Just when I've started seriously thinking about what to buy to replace it, my 1994 Accord LX turns in a 514-mile tank, for an economy of 32.3mpg. Okay, so it was almost all highway, and I'm a conservative driver, and I *did* just adjust the valve clearances, but still...

>sigh< Guess I'll live with the radio that cuts out randomly, the parking lights that don't work consistently, and the assorted paint chips and rust spots for a while longer. As long as it's still getting me better than 30mpg on average.

--Chris

 

I'd only at 24-26 mpg :wtc:

 

yea, i only averaged 22.

 

I have 154k and shit needs replacing left and right. I got 29MPG last spring but havent gotten over 27 since then.

 

I have a 126K on my '99, I just filled up and got just under 34mpg. I've been changing my driving style, I was averaging 32mpg on my commute.

 

For four or five months around the winter of 2003, it averaged 26-27mpg, but that was mostly because it was so cold, and because of oxygenated fuel, and because so much of my driving was ferrying my fiancee back and forth to work. (She doesn't drive in the snow.) That was the worst economy that I've gotten out of it in the four and a half years I've owned it.

Overall, since I got the car in April of 2000 (with 29,124 miles on it), I've averaged 29.0mpg (100,579 m / 3,468.5 g ... yes, I've noted the exact mileage for each one of 243 fills on a spreadsheet). The 88 Civic DX HB that the it replaced was, of course, better, but I'm still really pleased with the Accord's performance.

But I sure do miss that Civic.

--Chris

 

do you beat on it or is it just from usual wear and tear? What stuff needs to be replaced?

 

I've always gotten about average city/highway 24mpg with my 95 EX sedan. That's with the AC going and three kids being hauled around. I'm happy with that and also don't mind the periodic fixing and replacing of things. It beats a monthly payment on a long-term loan

 

The graph from my excel spreadsheet...each point represents a five-point moving average of fuel economy starting in April of 2000. (i.e., the sum of the last five trips divided by the sum of the last five fills in miles)



I am the king of the geeks.

--Chris

 

I get like 19mpg on my Vigor.

I think it's a lazy O2 sensor. h: