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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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Replying to: shipo (Aug 17, 2007 8:21 pm) Is that anything like Cow Hampshire my home State?  It'll be good to get back there after almost 5 years of being away. |
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I'm usually the guy with the higher mileage that the whiner don't believe - getting 35-43 with our 06 MT. Now the shoe is on the other foot I guess - 50 mpg? I guess I'd buy that if the touch was feather light and the avg speed was 50 or so. when we're getting 43 or so we are doing 68 or maybe a bit more.
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Replying to: jefferyg (Aug 17, 2007 11:37 am) Local altitude is 5000 to 8000 ft, could be that makes the difference. At least the temps and humidity are usually lower than Mississippi and Ala. As a kid in Ala. I can remember almost leaving foot prints in the asphalt. I haven't been down to desert country with the Civic yet, but over in Tucson,Az in summer I can't hold the steering wheel if parked with the windows up. Temps of 110 seem common, I've no doubt the milage will really drop down there running A/C full time. And yeah, I use a reflecting window screen, there just ain't much shade.
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Replying to: harvey44 (Aug 18, 2007 4:28 am) Yeah, I worked pretty hard at it, slowing on uphills, very light acceleration, etc. A few min. over 2 hours with a couple small towns along the way, so avg was about 50, max 65 or so down hill. Traffic was very light at 2 am, not safe nor very hospitable to drive that slow in the daytime. Wanted to know if it is worthwhile to be this careful, also a little bragging rights maybe? 
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