phil the greek
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First tankful despatched at a very unimpressive 27mpg.
2.0 litre i v-tec manual shift should do more than this. We live in a rural area and I have been driving it fairly quickly at times and enjoying the upper reaches of the rev band, but I'm not mechanically unsympathetic, I don't rev a cold engine, and I generally keep things below 3000 revs. SWMBO has also been driving it and she drives like a district nurse, so it's not been ragged to the edge of its miserable existence.
Would my silly wide tyres be driving this down at all? remember I have TVR 16" alloys with 225 section Pirelli P7s all round.
I keep the climate control on auto all the time which I've always done with my cars. Not driving with windows down or sunroof open.
I had an Audi A6 15 years ago which was a 115bhp 2 litre petrol with climate control, and that did 30mpg - that was a company car and I wasn't paying for the fuel, so I did drive enthusiastically. And it weighs about 200kg more than the Accord and it's a stone age engine.
So what gives Mr Honda and all your V-tec wizardry?? :blush:
EDIT: I must admit for most of the 1st tankful, the tyres were all about 10psi under-inflated, but that wouldn't make this much difference would it?
2.0 litre i v-tec manual shift should do more than this. We live in a rural area and I have been driving it fairly quickly at times and enjoying the upper reaches of the rev band, but I'm not mechanically unsympathetic, I don't rev a cold engine, and I generally keep things below 3000 revs. SWMBO has also been driving it and she drives like a district nurse, so it's not been ragged to the edge of its miserable existence.
Would my silly wide tyres be driving this down at all? remember I have TVR 16" alloys with 225 section Pirelli P7s all round.
I keep the climate control on auto all the time which I've always done with my cars. Not driving with windows down or sunroof open.
I had an Audi A6 15 years ago which was a 115bhp 2 litre petrol with climate control, and that did 30mpg - that was a company car and I wasn't paying for the fuel, so I did drive enthusiastically. And it weighs about 200kg more than the Accord and it's a stone age engine.
So what gives Mr Honda and all your V-tec wizardry?? :blush:
EDIT: I must admit for most of the 1st tankful, the tyres were all about 10psi under-inflated, but that wouldn't make this much difference would it?