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Originally Posted by Shaneajanderson
It's a V6, not sure if it has cylinder deactivation or not.
Teaching my wife to drive efficiently would be like teaching a fish to fly. She gripes about the cost of brake pads, but then does the last minute hard stops, no matter how many times I explain that slowing down more gradually will increase their lifespan.
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Just looked it up, and it looks like on the '07 the EX, EX-L, and touring trims have cylinder deactivation, so depending on what trim level you have you may or may not have it. Cylinder deactivation improves cruising economy, but also makes the engine more prone to burning oil as it ages, so it's a bit of a win some lose some situation either way. The newer Odyssey's could get 40-ish MPG when cruising in 3-cylinder mode, so that might help some if you have it in yours.
You could put in some kind of controller that limits the top speed to 65 MPH and prevents the engine from revving past 3000 RPM.
(just kidding..)