Does Honda ECON mode really work to save petrol? or just gimmick?

This post has been edited by dopamine: Sep 28 2018, 08:59 AM

If you heavy foot, apa hybrid eco mode apa car also no use. Anyway, for me at least it works

it work especially especially during city driving.

It just lowers the responsiveness of the throttle so it's not as easy to drive hard, you can emulate the same thing without the ECON mode by having a lighter foot!

It's actually quite useful for my civic 1.5tcp.
It's reduce the power during low speed make it more smooth drive.

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This post has been edited by luvingstar: Sep 28 2018, 10:35 AM

any noticeable fuel saving ???? i've never on it before

personally from my experience (Honda CRV), ,it still helps even for highway speeds. Generally you can notice about 5-10% improvement in FC, but the a/c does not get cold so quickly and the response is very much slower
I usually just turn it off when i want to overtake people haha

I don't use it on my City. It amplifies the CVT rubber band effect which makes for lousy driving feel. The car is already an EEV to begin with.

I notice when econ mode off, aircond colder

On mostly d segment sedan that I drive, even without eco mode, that throttle is set more linear for smoother drive. Even passat 1.8 with dsg pull cannot match civic turbo pull 'FEEL'.

Ya, younger people love that 'FEEL' fast but a bit jerky go & stop pull feeling, while older people prefer much more 'SLOWER FEEL' but smoother go and stop feeling. Maybe one factor which is weight because d segment more heavy but I feel d segment acceleration mostly very very linear.

This post has been edited by DS51: Sep 29 2018, 01:30 PM

I dont really like that "FEEL"~haha~mayb i m older people~i much prefer the smooth feel when driving.

This post has been edited by luvingstar: Oct 2 2018, 02:35 PM

That's the reason i always on ECON mode
Unless i feel wanna overtake some cars on highway~i Off it~

useless...it make everything lag n unresponsive
disable it on my crv
better to just go light on right foot