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Replying to: ruking1 (Aug 13, 2007 1:21 pm) I drove my 07 Civic EX to Memphis last week. On the tank up I drove 300 miles interstate and then about 50 miles around the Memphis area. I filled up before the trip home and it checked in at 36 mpg. That was in blistering heat with A/C running constantly and driving 74 or so on the interstate. On the trip home and about 65 more miles of my wife driving to school and back for a few days mpg dropped to 34. So not too bad. I am looking forward to cooler weather to see what the Civic can do without the A/C. BTW, I filled up in West Memphis, AR, price of gas was $2.45/gal!!! I'm so jealous. 
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Replying to: shipo (Aug 13, 2007 11:49 am) |
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Replying to: blufz1 (Aug 13, 2007 12:31 pm) be a man? uh...i wasn't planning on doing this at all...i was just wondering what shipo's stance on what a true full intake system is, i have no plans on doing such a thing...and if i DID, i wouldn't dare what you suggest...i'd end up looking like that kid on the gti commercial when they ask him what his huge hood scoop on his civic does. 'it sucks in air'. 'ya, eet sucks alwight.'  having said that, in the tuner world, putting an 'intake' on your car usually means putting on what i posted (the k&n link) there are some, called cold air intakes that go all the way down to the bumper and replace a whole bunch of stock parts...the one pictured is a short ram and usually has modest gains with regards to torque on the dyno. granted, no one who really uses them ever did so for fuel economy.
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Replying to: eldaino (Aug 14, 2007 11:54 am) |
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I just brought home my new 07 LX sedan yesterday. It is tango red pearl which I'm told is good for at least one extra mpg due to color superiority.  Anyway, I found this forum and dropped back to about message 650 to read all about mileage and found the majority of posts are arguments over filtration. Could we please have some more actual mpg reports? Thanks, and I look forward to posting my own when I've driven enough to make one.
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Replying to: k5ldb (Aug 15, 2007 5:19 am)
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 15, 2007 11:06 am) I filled mine yesterday to reset the trip odometer and get a baseline. The dealer reset the trip when they filled it prior to delivery but I don't know just how they filled it. Based on mi/odo it got about 33.2 in mixed use but that was only on 4.5 gallons so not enough to be very accurate. My usual system is to use the A odo on every fill and the B to accumulate a half dozen or so and then calculate an overall figure. I find that more accurate than the individual calculations.
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Replying to: k5ldb (Aug 16, 2007 7:52 am) |
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Replying to: k5ldb (Aug 15, 2007 5:19 am) I think the 45.9 was a direct result of watching the ScanGauge II. I'm still trying to find the "optimum" hwy speed, so far it looks to be quite low.
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 16, 2007 11:03 am)
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