Over 50 MPG in my Honda Type R
 

For the first time since getting the Honda Type R GT in 2008, I just squeaked over 50 MPG: 503.5 on the clock, full fill up of 45.36 litres (9.97 gallons) = 50.5 miles per gallon.

I've been close before in the warm weather, and this tank has had slightly longer runs so I'd expect better than previously, but it's still an achievement. Factory MPG is listed as 31. I'm sure it' a record - Type R owners aren't typically fuel saving freaks.

Just to clarify that's UK MPG. US would be 42.

Nice work! I hear the new R type is coming to the states, soon, too.

It's just come out here, moreorless a week ago.

There's no key ignition, you press a button on the key to switch the electronics on, then usual starter button - then just put the key down somewhere. Not sure if you could EOC, and I couldn't bring myself to ask the salesman, he'd have thought I was mad.

BUT, you have had them before. This is our first (Civic) R. Nice to see a sporty Honda here. Personally, I have no use for a FF unless it's the actual model, but this is Hondas first performance vehicle in the States in a long time.

Start stop button on my 2003 Megane will only turn engine off at very slow speed (maybe 3 mph) it if pressed 6 times.
But then It won't record the distance of the EOC.

42 mpg is really good for such a car.

Could you describe your usual rides ?

Use is largely recreational and I avoid peak hours at all costs. Usually, about an 8-mile journey. I EOC every descent, and estimate 30% - 35% of the time the engine is switched off. As an eco-freak I also drive slowly, though as the roads aren't busy this isn't much of an inconvenience, but do hit the occasional motorway and end up pissing people off. I rarely rev above 2500, and my car is geared annoyingly high and it's designed to rev very freely and high (red line is 8K). I engine brake a lot, try to avoid pedal braking at all costs. Even then, the brake pads seem to wear out quickly.

It sounds like you can't EOC in your Megane, which seems to have the same ignition set up as the new Type R. That's a bit of a red line for me (no pun intended) - weird as hell to be rejecting such a high performance hatchback because you can't hypermile it.

I am not rejecting the Type R.
The performance of the car just makes your sucess even more shining.

IIRC people fitting engine kill switch do so to get their speedo still working, in other words only partly turning off the car.

For me, and for most vehicles I believe, a kill switch just stops the engine and the things the engine directly powers, the vehicle continues the functions that occur while in the ON position and running.

When I said "weird as hell to reject the R" I was referring to myself, rejecting it because I probably couldn't EOC. Along with my almost certainly unique 50 MPG, I'd almost certainly be the only potential customer of the new car being put off the hottest hatchback out there on the basis of the inability to kill the engine whilst in motion.