http://www.greencarmpg.com/1990-honda-accord.html Hypermiling: MPG > MPH Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:41:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.greencarmpg.com/1990-honda-accord.html/comment-page-1#comment-55 Walter Lee Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:11:30 +0000 http://www.greencarmpg.com/?p=74#comment-55 I bought a 1990 Honda Accord LX 4dr Automatic in August 1990. I still have it today. Recently I got 32.5 mpg on the highway when I kept the speed between 55mph-65mph. In the winter I get about 19mpg in city commute drivingand in the summer I get about 22mpg. When the car was new, I got 22mpg city in the winter and about 25mpg during the summer. The only hypermiling technique that signficantly help improve gas mileage in the commute is overinflation of the tires by 10psi and Driving without Brakes/ridge riding techniques. Pulse and Glide doesnot work very well because the power to weight ratio is too low. Getting low rolling resistant tires effects this cars mileage by about 3mpg. The car has had several accidents and now has a salvage title. The odeometer reads over 187000 miles. Beyond body rusting, the electrical system has given me the most trouble. This car runs on regular gas (87octane). Premium gas (octane > 90) does not improve the gas mileage. I bought a 1990 Honda Accord LX 4dr Automatic in August 1990. I still have it today. Recently I got 32.5 mpg on the highway when I kept the speed between 55mph-65mph. In the winter I get about 19mpg in city commute drivingand in the summer I get about 22mpg. When the car was new, I got 22mpg city in the winter and about 25mpg during the summer. The only hypermiling technique that signficantly help improve gas mileage in the commute is overinflation of the tires by 10psi and Driving without Brakes/ridge riding techniques. Pulse and Glide doesnot work very well because the power to weight ratio is too low. Getting low rolling resistant tires effects this cars mileage by about 3mpg. The car has had several accidents and now has a salvage title. The odeometer reads over 187000 miles. Beyond body rusting, the electrical system has given me the most trouble. This car runs on regular gas (87octane). Premium gas (octane > 90) does not improve the gas mileage.

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