 3rd=20mph, 4th=30mph, 5th=47mph. So, if you accelerate to 11 mph and then back off, it will shift to 2nd immediately, etc.
3. Once you reach cruising speed, without going past 2500 rpms, kick in cruise control. If going uphill, and you don't mind lagging behind instead of keeping up with the set speed, thus downshifting a lot, disengage cc, untill you get over the hump. The same if going downhill, cc will downshift (higher rpms), disengage cc and coast, using brakes sparingly.
:) THESE ARE THE THREE RULES FOR THE RIDGELINE HMPG ACHIEVEMENT. Very simple yet very true. Once you get used to it, you have graduated the drive by wire school.

Thanks Chris (csd) :D

ps I just had my first oil chg at 6100. the engine seem looser and smoother. hoping to see even better efficiency now. will advise. my 10 cents worth. :D

OK here is your bonus as graduates; once you have reached the point where your foot knows where the 2500 rpms point is for each gear after crawling up to it for several weeks, you can then start stomping on the gas ( pressing down on the pedal an 1/8 to 1/4 of the travel) and feel the acceleration and hear the roar of the engine, but never going past 2500 rpms!!! you can then say bye bye to the old pedal and cable + carburetor throttle valve set up forever! happy ridgelining you'all. :D

Here are the principles:



I'm going to try my best to stick to your 3 principles and see what happens and hope things change.

My gas mileage SUCKS! 13.2mpg - 16.5mpg. Mostly 13 range.

One thing you dont mention - My A/C is NEVER off. :( Maybe thats my problem.


Joe

I'm going to try my best to stick to your 3 principles and see what happens and hope things change.

My gas mileage SUCKS! 13.2mpg - 16.5mpg. Mostly 13 range.

One thing you dont mention - My A/C is NEVER off. :( Maybe thats my problem.


Joe

There are articles and testimonials in this forums that indicates the AC does not pose a significant effect on mpg....stay comfortable. PS, I had my auto setting for cooling at 69 deg all the time. :)

There are articles and testimonials in this forums that indicates the AC does not pose a significant effect on mpg....stay comfortable. PS, I had my auto setting for cooling at 69 deg all the time. :)

Thanks for the encouragement. I didn't think A/C would make that much difference either. Ive' read articles that say all windows rolled down = as much or more drag then A/C on.

I can't live without A/C

Thanks.

Well, I have 2600+ miles on the RTL and I took her round trip to Carson City, NV, from Vallejo, CA. I went 435 miles on one tank of gas. The low fuel light came on when I was halfway through Sacramento. So I thought, what better way to see how accurate the manual is by saying there is 4 gallons of fuel left when the light comes on. Well, I am happy to report, the book is right. I drove it all the way from Sacramento to Vallejo, and did not run out of gas. When I got home, I filled it up. It took 21.03 gallons of gas (could have gone another 20 miles). Milage was 20.7 mpg. I figure considering that this engine is not anywhere near broken in, the fuel economy can go no direction but up. I am very happy with the performance.

Great job Nick. I have pushed the limits a few times myself and have been very pleased with the results. She never lets me down.
Hope your trip was a great one.

I got 20.6 on my first fill-up! Mostly freeway, some city, so looks like I'm in the wheelhouse, spec-wise.

I'm relieved. I've read some posts on here where folks were getting 14mpg, and I was worried about having to funnel more money than I'd like into the oil cartel's reinforced pockets.

I've got 7800 miles on my Ridge, and still haven't broken into the 20.0 mpg barrier. I am still having way too much fun getting on the freeway! I've been as low as 17.9 and as high as 19.8. (Post # 101! Wohoo!)

-ridgeln (now a "senior" member - goes along w/ my being folically challenged)

I must have a different Truck. Never ever close to 20. never above 19. mostly around 16 or 17 or less. 285-360 on a tank of gas. I've changed my driving habits ..... not much difference.

Happy for you dude. I wish I could get the gas milage some are reporting on this site

I never really tried figuring out gas mileage, i don't get on freeways much except for my trips to Baltimore. I don't even have 4K on my truck yet so I'm not looking for anything great. I'll be making a trip to Oklahoma next year with my R6 in the bed and hopefully my Vulcan on a trailer. I'll have to see how good my baby does then.

I never really tried figuring out gas mileage, i don't get on freeways much except for my trips to Baltimore. I don't even have 4K on my truck yet so I'm not looking for anything great. I'll be making a trip to Oklahoma next year with my R6 in the bed and hopefully my Vulcan on a trailer. I'll have to see how good my baby does then.

Great pictures. Thats what I like - MORE pictures everyone!

Should be a picture with every post ???????

Get a little eye weary reading so much text. Pictures break up the tedium. :)

I have one tank through the Ridge now and got 21 MPG... Most was city driving, but about 75 miles was in cruise mode on the interstate and about 75 in a snow storm on the way back on the same interstate...

I just don't understand how some people can get 21 in the City and I can not get 18 with mostly highway driving. What am I doing Wrong. I have slowed down. I don't step on the gas real hard. Which helps but I don't get anywhere near 21 MPG. Kind of pisses me off with the price of gas at $2.90. If I drive with a heavy foot I will get 15-16 MPG. I have had the Dealer check out the Truck. They tell me the computer says the engine is running fine.

How do I get 21 MPG?

I just don't understand how some people can get 21 in the City and I can not get 18 with mostly highway driving. What am I doing Wrong. I have slowed down. I don't step on the gas real hard. Which helps but I don't get anywhere near 21 MPG. Kind of pisses me off with the price of gas at $2.90. If I drive with a heavy foot I will get 15-16 MPG. I have had the Dealer check out the Truck. They tell me the computer says the engine is running fine.

How do I get 21 MPG?

This subject has to be the number one thread on this forum, in the guises of many thread names. Try the Search button, mileage, gas mileage etc. You'll be amazed at the information in there.

I just don't understand how some people can get 21 in the City and I can not get 18 with mostly highway driving. What am I doing Wrong. I have slowed down. I don't step on the gas real hard. Which helps but I don't get anywhere near 21 MPG. Kind of pisses me off with the price of gas at $2.90. If I drive with a heavy foot I will get 15-16 MPG. I have had the Dealer check out the Truck. They tell me the computer says the engine is running fine.

How do I get 21 MPG?


I don't know how this will sound, but I don't really worry about gas mileage, I enjoy driving my truck far too much to be worried about that. I look at it this way, it's only money right? ;) I just love driving my truck!

I just don't understand how some people can get 21 in the City and I can not get 18 with mostly highway driving. What am I doing Wrong. I have slowed down. I don't step on the gas real hard. Which helps but I don't get anywhere near 21 MPG. Kind of pisses me off with the price of gas at $2.90. If I drive with a heavy foot I will get 15-16 MPG. I have had the Dealer check out the Truck. They tell me the computer says the engine is running fine.

How do I get 21 MPG?

Same here, WhiteRL. I have read all those posts Tex's Ridge refers to and there is a lot of good information. There is one that has the 3 rules to better gas mileage.

I have tried everything and haven't got the mileage claims I have read.

I have read that after engine breaking-in and changing the break-in oil to synthetic gas mileage will improve. Hopefully that will happen, waiting to see.

BTW, I'm at 2363 miles and 60% on the OLM.

I hate to be the wet noodle here, but I've got 8K on mine, had the oil changed about 1K ago (at <10%) and if anything, I've LOST MPG. Now, this could easily be explained by lower temps, different fuel, etc, etc, etc. But, I don't think I've changed my driving habits, routes, etc. I was getting hi 18 to lo 19 - higest I've ever gotten was 19.8. Now I seem to be about 1 mpg lower.

-ridgeln

I have been pretty much right at 14-14.5 MPG.

It may sound low but I have been driving on the beach at least twice a week with tire pressure to 15 PSI, also, am driving about 3 miles on the road back home before I use the conpressor to refill the tires.

the 2005 pilot has been on the dot around town at 16 MPG

OK, on the lighter side...for all Nav owners, can you program the Nav to find routes that only goes downhill?? that would increase everyone's mpg ratings. I think this was the reason I got 23.5 mpg going from Hartford CT to Cape Cod, RI, it was all down hill!!!!! :D

16000 miles and 95% highway and ALL I average is 16 to 16.5 mpg.
Huge disappointment and I hope the goverment starts to fine these manufactors over rating their mpg. I think Honda should send owners a refund for the difference we are spending in gas. If I would have know this I would have bought the Titan instead.

OK, on the lighter side...for all Nav owners, can you program the Nav to find routes that only goes downhill?? that would increase everyone's mpg ratings. I think this was the reason I got 23.5 mpg going from Hartford CT to Cape Cod, RI, it was all down hill!!!!! :D

Good one.

If that works I'm going to put smaller rims and tires only on the front, that way I'll be going down hill all the time.:D

Thats what I get when I was towing a 2500 pound trailer.

How fast are you driving. Is there a lot of traffic?

A lot of hills on the highway?

I am starting to wonder if some ridge's just get better MPG

He might not have, but I just came from Nissan's website.

2006 Frontier Nismo 4x4 = 15/20

2006 Titan LE 4x4 Crew Cab = 14/18

I have over 7500 miles on my ridgeline.

In flat Florida ( where I could not get over 65 mph ) I got 3 tanks in a row with over 22 mpg. ( one was 24.7 all 55 mph on the Interstate 95 )

In hilly NW Arkansas ( where work is 5 miles from home 5 stop signs and 5 red lights to work ) I get about 17 mpg. Even on the Interstate here doing 70, I still get 17 mpg.

I think that every Ridgeline is capable of getting 20+ mpg if you have the right conditions.

My Trade ( a Chevy Silverado ext cab ) got its best mileage ever in Florida too ( 18 mpg what the epa said hwy ) at home it got 12-14 mpg. A guy I work with has a Titan and I get 5 mpg more than he does.

Just remember that EPA is just APE spelled backwards. :D

So far I AVERAGE 20-21 MPG. I have 20,000 miles on my Ridge now and have had three tanks at 23 MPG and one at 24 MPG! My WORST tank was 16 MPG pulling my flatbed trailer with some large logs on it. You must have a really heavy foot! I was looking (actually drooling) over a Titan and man am I glad I didn't buy one of those guzzelers!

thanks zero, that's what I thought. :)
TEXMEX
YES I know the mpg for the Titan and it also is a bigger truck, heavier, larger engine, more towing. So for 2 mpg i would have been better going with it. if you love your ridgeline's mpg great for you but I'm severly disappointed in it. My friend has a Dodge Hemi and another has the Titan and one more has the Dodge SRT and all of them avg between 12-17 depending how hard they get into it. So for a little v6 I should be getting better mpg.

I live in north/west NJ close to the Appalachians mountains. Lots of big rolling hills. I drive at 70-80 on highways about %50 of the time and the rest are in town and averaging 18.5-19.5 mpg. I definitely think driving style is one of the main issue when it comes MPG... but I'm sure we can create a list of the variables that will affect MPG. I'm curious how winter MPG will be. MPG in the winter anyone?

I have the Armada (the Titan's SUV brother) and I'm averaging 14-15. If I get into it I'll hit 13 easily. Here in Texas where the gas is relatively cheap it's been around $70 to fill up. Ouch.

It's a great ride and the power is amazing, but honestly I let the wife drive it to and from work (2 miles) and I use it for towing my cargo trailer. It's great on the highway, except for the mileage.

I'll be picking up a RTL with NAV for my commuter just as soon as I get my little car paid off. That one (an '03 Focus) will go to the daughter for her 1st car.

20mpg for the Ridge sounds like a winner to me!

I'm in southern california and averaging 16 to 17 miles per gallon--60/40 city to highway. I have just under 4,000 miles on the truck. I don't drive with a lead foot and don't drive fast--probably average 70 mph on the highway. I don't see how some people are getting 22 miles per gallon. Makes me think there's something different with california gas versus the rest of the country :D

[QUOTE=HodgeyI don't see how some people are getting 22 miles per gallon. Makes me think there's something different with california gas versus the rest of the country :D[/QUOTE]

I'm using nothing but California gas, and I'm getting a fairly consistent 19-21 mpg, mixed driving. I really think it has a lot to do with driving styles....

Good one.

If that works I'm going to put smaller rims and tires only on the front, that way I'll be going down hill all the time.:D

LoL! I'm not getting fantastic milage either but i d'ont really care.I Bought the truck to use it as a truck, if i wanted great gas milage i would of got a little mini me toyota.

I use mine occasionaly to commute to work, 33 miles each way mostly highway, and have found that if you drive with an egg under the gas pedal and accelarate slowly and get off the gas early for lights, you can do 65-70 and still get 19 plus MPG. As soon as you add in some stop and go and some idle time you will see a loss of mileage. My opinion is that it's usally the driver's fault if the truck doesn't reach its potential. With that in mind, I know my truck gets about 20MPG in N.Y. area and expect to reach the 21plus range down south in the Carolinas. IN THE MEAN TIME, let your hair down, goose the throttle and feel the power and throw the MPG to the wind while you enjoy your truck sometimes!!! :D

The government can not fine manufacturers for posting EPA numbers, in fact it works the other way around. Every manufacturer will tell you that the EPA numbers don't work, some vehicles will classically get less then EPA due to tuning and design, this tends to hit Hondas frequently. GM is one of the only companies that seem to tune their vehicles to match the EPA testing in more normal driving conditions. Some companies have tried to push back on the EPA ratings because they get so many complaints about the vehicles not meeting EPA ratings.

That being said, I have gotten pretty good mileage on my truck, the last tank was one of my worse at 16.9MPG and that was with carrying a heavy load a few times and driving short trips so that the engine wasn't warm yet which will also give you bad mileage.

I get fairly good mileage when I work at it, which I haven't for the last two tanks (18.9 and 16.9), but that is okay since I knew there were going to be times I didn't get good mileage based on what I used the truck for, if I go to the Home Depot, it just isn't far enough away to warm up the vehicle and it is through a lot of hilly terrain so I will always lose out there. For instance I tend to average about 48MPG on my display for my hybrid, when I drive to Home Depot in the hybrid I average down in the 30s instead. If you average less than 10 miles per start of the engine, you will not get the best mileage. I have had tanks over 22MPG and tanks as low as 16.5MPG, and I can tie these directly to the type of driving I did during that tank.

When it really comes down to it, I don't worry about mileage in the truck, I knew what I was getting when I bought it. I have the hybrid for high mileage activity like commuting and trips back to see the family, and the truck for utility.

I just filled up this morning, 20.4 MPG, all local driving. I have payed close attention to some of the posts and drive by the tach as some have advised. I try to hit the low end shift points around 2,500 RPM then local driving at 1,500 RPM and that will net you around 55 MPH. Even on the Intersates I try not to get much over 2000 RPM.

Hey Hodgey,
It's probably that stop and go traffic in Southern Cal thats giving you bad mileage! I am in Arizona and I drive 59 miles each day, semi city/rural, and I am getting 21/22 mpg. I calculated this twice in the last 3 weeks. Are you a smooth accelerator and have you seen that past post on working the gas peddle at each gear?
Mike

I have 5700 miles, 30% left on the oil minder thing and consistently get between 19-21 mpg.

My first fill up I got just over 16 mpg.

Awaiting the first oil change to see what happens :)

I'd like to understand the correlation between improved gas mileage and post-1st oil change operation. I bought synthetic oil for my upcoming change with the remote belief that my mileage may improve a tad. There are plenty of you out there with at least 1 or 2 oil changes under your belt (or your hood). Care to elaborate on your own experience?

Hey Tex..Go for what?

On the very few occasions I drive in the city I avg 18. So yes driving styl will effect mpg but I never had a vehicle that was effected so greatly. Including my other Hondas.

Hey Tex..Go for what?
Based on the posts, I'd say he meant you should go for the Titan.

I was shocked by the mileage too...basically the same as my 4.6L V-8 F150, at least to start with. I suspect that if the F150 had been 4WD, the mileage would have been worse, however. And the RL seems to have a lot more power and is a much better vehicle, IMO.

Don't get me wrong I love the truck but I think the mpg people are avg'n should be checked it to. The gov't is looking and I believed fined a few manuf for misrepresenting mileage. Honda Ridgeline should be one they look into also. I avoided the ford and nissan because of the mpg but now at 16mpg and $3 a gallon i could have used a bigger truck if i knew the mpg would have been this close to one another.

I will remind everyone that the mileage estimate is from the US Government agency the EPA. No car maker can state the mileage figures. They do some of the tests in old tobacco warehouses in NC around the RTP (research triangle park - Raleigh Durham and Chapel Hill ).

I do not believe anything that comes out from the EPA as I once worked there as a vendor.

remember the number one lie of all times:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.

The gov't is looking and I believed fined a few manuf for misrepresenting mileage. Honda Ridgeline should be one they look into also.

Why? Because YOU are on the low end of the spectrum? The majority of posters have stated that they are getting mileage in the advertised range. And many have reported that it improves dramatically with a change in driving style. Just the fact that it is primarily front wheel driven requires a change in driving style.

Mileage... I get from 16.5 to 17.5 and my trying my best not to led foot it;therefore, the 17.5 in the hills of western North Carolina from 2000' to 4000' and 42 miles away. From Marion to Elk Park and around to Boone and Blowin Rock. But when I was down to my brothers place in Anderson, SC I would top off at exit 5 on I 26 in SC and top off on my return and drive at speeds of 70 and 75 mph and I got 20.5 ant thats on fairly level ground and not the ups and downs of the mountains. I appreciated the prior post on the use of crouse control and have discontinued its use when travel on rolling terrain, on account of the surge up hill and the breaking going down hill. I will sacrifice speed going up hill , 5mph and lay off the gass going down hill.

Its helping...

Don't get me wrong I love the truck but I think the mpg people are avg'n should be checked it to. The gov't is looking and I believed fined a few manuf for misrepresenting mileage. Honda Ridgeline should be one they look into also. I avoided the ford and nissan because of the mpg but now at 16mpg and $3 a gallon i could have used a bigger truck if i knew the mpg would have been this close to one another.

What did you drive before; did it get it's epa's est. mileage?

I got 16 mpg towing a 2500 lbs . My Inline 6 Jeep got 16 towing and 19 highway.

Maybe if you drive hard a V8 would be better. If I towed all the time I would have looked for a V8.

Are you passing ; is there hills; is the highway have backup;

have you done a trip with cruise control on?


The mileage test is done under controlled conditions that I think represent CA. The EPA knows it is flawed but it is all they have.

Why? Because YOU are on the low end of the spectrum? The majority of posters have stated that they are getting mileage in the advertised range. And many have reported that it improves dramatically with a change in driving style. Just the fact that it is primarily front wheel driven requires a change in driving style.


Yes because it's all about ME. :D From the posts I have read there are a lot of owners in the lower range then the upper. Advertised range??? 16-21mpg is a BIG range and when I read posts that are mostly highway drivers and they are in the 16-16 range I say something is flawed with the tests. I know the EPA tests mpg on a bench with no real world data and it should be changed. I have driven other FWD, AWD, 4WD/2WD cars and trucks. My 97 Chevy 2500 van gets 15 mpg and it's a POS

I've been tracking my mpg (among other things) very closely since purchasing back on Memorial Day weekend in an xls file. A majority of my driving is highway though I live in a mountainous area. I've been averaging 19mpg UNTIL my first service (which included an oil change) @ 7.5k. Since then, I've had 2 fill-ups. The first tank post service I came in at 21mpg. The second (tonight) yielded just over 20. After I collect a few more data points I can post the plot if anyone is interested, but so far there is an obvious upward trend after the first service. There is another thread suggesting this and now I'm seeing it as well.
Those of you who aren't happy with your gas mileage, have you had your first service yet? Have you broken the truck in? I can see how people living in a mountainous region could suffer slightly since the truck tends to REV high when climbing hills (the power seems to be in higher tac area).
Food for thought.

Hey Hodgey,
It's probably that stop and go traffic in Southern Cal thats giving you bad mileage! I am in Arizona and I drive 59 miles each day, semi city/rural, and I am getting 21/22 mpg. I calculated this twice in the last 3 weeks. Are you a smooth accelerator and have you seen that past post on working the gas peddle at each gear?
Mike

Thanks for the post Mike. Yeah, I read the posts. I have to admit that lately I've been driving a bit faster than normal; the truck is a lot of fun to drive. But for the majority of the driving, I have been very careful to not stomp on the gas and reducing gas after shifting gears. Don't get me wrong, I'm not unhappy with 16 mpg, just jealous with others getting 20+ :D However, I do expect the mpg do improve as I only have 3800 miles on the truck.

I have about 3000 miles on the RL and am averaging 15 mpg going to work, running the kids to their stuff, around town type driving. I live about 8 miles out of town so some of that driving is 60 mph with 4 stoplights inbetween.

The couple of road trips that I have taken have got 19 mpg with about 80% interstate at 70 mpg and 20% city driving.

Now that's with the AC running full tilt, since I live in Central Texas where it's been (up until this past weekend) 100 and 80% humidity. :eek:

I track mileage (too much engineer in me my wife says :D :D :D ) and we will see if mileage goes up in the winter with reduced AC usage. Still hoping for a little better mileage, but that may be as good as it gets. I went back on our 02 Odyssey to see how it did from day 1 and when we picked it up and drove 300 highway miles it turned 23 mpg. It still gets 23 to 26 on a highway trip.

Of course my buddies that drive Avalanches live for the day to see better than 16 on the highway (hasn't happened after 100,000 miles and 4 years so I suspect it's not gonna happen), F150's supercrews average about 11 in town, 15 on the highway.

I also have a roof rack and wonder if I'm taking a hit from mileage. It sure looks good though.

Oh - and the truck really, really sounds good at full throttle, which doesn't help the mileage any. I try to limit that to a couple of times per tank up to highway speeds. :)

I'd like to understand the correlation between improved gas mileage and post-1st oil change operation. I bought synthetic oil for my upcoming change with the remote belief that my mileage may improve a tad. There are plenty of you out there with at least 1 or 2 oil changes under your belt (or your hood). Care to elaborate on your own experience?

I wanted to let you know that I was complaining about my in town milage which was between 12.8-13.6mpg. Traffic conditions are horrible and you spend a lot of time sitting and idleling and wasting gas. I put Castrol Syntex and noticed two things: My engine runs much cooler, doesnot even reach the temp icon in the center of the temp gage. Also my milage has improved to about 15.2-16.1 in town. I have not been on any long trips since June.
Went up to North IL and WS and came back through AR, MS, LA. my over all gas milage was 19.7mpg for a 2700 mile trip.

We really love our truck, my wife was the one who really picked it out. She drove it one time and was sold on it.

Another thing that you might consider, is the amount of accessories that you have on your truck. We have the Roof Rack, Running Boards,Bed Extender, Trailer Package,Fog Lights, Hood Scoop,Floor mats front and back, and also purchased the full size Spare which added considerable weight.

Hope this helps! :)

I wanted to let you know that I was complaining about my in town milage which was between 12.8-13.6mpg. Traffic conditions are horrible and you spend a lot of time sitting and idleling and wasting gas. I put Castrol Syntex and noticed two things: My engine runs much cooler, doesnot even reach the temp icon in the center of the temp gage. Also my milage has improved to about 15.2-16.1 in town. I have not been on any long trips since June.
Went up to North IL and WS and came back through AR, MS, LA. my over all gas milage was 19.7mpg for a 2700 mile trip.

We really love our truck, my wife was the one who really picked it out. She drove it one time and was sold on it.

Another thing that you might consider, is the amount of accessories that you have on your truck. We have the Roof Rack, Running Boards,Bed Extender, Trailer Package,Fog Lights, Hood Scoop,Floor mats front and back, and also purchased the full size Spare which added considerable weight.

Hope this helps! :)

Very interesting comment about the running temperature being affected by synthetic oil. All of us can attest to how quickly this engine warms up. For me, it's at normal operating temperature before I even leave the neighborhood (maybe .7 mile). I hope to do my oil change this weekend. I'll watch for changes in both areas. Thanks for the feedback.

40 miles a day, houston traffic communte. Average ~19.5 each and every tank.
On the highway to and from dallas, 22-23mpg.

I don't think there's much mis-representation gonig on. Just driving habits.

I'm happy to say my Truck has done 18 mpg and up for all 9808 miles with the best @ 22 mpg..........
Found tire pressure can influence this 1 or 2 mpg
Best was at 44 PSI
Have also had a slow leak on the left rear since new.......
assuming the monitoring tubing or conections are to blame

With a grand total of 705 miles on our Ridgeline so far we are averaging 18.6 mpg. We have a variety of roads around here from flat to moutainous. This is from a combined city and highway driving with tires inflated to factory settings.

LoL! I'm not getting fantastic milage either but i d'ont really care.I Bought the truck to use it as a truck, if i wanted great gas milage i would of got a little mini me toyota.


Couldnot help but admire your Ridgeline Pic. Your custom fog lights caught my eye. I have the Honda installed fog lights.

I wanted to inquire about your custom Exhaust system. What and Where did you get it. Also, do you void your warrenty if you put something other than stock on the truck? :cool:

All my driving has been at least 75% CITY and the worst I've ever gotten was 17.0MPG even. Usually I get between 18-19MPG, and the best I got was 19.4MPG. You can get good mileage if you keep RPM's under 3,000 and watch the traffic 100-500 feet ahead so you can slow as needed (or just coast).

In about 3 weeks I'll be going on the highway for 250 mile trip, and I'm hoping to get 22MPG+ if I keep it at 65MPH max.

I have a very small commute to work, about 4 miles. I don't calc. the mileage, because I do not care, I love the truck and it's going to get what it gets. I have a heavy foot, and god help me if I get any exhaust upgrades because I like that sound and I am sure the mpg will go down even further. I have a 2006 Accord EXL-ivaN (NAVI) 4 cylinder, I might get around 20 in town if I am lucky.

If you look at your MSRP sticker that was posted on the window you will see that the in town mileage can range from 13-19 and highway can range from 17-25 depending on conditions. Just my .02 cents worth.

I have a very small commute to work, about 4 miles. I don't calc. the mileage, because I do not care, I love the truck and it's going to get what it gets. I have a heavy foot, and god help me if I get any exhaust upgrades because I like that sound and I am sure the mpg will go down even further. I have a 2006 Accord EXL-ivaN (NAVI) 4 cylinder, I might get around 20 in town if I am lucky.

If you look at your MSRP sticker that was posted on the window you will see that the in town mileage can range from 13-19 and highway can range from 17-25 depending on conditions. Just my .02 cents worth.
I won't tell you to lighten up on the foot, but I would suggest you track your mileage a little because it can sometimes be a good indicator when something is going wrong. If you suddenly see your mileage tank, there may be something that needs looking into. I track my mileage but like you, I don't really care what it is, I like when it is high because I don't get the dirty look from my wife but other than that I know it is a truck, it will get truck mileage, I will be happy with this mileage. No you can't take it away from me until you make me a hybrid Ridgeline (hopefully in Midnight Blue) with all the same features otherwise.

I said that I got from 16.5 to 17.5 and 20.5 on the flat in SC. Well, I got 18.9 with MTN driving refering to the not using crouse in the mtns, and driving like an egg is between my feet and the gas peddle, well 90 % of the time :rolleyes: ,, Also, the temp. has been in the 70's and I have been running under little AC. COULD ALL OF THIS brought me from 16.5 to 17.5 to 18.9???

I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and just returned from a weekend trip to Big Ceder Lodge in Missouri; I got 22.3 MPG on I-44. The terrain is mostly flat with rolling hills as the trip enters SW Missouri. I set the cruise control at 75 MPH, sat back and relaxed and enjoyed the ride with my wife and 2 teenage sons. The a/c was on all the way; I have a Honda Tonneau cover, maybe that helped a little...

I've got about 12,500 miles on my RTS. Most of my driving is city driving or driving on the freeway with heavy traffic (doing about 30 mph) and I average about 16.4mpg. I did one long trip on the freeway but the mileage didn't improve much, mayber 17.5mpg.

I change the oil every 4,600 miles or so. So that can't be the problem.

For highway driving you guys might get a bit better mileage with the windows up and the A/C on instead of the other way around.

When I first had the roof rack installed, I noticed a lot more wind noise. I've adjusted the position so the noise is reduced but I'm sure the wind drag can bring the mileage down a bit.

Couldnot help but admire your Ridgeline Pic. Your custom fog lights caught my eye. I have the Honda installed fog lights.

I wanted to inquire about your custom Exhaust system. What and Where did you get it. Also, do you void your warrenty if you put something other than stock on the truck? :cool:


Thanks cajun. exhaust just elimantes the rear muffler with a homemade rear section i came up with a a chome tip. I don't know if it voids the warranty,don't think so .

I drove that same route last fall. Beautiful country. Stopped in Lebenon, MO and stopped at the boat manufacturor and visited the plant that built my Suntracker.

Curious, did you have much downshifting thru that country? Mine downshifted just about every single hill. I was running the same speed as you.

Thanks

Ok, we are at 1200 miles and gas mileage seems to be improving. We are at 20.6 mpg now.

Hi, wont start jaw flappin with #'s but up here in Oilberta we have some swoopy high octane blends avail. with ethanol. I have used them in Acura tsx and tl dynamic,
great performance but not in fuel economy. Just look at the fuel system on a alcohol dragster.

Just did my first mileage check: 358 miles, 17.3 gallons, 20.7 mpg :) About 70% was highway at 60-65 mph. Tire pressure is 36 psi which probably helped get it over 20.

I do not recall that the downshifting was that pronounced...

[QUOTE=Kantook]I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma and just returned from a weekend trip to Big Ceder Lodge in Missouri; I got 22.3 MPG on I-44. The terrain is mostly flat with rolling hills as the trip enters SW Missouri. I set the cruise control at 75 MPH, sat back and relaxed and enjoyed the ride with my wife and 2 teenage sons. The a/c was on all the way; I have a Honda Tonneau cover, maybe that helped a little...

We did the same route on the way to Wisconsin and got slightly better than 23mpg on a cool night with the air off, cruise set on 75. Coming back during a hot day, air on, got 21. In the higher elevations of NM and AZ, air on and running 80, got 19.7.

Hi Guys:

Keep in mind that a lower octane rating will cause the ECU to retard the ignition timing to prevent engine ping. That results in a significant drop in power and mileage.


FA

I'm a ski and not a sky:rolleyes: , I think its driving style, Remember I said that I got 20.5 on a 140 mi round trip inside SC on I26 and I85, but got from 16.5 to 17.5 in the mtns of NC, Well after taking the driving tips from this or a prev sight, I have tried to take the foot out of my driving and have gotten 18.9 and 18.5 on the last 2 tanks,ITS DRIVING STYLE...:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

OK, here's mine:

After 2800 total miles, 17.6 mpg average. Mostly around the local city/county area except for a cross-state trip of 900 miles.

On that trip, we cruised at 75 most of the time on a 4 lane freeway that is generally flat, but we crossed Snoqualimie Pass in the Cascade mountains twice, which isn't really much of a grade. On the trip, 18.4 mpg.

I'm not really trying.... ok, I'm not trying at all to train myself to better mileage at this point. Still to much fun 'testing' the performance of my new rig. :o

Hey
Come to Canada and by your gas, our gallon is 20% bigger this will give you more miles to the gallon!!! DA!!

Hey
Come to Canada and by your gas, our gallon is 20% bigger this will give you more miles to the gallon!!! DA!!
It is also 40% more expensive so while I gain 20%, I lose 40% so is it really better? Silly Imperial Gallon.

Diablo must work for the Canadian Department of Tourism. :)

For the last few thousand miles I have been averaging a little over 14 mpg, but over 60% of those miles were spent towing either the boat (3,250 lb.)or the folding trailer (3500 lb.). I finally got a chance to drive without towing a single thing between fill-ups. I got a pleasant surprise. 19.5 mpg in city/highway driving. The current mileage is 5,122. I guess it's finally starting to get broken in.

This is my first post. I just filled the Ridge up, for the first time, and got 15.97 mpg. This is 100% in-town driving and only short trips. Since I am breaking the engine in, I am not babying it nor am I abusing it, I want the engine to see all operating conditions except full throttle for the first 1000 miles.

I was disappointed in the mileage of my 2002 CRV, at first. Finally, at about 25,000 miles the CRV's mileage jumped up to about 2 mpg above the sticker mileage. Perhaps, Hondas respond to the kind of break in they receive. Some folks get good mileage from the get go and others get the good mileage later.

Hopefully, my Ridge will improve with miles.

Great truck!

froggy

My wife seems to get a steady 17 with all in town driving, at about 1100 miles/month.

Well I've been driving the truck now for almost 3 months and keeping track of MPG at EVERY fill up. I use 87 octane, and fill up where-ever the gas is cheap.

I drive on average at least 70-80% city, but am able to keep it in 3rd & 4th the vast majority of the time (and usually can hit 5th about 25% of the time). The worst I have got is 17.0 and thats when I floored the gas pedal 3-4 times to see what she could do. And in general was driving a little more agressive.

On this last tank I had to pull out several times hitting 4,000-5,000 RPM's and I also did not mind traffic in front of me too well either. I wasn't letting of the gas watching red lights, and generally drive more agressive usually hitting 3,500-4,000 RPMS on take-offs. And with driving about 260 miles on this tank, 90% of which was driving agressive in the manner described in the preceding sentences I got 17.7 MPG :D

I have just been absolutely impressed with my trucks MPG performance. I don't know if I got a "good" one or if I just generally drive well enough to get good mileage. I'm sure that the other vehicles I was looking at couldn't get this good of mileage (like Crew cabs: Dakota, Tacoma, Colorado), and usually I get between 18-19 MPG. I came real close to getting the CR-V, which in EX form would have cost me about $4,000-5,000 less than my RT trim level, but I'm real glad I got the Ridge.

I just added up all my receipts and my overall MPG avg is 18.6

Bob, your post sounds about right with what I have been experiencing in the moun tains of North carolina...:)

Same here, worst has been 17 mpg and best has been 23.7 mpg (all interstate or 4 lane at 70 mph).

My worst was 13.1, two times, towing a loaded trailer.

i just checked my mileage today for the first time with just lil over 1000 miles on the odometer. i got 17.6 mpg. this was with mixed driving and a few short trips on hilly terrain ( not too many level places in the blue ridge lol). so i dont think thats too bad for vehicle of this weight,full time 4 wheel drive and not even broken in yet:)

Regular driving in town and 75 miles per week on 84 east=15mpg.

I'm running 16 MPG and that's mostly in town. A couple of short road trips under 100 miles yielded 18 MPG.

Heck, I feel better now. These posts sound much more realistic than those claiming 20-23 mpg back in March when I bought mine. For a while, it seemed like I was the only one getting 16-17.

*Different "filling methods" make a big difference in your calculations when you factor in extra gallons of gas in tank, not enough gas put in tank, not computing based on a "full tank", topping it off, using a diff. pump or station, etc...........

I'm still getting 20-23mpg. That's the best mileage. Uh-oh, I smell yet another gas mileage thread appearing. Polls too. :)