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hiramhonda · 06-16-2007, 09:41 PM

My wife and I just returned from a three week trip in our '03 LX AWD....it turned over 100,000 miles roughly half way into the trip. We drove from the Atlanta area out through S Dakota to the usual spots...Rushmore, Yellowstone (over Beartooth), Tetons, up to Glacier and back through N Dakota, Minn, Wis and back down home.....total trip was 6526 miles. We filled up before the start and as soon as we got back home and logged every fillup in detail, etc. I was driving as normal..some of the trip was in high altitude, some flat, etc. I drove generally around the speed limit when on the Interstate (although I'm always getting told I'm driving too fast), but rarely over 75 mph. We used the low octane gas....85 - 87 and a few places had Ethanol in it, but not too many. We averaged 22.22 mpg....taking the total miles driven divided by the total gallons bought. Just as a test, I also averaged the mpg I had calculated for each fillup and it came out at 22.27...so it verified the other calculation.

We had just installed new Michelin Cross Terrain SUV tires right before we left. There were just the two of us, but we don't pack lightly....plus camera gear for both of us and two tripods, etc. I ran the AC most of the time, did not baby the car at all.

Last year we did a 5400 mile trip in the SW and while I didn't keep as many details of the mileage, I did keep the total miles and total dollars spent. Last year the cost of fuel per mile was $.143 and this year it was $.144. Gas was a probably a little higher this year, so my mileage last year may have been a little less.

This Pilot has always gotten good mileage, but seems to have just gotten a little better as it has more miles. It's time very soon for it's 105k checkup...new plugs, timing belt, etc...hope they don't screw it up!!

Just thought my experience might be interesting to those of you interested in gas mileage.

06-16-2007, 09:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
hiramhonda Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia Posts: 33	A realistic test My wife and I just returned from a three week trip in our '03 LX AWD....it turned over 100,000 miles roughly half way into the trip. We drove from the Atlanta area out through S Dakota to the usual spots...Rushmore, Yellowstone (over Beartooth), Tetons, up to Glacier and back through N Dakota, Minn, Wis and back down home.....total trip was 6526 miles. We filled up before the start and as soon as we got back home and logged every fillup in detail, etc. I was driving as normal..some of the trip was in high altitude, some flat, etc. I drove generally around the speed limit when on the Interstate (although I'm always getting told I'm driving too fast), but rarely over 75 mph. We used the low octane gas....85 - 87 and a few places had Ethanol in it, but not too many. We averaged 22.22 mpg....taking the total miles driven divided by the total gallons bought. Just as a test, I also averaged the mpg I had calculated for each fillup and it came out at 22.27...so it verified the other calculation. We had just installed new Michelin Cross Terrain SUV tires right before we left. There were just the two of us, but we don't pack lightly....plus camera gear for both of us and two tripods, etc. I ran the AC most of the time, did not baby the car at all. Last year we did a 5400 mile trip in the SW and while I didn't keep as many details of the mileage, I did keep the total miles and total dollars spent. Last year the cost of fuel per mile was $.143 and this year it was $.144. Gas was a probably a little higher this year, so my mileage last year may have been a little less. This Pilot has always gotten good mileage, but seems to have just gotten a little better as it has more miles. It's time very soon for it's 105k checkup...new plugs, timing belt, etc...hope they don't screw it up!! Just thought my experience might be interesting to those of you interested in gas mileage.