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Replying to: dromedarius (Dec 17, 2007 2:36 pm) My wife drives her CR-V daily and is seriously in love with it. I do a lot of running around locally. That task falls to the Pilot. For my daily uses, the Pilot is somewhat big and not as much fun to drive as the CR-V.. My wife is not interested in trading with me. However for trips, Pilot is definitely the car of choice for us. Sometimes there is a boat in tow. Don't intend to get rid of it any time soon. Would just like to keep the door dings, shopping cart scratches, and miles off of it. Use it for the ROAD, towing and so forth car. Something small and "Zippy" that gets good mileage seems like a good idea for my local driving. And I agree, the purchase price, insurance and so forth make a small 3rd car seem foolish. Here is the kicker. There is not much price difference in keeping the Pilot and Buying a small runabout or Trading the Pilot for something that would do it's job.... and still be too big.  Thanks, Kip |
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Replying to: bottgers (Dec 18, 2007 1:27 pm) 
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Replying to: thegraduate (Dec 18, 2007 9:58 pm) |
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Replying to: backy (Dec 18, 2007 1:33 pm)
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Replying to: bottgers (Dec 19, 2007 5:25 am) I find it interesting you would seemingly value a comparison such as this (your '99 Corolla to the current Civic, not driven under similar conditions) to a study such as done by CR which compared two current models on the exact same route that was a mix of city and highway driving designed to mimic real-world conditions.
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2007 7:44 am) |
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Replying to: bottgers (Dec 19, 2007 8:00 am) If your theory conflicts with a finding that has a well-documented basis for comparisons, then the burden of proof shifts to you to disprove that finding with your own finding. And citing anecdotal evidence collected off the internet would not do it because there is no basis for comparison for such datum. You do not disprove a finding with a theory. You disprove a finding with a finding. You have not done that thus far. |
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Replying to: bottgers (Dec 19, 2007 8:00 am) And FWIW, I've found that having "VVT" on a car doesn't mean it will get better FE than a car without VVT. There's several other variables that affect FE. I got excellent FE on several cars that did not have VVT, including Corollas, Civics, and Sentras. I don't think it's a good idea to assume one car will get better FE than another car because one has VVT and one does not. P.S. The difference in weight is nearly 10%, which I think is signficant; e.g. Corolla CE MT 2414, Civic DX MT 2628.
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2007 8:31 am) Civic AT - 30.9 mpg, 59 samples Civic MT - 31.5 mpg, 20 samples Fit AT - 32.8 mpg, 26 samples Fit MT - 35.4 mpg, 39 samples Something interesting though... the Fit Sport AT is averaging only 30.0 mpg with 47 samples. I wonder if this is an example of how driving style affects mpg, i.e. those who choose a "sport" model might drive more aggressively than those who drive the base model? Hmmm....
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Replying to: backy (Dec 19, 2007 9:43 am) |
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