365 miles. ONE TANK.

[etlsport]

i believe it... had my vx in the city the other day.. and anyone whos ever driven in philly traffic knows.. sometimes you gotta hit the go pedal HARD and i was driving the crap outta the ol' girl.. 5000+ rpms etc... once i got away from the city to check my gas mileage (scangauge) i was astonished to find i was at 16.5mpg.. a little higher than when i REALLY baby the throttle... since then started revving hard and fast then letting it coast the rest of the way.. seems to help my mileage

[rx7tt95]

When I'm in sport shift mode, I don't accelerate hard. I accelerate just as anemically as if I'd been in the normal shift mode. Small throttle openings at higher revs will put less load on the engine than small throttle openings at low revs (lugging it). If you had (or have) a vacuum gauge in your car, you could visibly see the difference between the two. There's very little "control" of this with the VX and it's automatic however. It's a very small window of benefit from what I can tell.

One other thing I do that I forgot to mention is put the car in neutral at stop lights while waiting. Again, you're loading the engine less.

[PMFog]

This Spring I have been running in Power mode just to run with different shift points in the transmission (1 flush and fluid change so far at 60K) now that I've reached 100K. Also replaced the PCV valve and have noticed I am getting better mileage. Couldn't say which made how much of the difference so I'm happy to see a more technical analysis.

PMFog

[nfpgasmask]

Before I lifted and added bigger meats I was hitting 350 a tank. Now, after the lift, I am getting about 260 (that is, if I compensate for my ODO and Speedo offage). So, the burden of the lift and bigger tires and the extra weight on my roof rack costs me about 100 miles every tank....which TOTALLY sucks.

Bart

[Techy-D]

I've been watching the MPG's on the Scangauge (both instant and trip) + Throttle Position. It's changed my driving habbits and does agree with some of the things here. I've found that a moderate acceleration (even a bit of a hard acceleration), with a small letup (allowing it to shift sooner) and then back into it a bit till I get to speed, then backing off to where I can bearly hold that speed or even loose speed slowly, has been the trick for my longer drives (slow accelerations just seem to prolong the lower mpg's). Also, Letting off the gas and coasting sooner and for longer times does make a lot of difference on the scangauge. My real Average MPG killer is the slow bouncy gravel road where I seem to do 6 or 8MPG.
I've been able to get my daily average up to 18mpg if I'm not in a hurry and pay atttention (not pressing the pedal anymore than absolutly necissary to keep going will help me 3 or more mpg and there is really no noticiable speed increase or decrease). When I'm late and hurry to work, I seem to get about 14.5mpg.
All said and done, I consider it a game and a research project, with financial rewards of course (and a bit more relaxed, peace of mind time on my commute)

[woody]

I consistantly get 290 around town and I don't drive like a granny. My Fiance lives in Memphis (me in Dallas) and I average 330 per tanks with a full load of gear, 2 dogs, sport mode and 80 to 85 mph..
I think my guage is a little off...I get around 120 miles when it is showing a half tank and then easily pull another 200 on the other half...
I've done nothing except add a Borla Muffler...interested to see when I add my cold air intake and a few other goodies!
Cheers
Woody

[So-CalVX]

I've been getting between 290 and 310 lately... my last tank (i just filled up a minute ago) was all in town driving and i got 305 with a 20 gallon fill, then my tank b4 that was mostly in town with a trip to Thousand Oaks, then Montecito, then Thousand Oaks back home to Ventura, which put me at 320 on a 20 gallon fill.....

it has made me happy considering i lost my job at honda and gas prices continue to rise...