My Accord's steady state fuel economy is much better over 60 than under 50 MPH.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Both in top gear? I find that difficult to believe.
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Yes, 5th gear.
I found it hard to believe as well... I would have sworn 45mph/70kph would have been the sweet spot for the Accord. This was with rolling terrain mostly using CC going up past Barrie and Huntsville from the Toronto area on the long weekend. It was most likely a combination of 4 people in the car and the rolling hills. The engine seemed to be below it's sweet spot when driving at what would seem to be great FE speeds.
Best speed seemed to be 55mph, but going anywhere from 60 to 65 didn't seem to reduce mileage much. In comparison, dropping down to 50 really increased consumption on any upward pitches. I wish that ScanGauge had an altimeter and could graph stored data like my Polar hear rate monitor / bike computer!!! ;-)
If I ever take the Accord on the 401 west of London where the road is pretty well dead flat forever I'll report back the CC sweet spot.
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