sauceman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sauceman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I originally wanted a car with the following features:
1. Fuel efficiency equal or better than my 95 EX Accord</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, here's another update. I had posted a thread about fuel economy in the Accord forum ( https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=553323 ), and out of curiosity, but also because I need to be careful with gas consumption, I did what I could to apply most of these principles, which led me to a really good gas mileage:
683.75 miles, on 19 gals of gas, good for 36 mpg.

On a side note, 19 gallons is enormous, a lot more than what the TSX is rated for having, 17 gallons. It looks as though once the gas nozzle has topped off, you can keep on pouring more gas in and the extra gas will overfill into an extra tank somewhere. The total capacity then, seems to be more of 19½gallons on the TSX. That is wonderful for long road trips.

sauceman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b18bvtec4drteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well my report says

The 2 front rattles are getting annoying.. need to get that fixed. Other than that everything is cool.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Check this link out, a member of acura-tsx.com brought up a theory, and hit it right on the money: http://www.acura-tsx.com/forum...d=786

00gsrBrynn

when i went to the acura dealership to buy my car awhile back, i saw the tsx for the first time and was so amazed. if i was 20 years older and 20 grand richer, ide buy one for sure.

acrxguysgirl

.::miLan

Good report, and good luck with the TSX in future driving experiences...

COOKIEPUSS

Thanxs for the report....I've the TSX since the Auto Show. Nice and Clean.

sauceman

Thanks guys.

RotaryBzzzz

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sauceman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It looks as though once the gas nozzle has topped off, you can keep on pouring more gas in and the extra gas will overfill into an extra tank somewhere. The total capacity then, seems to be more of 19½gallons on the TSX. That is wonderful for long road trips. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey Sauce....Anymore insight into this? Did you originally TRY to overfill?

You've got your own forum now!
Sauceman's Honda-Tech TSX Forum

RB

sauceman

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RotaryBzzzz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Hey Sauce....Anymore insight into this? Did you originally TRY to overfill?

You've got your own forum now!
Sauceman's Honda-Tech TSX Forum

RB</TD></TR></TABLE>
Depends on what you mean. I wasn't looking to spill gas on purpose, just fll it up to the rim, and I discovered it took forever before it happenned, so I tested it, filling up very slowly and after the gas pump nozzle went off for the first time, I could add up exactly 10 litres, for a total amount of 75 litres. It really is an expansion reservoir.

But it is not a good idea to do this, especially not if you're going to drive less than 60 miles right away, because when the gas expands, from the heating up, pressures could build up to very high, and I don't know what could happen then.

BTW, the forum should get a little busier as time goes on. There's already about ten owners here that I know of, but the TSX has a bright future I'm sure!


Modified by sauceman at 4:40 PM 10/23/2003