I have a 2005 honda crv ex that I think gets poor mileage....best it's ever done is 23 mpg on a long trip....18 to 19 in town....retired seniors and drive easy in town.....wondering if I got some new plugs (premium) and better wires if that would help.....just turned 70,000 miles
Any help greatly appreciated.

 

depends on where you live, temp, ethanol in your fuel, etc.
where I buy my fuel also varies my mpg by 3 mpg.
how much you idle will make a big difference as well
ac use, brand and softness of tires,tire pressures, oil used,etc.

 

Car doesn't have spark plug wires and the plugs may help a bit, but you won't really know until you see the condition of the old plugs. As previously mentioned, there's a lot of factors involved that affect fuel economy, but I'd go ahead and do a tune-up anyway to start.

 

That's consistent with my mileage if I drive the speedlimit. (70mph) or just over it. If I slow down it seems to get better but not by much. In town it mostly depends on whethere I use ethanol or regular gas. Ethanol makes some difference but not enough to justify the trip across town to get it most days. Whatever you do don't let the teenager drive it. Mileage drops for somereason. He says it's because he's taller than I am. I think it has to do with his shoe size mostly.

Check for good quality air filters, tire pressure and such. I know it's a little redundant but little things matter in relation to fuel mileage. I do my best when I accelerate calmly rather than trying to keep up with the pack. I can usually pull a couple more MPG out of the car in town if I drive casually and don't hurry about too much.

 

I was in the same situation, on top of that my car is always full of stuff, and I have a honda hitch. What helped me with milage was new spark plugs made by a company called pulstar. These are not your ordinary plugs. You will notice right away torque increase at low range. At full throttle, there isn't much feel of power change but the engine sounds different, it actually roars. And I'm also running 3 naphtalene moth ***** (99.9% pure) per tank.
HTH

 

http://getbettergasmileagetoday.com/...ed-gas-mileage

 

You can find just about any story on the net to dispute any point. I no longer take any word, I listen to old people, read old scientific journals and most importantly, I experiment myself. The conclusion I've reached: we live in an upside down world, a world where profit is all that matters. Majority of the population is the sheeple.

I have not taken the time to determine my exact fuel economy, but to give you some idea of what I'm getting, I tripped my odo this week, and so far, I've been driving 70% street/city traffic and 30% highway, I've made 405km and still have 1/4 tank left. I've taken a picture of my speedo cluster. Should I post that? Does it matter? Whatever.

For those that do feel like a science project, the choice of moth ***** is critical. The ones I'm taking about are banned in Europe.

 

I know this thread is several months old but I just started tracking my gas mileage and I am getting 24 mpg. Is that good? Is it unreasonable to try and get high 20's out of it? It's a 2000 automatic with almost 180K miles. New spark plugs, wires, tires are in good condition but it's probably time to rotate them. I live in South FL where it's very hot all year round and the A/C runs 99% of the time I'm driving. The o2 sensor does need to be changed, not sure how much of a difference in gas mileage it will make once I change it

 

i have a gen 1 and im gettin like 19 city...

 

Mine are a combination of city and hwy

 

Still doing good around 24-25mpg. My tires are in desperate need of being rotated.

 

I thought I would chime in, months late (new member). 2003 EX 5sp with 100K miles. I get upwards of 29 when driving across Mt (slower speeds because of those darn logging trucks). Usually get 25 - 27 on mix of highways/city.