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2058 messages, Last post on Aug 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
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Replying to: ras314 (Aug 18, 2007 7:14 am) If your car is running only 47 mph in 5th at 2000 rpm and 58 mph at 2500, then your car should be getting much worse gas mileage than mine with the automatic. Perhaps the altitude makes a difference. Maybe it's running the A/C ALL THE TIME here. I don't know. 
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I just bought an EX sedan automatic a few weeks ago, and on my first tank of gas, I got 17.6 mpg, with 95 % city driving (San Francisco). I never used the AC, and I drove fairly conservatively. I can only assume that all you people who get crazy high mpg don't live in big cities. I'm not surprised at the low mpg I am getting either as I was already told by Consumer Reports that the Civic only gets 18 mpg city. Consumer Reports gave the civic a 18/43/28 mpg for city, highway, overall, respectively. Seems to me like Consumer Reports has it pretty accurate. |
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Replying to: damocles (Aug 25, 2007 7:58 pm) |
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Replying to: backy (Aug 24, 2007 5:20 pm)
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Replying to: civicdave (Aug 26, 2007 11:00 am) |
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Replying to: damocles (Aug 25, 2007 7:58 pm)
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Replying to: whitewolf (Aug 27, 2007 6:56 am) damocles: i dunno about consumer reports but a car that gets 19mpg in the city cant have an engine that is so extreme that it also gets 43 on the highway. recalculate your mpg on the next tank. there is no way you are getting that low, i averaged higher in my bloodthirsty vw rabbit!
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Replying to: eldaino (Aug 27, 2007 7:54 am) |
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Replying to: whitewolf (Aug 27, 2007 6:56 am) I've only had one tank that went more than 50 without the fuel gauge coming off the full mark. If you're getting 100 I'm guessing you're packing the tank. That is not a good idea on your new Civic or almost any other newer vehicle as it can lead to problems with your emissions equipment. But I do agree with you that you should never rely on the first tank from the dealer. Furthermore, 17 in a Honda Civic is ludicrous - anywhere! The thing to remember is that if you come back to the place you started from you had to go downhill the same amount as uphill. Yes, you're pulling some big hills in San Fran, but you also get to coast down them. I would think that brakes would be your high maintenance item there. 
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Folks, please remember that all Honda VTEC engines are really two engines in one. Keeping the RPMs down below something just over the 3000 RPM mark (I don't remember the exact point) will keep your engine in economy mode, however, step over that mark with frequent acceleration blasts in a stop and go urban environment and your mileage can easily head south of 20 mpg. Best Regards, Shipo
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