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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 16, 2007 11:03 am)
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Replying to: blufz1 (Aug 16, 2007 12:01 pm) Any idea of the mileage difference between 55, 65 and 75? I'm getting a stupid urge to take a trip somewhere just to find out. 
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 16, 2007 12:44 pm)
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Replying to: blufz1 (Aug 16, 2007 1:33 pm) As I've said before, I can't wait until we get some cooler weather to see what kind of difference running with no A/C makes. With the 100+ temps we've been having over the past week and a half, I've had to run the A/C on Max almost constantly.
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 16, 2007 9:20 pm) |
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 16, 2007 9:20 pm) I usually drive under the speed limits at night without cruse control in my area, due to the animals on the road and light traffic. This results in considerable mileage improvement, from around 45 mpg daytime to near 50 at night over the same 100 mile stretch.
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 17, 2007 4:16 am) Dude, what are you driving? That's incredible - day or night. I totally agree with you on the cruise control. I took about a 165 mile trip yesterday evening. I watched the tach and tried to keep it at or below 2000 rpm. I still had well over half a tank when I got home. However, my wife is driving the car to school today. She can negate my 165 miles of frugality with one 15 mile round trip to school.  A hybrid would probably do very well on her daily commute. The trip she makes each day is constant stop and go, uphill and down on mostly backroads.
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 17, 2007 4:53 am) 2000 rpm seems to be too low, 2500 to 3000 works better to keep from lugging the engine with any headwind or uphill grade. Any rate, I am happy with the Civic. |
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 17, 2007 7:36 am)  (my wife hates a stick - and if Mama ain't happy...). I was driving on 2-lane state highway a good bit last night so the speed limit's only 55. At 2000 rpm I'm running around 60 mph, so I don't think it's straining. I really think the big issue here is the A/C. It's so hot here right now, you have to run it wide open during the day and well into the evening. No lie - it's so hot here, I saw a handicapped parking sign a few days ago that the plastic coating was peeling off and curling up from the heat. A friend of mine in Alabama told me that the plastic in the rear of his wife's Expedition was expanding because of the heat. Another friend said they got in their car at the grocery yesterday and the car's thermometer was reading 122 degrees on the asphalt. And sadly, it's actually not as hot where I live in South Mississippi as it has been in the Central and Northern part of the state. So, yes, I'm sure the A/C is my gas mileage nemesis.
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 17, 2007 11:37 am) Geez I love living up here in New Hamster, we hit a high of 78 today with a projected low of 55 tonight, and down to the high forties tomorrow night. Talk about great sleeping weather.  Best Regards, Shipo
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