Accord V6 gas mileage?

What real world gas mileage do people get with their V6 Honda Accords,
specifically the 3.0L used in the 98-02 EX Accord?

Thanks to all . .

 

City & highway--anywhere from 24 to 32 mpg

 

I usually get around 28-31 mpg in town and 35-38 mpg on the highway, with my
Wife and I in the car.

 

35-38 on the hiway, with a V6 accord? I want some of your gas

Hugh Graham

 

About 23 around town (short trips, work commute is only 5 miles one way for
me), about 31 on the highway (CA, where 70MPH on the freeway and you are a
slug).

 

Maybe all you need is my driving style ;^)

 

I am guessing that Brian's 'style' includes using the imperial gallon in his
computation of mpg since he is in Canada. The imperial gallon is 20% larger
than the US gallon so getting some of his gas would certainly improve your
computed mileage. It wouldn't save you any money but it makes the number
more impressive.

 

That, and using cruise control as much as possible.

--
Brian

Why does a slight tax increase cost
you two hundred dollars and a substantial
tax cut saves you thirty cents?

 

An patience? ;-)

 

Hi,
Talking about MPG and break lining/disc pad wear is moot.
Every one has different driving style.
Jack rabbit start, hurry up and brake, tail gating which needs
frequent braking, not knowing when to shift, coasting to stop light,
etc., etc.
I think female drivers are worse in general.
Tony

 

I know my Wife does everything you listed, except the tailgating. Her main
downfall, is not looking far enough ahead in traffic to see potential
situations developing, that and watching what is going on around her in the
other four directions.

--
Brian

I love being married. It's so great to find
that one special person, you want to
annoy for the rest of your life.

 

Nah. Much may be learned from discussing these, and not just about different
driving styles.

Seems like if they were as guilty of the above as you think, they'd have more
accidents.

Insurance data says otherwise: Women are safer drivers, and hence their rates
tend to be lower.

 

And the miles are smaller as you approach the north pole!

J.

 

I achieved 37 mpg once. Sure I was driving from NY to Florida with the
cruise on. It can be done, but drops right off if you get off the
interstate.

Keith

 

Brian...
Noticed your "signature: on this post and it rang a bell.I recognize it from
Hfx. newsgroups.
I myself just bought a 2001 Accord ex and thought I would check to see if
there are any NG's covering Hondas,and as you can see I found one.So far I
love it,especially the leather!

See you in Hfx. newsgroups!

 

Welcome. Catch you at home <g>.

--
Brian

www.cakesbydarlene.ca

www.accesswave.ca/~orion

 

Insurance data says otherwise: Women are safer drivers, and hence their rates

There is an obvious reason for this. In most families, even if the
wife and the husband are each registered to their own vehicle,
whenever both of them go anywhere together, who is going to drive? The
man is over 80% of the time certainly, and my gut says over 90%. This
is also when they are going to talk to each other, creating the same
issues as the cell-phone-to-the-ear syndrome. Same thing on long
trips, the man will drive most of the time. While mileage-wise, most
accidents occur close to home, almost all of the major accidents in my
extended family have occurred on long trips away from home. Also, take
Florida as an example. Studies have borne out in Florida that while
older people do not have any increase in accidents that are _legally_
their fault, they have a MUCH higher incidence of having themselves
rearended, both at intersections and on the interstate. So are old
people safer? Only in the monetary sense for their own insurance
company. For their actual physical safety and the safety of others,
absolutely not. Same goes for women drivers. While this certainly does
no apply to all women, I see a lot more non-signalled abrupt lane
changes at speeds much lower than the prevailing speed of traffic.
This obviously leads to many more rear-end collisions which could be
construed to be the other person's fault. I'm not going to say what
you should or shouldn't believe, I'm just going to say that yes,
statistics sometimes DO lie.

Nate

 

The rule applies to teenage boys and girls, too.

But--
1.
IIRC, the gender insurance rate disparity goes down as age rises.

2.
Also, IIRC the disparity between teenage boys and girls has been decreasing in
the last decade or so. Girls are taking more risks on the road (and off,
arguably). Kinda like they're probably achieving more sports injuries than a few
decades ago. (Hmm)

You are claiming, in large part, that people who drive more miles per year will
have higher insurance rates. Of course. I have no dispute with this.

But I am claiming that, for the same miles per year and same ages for Woman X
and Man Y, on average the woman will pay less. (I presume married couples where
the man does most of the driving report that he does most of the driving.)

You're also arguing that the accident rate varies depending on whether its
"around town" driving or long trip/vacation driving. I'd be guessing as to which
results in more accidents per mile. I thought it was "around town," but I could
be wrong. One can probably google and nail this little statistic.

I see you complaining about how women drive, with exceptions (fair enough).
We're just exchanging anecdotes here, so I'll toss in my own: The most dangerous
drivers in any area in which I have lived have by far been young men. Leaping
from stoplights with a squeal. Speeding. Abrupt stops from high speed. Hanging
out the car windows and yelling nonsense.

Then there is, IMO, a nature or nurture conditioning of men to be more
aggressive. Not all men. But on average. I do suspect this translates to higher
car accident rates. The greater aggression has its pros, too. E.g. if there's
another genocide, I want the strongest, most aggressive people fighting on my
behalf. Or, if some guy were harassing me, I'd want a big old linebacker husband
without a soft touch to put him in his place (within the law).

So you have your data collection. I have mine. When I see a car weaving,
speeding, etc. on the road, I put some distance between him and me. And it is
almost always a he.

Also, I see you claiming that people who are rear-ended should carry more blame
than the law currently provides. I can't believe the courts or insurers are that
messed up.

We mostly disagree.

 

Nice try Nate. I totally agree that statistics can be misleading but don't
you think that insurance companies have enough smarts to understand
statistics way better than either you or I could even imagine? That's their
business.

Fred

 

Studies have borne out in Florida that while

"Having themselves rearended"?.....I've never heard that term before.