dave Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 and that's just been the fuel bill for the 4 or so years I've owned it. Still a great car though. Paint work not great, but still amazing to drive - found this site while solving a problem with broken exhaust but all sorted now. These are getting rare now surprised to read only 430 odd 3.0l still on the road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted August 5, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Welcome to the club Dave, glad to hear your still enjoying the coupe although a 12 grand fuel bill in 4 years sounds high unless you're putting a few hundred miles on the car each week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberwolf Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Buy a late 90,s automatic petrol merc. what with petrol, repairs both body and mechanically you,ve got away cheep. No wonder they are cheep to buy and you think there,s a problem with v6 boxes you,ve never lived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 My coupe is my daily driver and it does cover a few hundred miles, the same few hundred miles, week in week out. I'd be interested to know whether other members use their cars as their daily drivers or whether they've become 'classic', weekend, hobby cars for them. So is your coupe a: daily driver or a 'classic' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted August 5, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Well mine was my daily, its surprisingly frugal for 3.0 V6 Auto with a respectable 387 miles out 51L of fuel according to my receipt and I never spare the horses between warning light to warning light However due to having a big family the coupe is having an easy life ATM, although a few members its their main motor, including my good friend & member Retro Rich who uses his coupe as a daily driver and gets over 400 miles a tank of mixed driving mainly A/B roads which is pretty good 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted August 6, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hi Dave and welcome to the bestest Accord Coupe Forum there is. We're a friendly bunch so ask away if you need any advice, tips or help. Have a good look around the site, there's load of expert information and advice from people who run these magnificent Ohio, USA made coupes. Mine is indeed my daily driver, I've had Purple Haze for just over 12 months now and he's never let me down. I drive less than 10 miles a day to work and back so popping in £20 of VPower last a good week or more. Mine is a 1998 V6 and has just passed the MOT with no advisories too. Sweet. Unless you're driving a £1M Ferrari, I truly believe cars needs to be driven to keep the juices flowing. What's the point of owning a car and not driving it? Welcome again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted August 6, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Welcome aboard Dave! That's about £60 a week in fuel or about 10 gallons at todays prices. Hopefully you're doing 300+ miles each week to spend that on petrol? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Thank you all for your warm welcome. My weekly commute is around 368 miles per week plus trips to the shops etc. My coupe a 99 T emerald green with the gold badges, exhaust tips and factory body kit options was a former demonstrator. Then with its previous owner it enjoyed an easy life covering just 54000 miles, then I bought it. It has a comprehensive service file, even including all the old road tax discs including the one from the dealer. I’m not really sure of the significance of the gold badges but appears to be just an option extra which was available at the time of sale. It could do with some paintwork as suffers from peeling lacquer issue in places and will soon be due a cam belt, but as yet I’m undecided as to whether to do this work or just drive it. Mechanically A1 since all work to date has been done in accordance with service schedule. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted August 10, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Sounds lovely mate ........sounds exactly like mine Feel free to Let me know if the gold exhaust tips are so insignificant that you'd consider selling them. Drop me a personal message. Ps get some pics of your coupe on here asap....can't wait to see her 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted August 11, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 Gold tips? Surely not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted August 11, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, GeoffPurpleHaze said: Gold tips? Surely not. Part of the Gold pack optional extra > https://www.lingshondaparts.com/honda_car_parts_selection.php?block_01=17S8201&block_02=08F5302&block_03=146&block_05=hcr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted August 11, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 No way...is that the "pimp" option? Fortunately they're "unavailable" at Lings which is surprising as they cost £100 each!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member AhsyV6 Posted August 11, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I had them on my previous CG2 and they are still on it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamrmaccordcoupe Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Welcome Dave. I use my 2.0 es coupe as a daily and achieve roughly 200 miles per week and my weekly fill up costs £25. I also use my cruise control very regularly which contributes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted August 21, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Cruise control is great in roadworks I find, handy too if you've got an itchy leg and have to scratch it....pop the CC on and scratch away. Joy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welland99 Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 On 05/08/2016 at 3:47 PM, dave said: So is your coupe a: daily driver or a 'classic' My CG4 has been my daily driver for over 10 years. However, it doesn't get much use in the summer - I go to work on the motorbike when it's not freezing or wet. I have a 32 mile round trip to work on A and B roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Mazda Man Posted October 15, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Lovely. Personally, I'm scared to death of bikes, went on one when I was a nipper and didn't like it. I can though appreciate why you like riding them. If I see a biker in my rear view I always pull more into the kerb to give him/her extra room and 99 times out of 100 I get the thumbs up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8yearsnow Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 I get about 19 mpg.Drive it like I stole it sometimes but perhaps there's something wrong ? Dont think the power flow exhausts will help,but you don't buy a v6 for economy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 8, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 OUCH! That's painful economy! The Powerflo exhaust shouldn't make too much difference but is likely to make some - wouldn't have thought that much though. Could also be the CTS (Coolant Temperture Sensor), Lambda, air filter, type of journey, thermostat and umpteen other possibles. Best to start a new thread in this section : http://honda6.ipbhost.com/index.php?/forum/115-engine-faults-problems/ It might simply be down to your journeys and driving style but there could be an underlying cause - worth investigating anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8yearsnow Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 My round trip is about 22 miles on mainly B roads.Got about 28mpg when I got it 8years ago.Took it steady to try and get it to 30mpg and it dropped to 24 ! Did get 30mpg once driving to Manny airport at a steady 70 but that's boring.Thanks for the link I will check it out.Thanks Dave. Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 8, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 You're welcome Tony, something doesn't sound right somewhere but i seem to recall you recently changed the ATF as well - that might improve things for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted November 8, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Well after my coupe has been in the body shop for almost 5 weeks and getting the Odyssey(s) up to speed, I have been playing catch up with my creamy coupe and already used almost half a tank of regular fuel save 95 ron when I filled up V-power pumps all out of service at my local shell. Nevertheless I've covered 227miles without blip and I will easily cover another 200 miles before refilling is required and I certainly don't hang about either so it sounds like yours is suffering as Dave suggests, cooling system and gearbox fluids would be my starting points 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted November 8, 2016 Moderators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 It's funny Stu - that's what i was going to suggest when Tony starts his thread in the other section! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted November 8, 2016 Administrators Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 12 minutes ago, Laird_Scooby said: It's funny Stu - that's what i was going to suggest when Tony starts his thread in the other section! Maybe we should both have assumed Tony uses cheap fuel which has proven track record of slowly degrading a cars performance over time and this could be another classic case of a carbonised coupe, but I'm sure we would be wrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Brett Posted November 8, 2016 Founding Member Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Also an engine oil change improves fuel economy a great deal. with fresh oil and filter my car improves around 5mpg for the first 3k 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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