Originally Posted by
buddah51au
Firstly,Honda recommends 95RON for the Euro, not 98. I have tried 2 tanks of 98 & found no difference at all. Where people misinterpret the claimed economy is by thinking they should be able to achieve the combined average of 8.9L/100 as advertised by Honda, but if you search the specifications on their web site you will find the following. For city driving they claim 12.1 for the manual & 12.3 for the auto, for highway they claim 7.1 for the manual & 6.9 for the auto. I cant comment on the accuracy for the city cycle, but their claim for highway driving is easily achievable. On a trip to Sydney several months ago I averaged 6.23L/100 over 3000kms & that included some driving through Sydney & the suburbs of Newcastle. So their claim for highway driving is over conservative.