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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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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 18, 2007 7:28 am) For me, it would present too many opportunites for road hypnosis!! Since there might be a perception of driving way under an already "SAFE" speed limit, I have noticed that a lot of folks that drive at dramatically lower speeds (usually in the context of speeds significantly lower than the flow) are in various stages of driving under diminished capacity, i.e., doing other activities while under the influence of driving For my .02 cents, that is probably more dangerous. Also environmentally the times between 10 pm-3 am are the times of the greater accident and fatality rates due to a confluence of risk factors.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Aug 19, 2007 7:47 am) I ride a bicycle for exercise and have to dodge a lot of car parts like pieces of plastic chrome, headlight glass and such on the shoulders. Also I have run across several stranded vehicles with broken radiators and windshields from elk. They really get depressed when the cell phones don't work and they find how far they are going to have to get towed. Used to be worse, nearest tow truck had to come from 100 miles. I will admit to some diminished capacity in my dotage though. LOL. I like to think us senior citizens tend to drive slower because we've learned not to be in such a hurry all the time...especially with the gas prices so high. |
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 19, 2007 9:04 am)  Indeed the majority of fatalities (as well as accidents)occur UNDER 45 mph!!
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Just thought I'd put out an update for people interested in hearing what others are getting... I've got an '07 Civic Si with just over 3000 miles on it. Just filled up today and calculated just over 29 mpg, with primarily around-town driving. This is one of the lowest mileages I've ever had, but this is also probably the most aggressively I've driven the car. Frequently taking off from stops, multiple trips up to my 8k redline, really testing out how well I can actually take corners (let me tell you, THAT is some fun!), and in general just having alot of fun driving around. So yea, 29 mpg doing aggressive city driving... I'm quite impressed with my little Si... 
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| I just got back from visiting my daughters and sons-in-law in Austin and Abilene. Arriving back home to Houston I have about 1150 miles on my 07 LX now. I calculated the majority of the trip, filling when I got home. I did 604.8 miles on 15.52 gallons (having put a few gallons of the very expensive Abilene fuel in before heading back). That gave me 38.96 mpg for the bulk of the trip which was mostly low-mid 6x mph with some town slowing me down along the way. I'm quite satisfied at this early point with that performance. | |
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 19, 2007 9:04 am) I don't want to offend anyone, but I did think this was kinda funny. On the trip I took Thursday, I was listening to a news report on the radio about PETA being upset about some cruelty to animals taking place in Pakistan. Would you believe that as I listened to the story this huge rabbit (the long-eared kind, not a VW) loped right out in front of me? There was a car coming from the other direction so I couldn't dodge to the left and there was a steep bank on the right, so it was curtains for the rabbit.  I couldn't believe it - they just mention PETA on the radio and WHAM! What are the odds?   Sometimes I feel bad when I run over an animal, but this particular one was sort of strange. He only seemed to be going half-speed across the highway, which seemed strange given that cars were coming from both ways and the asphalt had to be 150 degrees. You'd think that alone would get him in high gear. Do you suppose a rabbit would commit suicide?  There is one other thing I've just got to ask: Does anybody know what's it like to run over a porcupine?
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