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Honda Civic GX Fuel Mileage

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driving on vapors by epnfrn
Jul 26, 2007 (9:30 am)
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my wife tells me this morning 'i think you're going to be low on gas' ... i get in to find the fuel light on and just over 20mi to get to my nearest station. boo. well, on a 2006, the fuel light comes on at 2 bars left, and usually means 20-30mi ... so i'm comfortable. within 2mi of starting out, it drops to 1 bar, then another 9mi, 0 bars left! and i still have 9mi to go. well, i'm here to tell you, a 2006 GX will make it 9 miles with 0 bars left (perhaps a little farther) ... conditions - 60 degrees, averaging 65mph, holding breath entire way, very gentle on that accelerator!
 
definately my most nerve racking morning commute yet!
epi
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Re: driving on vapors [epnfrn] by adea
Jul 26, 2007 (3:21 pm)
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Replying to: epnfrn (Jul 26, 2007 9:30 am)

65 MPH??...u like to live dangerously huh? LOL...next time, if you are really that nervous, drive around 42-45mph (or 55 if on the freeway) if you can, and you will stretch your reserves.
Garry
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Re: driving on vapors [adea] by epnfrn
Jul 26, 2007 (3:35 pm)
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Replying to: adea (Jul 26, 2007 3:21 pm)

yes i knew someone would mention this ... unfortunately, i thought it would be more dangerous to drive 55mph on a Bay Area highway! the options were stop and go in the normal lanes, or keep up with the flow in the carpool lane (aka 65). i agree with you otherwise. if i really wanted to live dangerously, i would have turned the AC on!
epi
ps. my wife is taking me out to dinner tonight to reconcile for my near heart attack!
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driving on vapors by jetboatjohnny
Jul 26, 2007 (3:57 pm)
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Replying to: epnfrn (Jul 26, 2007 3:35 pm)

The farthest I have gone with the fuel light on (my'99) is 26 miles, and hopefully I will never have to go more than that. Luckily I have a CE station (Moreno Valley) on my way home about 20 miles short of my local Hemet station, so if the light comes on before I pass that offramp, then I will fuel up there.
I have noticed with the heat that I dont get as good of a fill, and actually had the light come on a couple of times right before I fill at around 150 miles. The pressure left in the tank is about 1,000 psi vs usually about 1,200.
I am still getting about 35 mpg driving 75-80 mph on about 85% of my drive.
I fill once a week in Diamond Bar for my overnight stay in OC, today I got about 4250 psi.
J
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Re: driving on vapors [jetboatjohnny] by dejapooh
Jul 26, 2007 (9:47 pm)
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Replying to: jetboatjohnny (Jul 26, 2007 3:57 pm)

HELLO McFLY!... CNG... Vapors.... HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: driving on vapors [dejapooh] by epnfrn
Jul 27, 2007 (7:17 am)
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Replying to: dejapooh (Jul 26, 2007 9:47 pm)

dejaooh - good god i hope you're joking. don't think 'vapors' was chosen accidentally
 
epi
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Re: driving on vapors [epnfrn] by xpacific
Aug 05, 2007 (7:52 pm)
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Replying to: epnfrn (Jul 26, 2007 3:35 pm)

Yikes, glad you did not need a tow! How many GGE were you able to put with zero bars showing? (and at what pressure)?
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Re: driving on vapors [xpacific] by dejapooh
Aug 05, 2007 (8:24 pm)
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Replying to: xpacific (Aug 05, 2007 7:52 pm)

I was down to zero bars last night about a mile from the Thousand Oaks station. I needed 6.454 gge at 3600 psi to fill up. Price was $2.05 per gge. Just down from $2.20
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Re: driving on vapors [dejapooh] by epnfrn
Aug 05, 2007 (8:41 pm)
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Replying to: dejapooh (Aug 05, 2007 8:24 pm)

yes, i was very excited to see how much would fit in given i was lower than ever before, and i've had over 6.5 in before. unfortunately, the trillium station 3000psi was the only one working ... think i got just over 6.0 (it actually is about 3200 according to the gauge on the pump)
b
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Re: driving on vapors [jetboatjohnny] by kate_g
Aug 06, 2007 (12:08 pm)
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Replying to: jetboatjohnny (Jul 26, 2007 3:57 pm)

Just a few days ago my '02 went 55 miles with the fuel light on. I wasn't driving it at the time, a dealership employee was. It didn't even actually run out of gas, that's just how far it was to the next station. He said 55 miles with the light on was exactly what he could get with his '98, too. I assume he was driving at highway speed since he was on a highway, but I don't know how fast exactly.

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