[lindros2]

Sincere question - does the new Pilot 3.5L (presumably also in the new 2025 Odyssey) solve for the VCM (valve shutoff) issues in the 2018-23 Odyssey?

Here's why I ask (other than the fact that there is a whole VCM thread and people who have disabled it...)

"Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) is Honda's term for its variable displacement technology, which saves fuel by using the i-VTEC system to disable one bank of cylinders at cruise"

 

[lindros2]

See what you did?

I'm sorry. I'm going to self-ban myself for a day based on opening a can of worms.

 

[lindros2]

I find it interesting that you can get 29 MPG in an Odyssey. On my '12 the best I have ever gotten on a tank of gas is 24.5 mpg. On long highway trips I find I drive between 75 and 85. Unless the conditions deteriorate, I can't drive too much slower on highways.

btw - we struggle getting >27 in our 2019. Two adults, two kids.

In my Infiniti I get 33-34 (or I *did prior to buying bonehead performance tires and lost 20%... ah well).

But still get 480-515 miles in a tank vs. 280-350 in the Odyssey.

 

[lindros2]

The Ody tank is 19.5 gallons I believe so at 25 mpg should should get around 400 miles per tank with a few gal to spare.

that's not what we're seeing, unfortunately.

in my car I drove ATL > CLT on one tank. Filled up at my local Costco upon returning home.