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2058 messages, Last post on Aug 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
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Please bear with me as I'm new here and got a new car for the first time last week. I bought the 2009 Civic LX and after one week I put in a tank of gas and did plenty of highway driving. I calculated the mpg and it was barely over 20 mpg!  Yes, I could've been driving slower but I'm no speedster and I did have the A/C on a very low setting. I've heard that as the car gets used more the mpg will improve. But I wasn't expecting anything this low. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance! |
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Replying to: wcooper (Jul 12, 2009 4:50 pm) I have 28k on a 2008 ex auto. I bought with high expectations from listening to sales associates and bloggers, and have been extremely disappointed with this aspect of the car.......
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Replying to: mjsten (Jul 13, 2009 10:41 am) Sorry for my previous post. I will check on my city driving mpg because that's where 90% of my driving is done. Thanks for your help!
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Replying to: wcooper (Jul 12, 2009 4:50 pm) 20mpg does not sound realistic, you'd have to drive the car incredibly hard (abuse it) to get that kind of fuel economy reading. 2 weeks ago I bought a new 09 Civic LX AT. So far I've filled up twice with a half-full tank and got readings of 33 and 31.5. Then I did a road trip and did a full fill-up and got 37.5 mpg. I would try filling the tank up again and make sure it is full when you start with a full tank. Then drive it down to the halfway mark on the gauge (the indicator bar will be right next to the little fule pump image). You should get at least 200 miles on a half-tank. If you're not, there's either something mechanically wrong with the car or you are really driving it to hard. |
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Replying to: wcooper (Jul 13, 2009 1:33 pm) |
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for my first 5 tanks I have 31, 35, 32, 33, 30. About 50% highway and 50 city non stop and go. So far I am happy and have about 2000 miles in 5 weeks. Dave |
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Replying to: wcooper (Jul 12, 2009 4:50 pm)
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Replying to: jamie1994 (Jul 27, 2009 6:49 pm) |
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I am a new Honda owner and would like to know, on a 2009 civic honda -what's the average mileage before first oil change? I am uncertain about the maintenance minder and how it works on my car- and yes have read about it in manual. Thanks for any advice.
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On my '06 LX, the 1st oil change came at about 7.5k miles and the 2nd at about 16k. But I do 95% city driving which has an effect. All highway miles could've gone more miles in between swaps. That was with using dino oil. Still mulling over the switch to synthetic with the next change and if I go that direction, will probably do a 8k to 9k change interval. Still at 70% on the oil minder so I've got plenty of time to decide. My mechanic near work wants me to do the switch but my mechanic closer to home thinks it's unnecessary with my driving style. Though with synthetic, I could go for a change once a year. The Sandman  
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