My 2004 Accord (4-cyl) still gives me 8 km/l... is it normal?

That's not much more than18mpg... I was expecting better mileage. After
all, it's why I got rid of my SUV.

All city, normal driving (no highway)... down here in Chile. In the highway
it goes up to about 11.5km/l (27mpg)

I was expecting better mileage. It's got 4800 km on it.

Is this normal?

(Use RON93 gas)

-Indirecto

 

If your talking Santiago, I don't recall that city having too many straight
streets of any significant distance. I would suspect you are doing good.
especially if you drive like all other Chilean's. 18 and 27 sounds right to
me.

Also, if your RON93 is equivalent to the 93 octane of North America, then
you are probably overdoing that to. Does the car call for RON93 or is that
personal preference. If the later then drop down to what is called for by
Honda for your location. Probably 87ish. You might see a small increase in
MPG but definitely an decrease in money spent at the pump.

Scott

 

america goes by RON+MON/2

so he needs to find out the MON as well, add it to the 93, divide by 2,
and itll give us the equivalent to our gas.

so, um... (X+93)/2=87 solve for X

 

My wife's 2000 Civic gets about 8.5L per 100km. It's the bloody automatic
tranny that's causes the poor mileage. The newer civic seems to return much
better mileage when equipped with an Automatic.

Since your Accord is still new, I'm sure it would get better once the car get a
little older. Also, using the lowest octane gas possible will also return
better mileage. However, there the 'ping' issue. I tend to get better mileage
with 87 Octane when compared to 91, but the engine sounds awful with the cheap
gas. So, I'd go as low as possible and let the engine tell you if you need to
go higher. The difference between using low octane gas and high octane is
about 50km per tank which goes up to about 100km per tank when the premium gas
is winterized.

Pars
98 DX Hatch

 

I drive a 2004 Honda Accord I4 in Los Angeles street traffic with almost no
freeway driving. I've got 3600 miles on it, and I'm getting about 19-21mpg.
So I'd say you're about right.

 

Wow... I wonder what the V6 would give under the same circumstances?

-Indirecto

 

The owners manual says to use RON91... but I usualy put 93 because I don't
trust local suppliers.

I guess a better method would be to try lower octane gas and see how much it
"knocks"

I think RON93 should be equivalent to US 89-octane..

I wonder how the V6 would behave. I considered buying it but decided
against because I thought it would get worse mileage. At US$0.86 a liter
(more than $3 a gallon)... it was crazy.

-Indirecto

 

The car is rated for rated for 9.6/6.5 L/100km or 30/44 Imp. MPG. Expect
10% less in real world driving...