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Oh, no wonder you don't quite achieve EPA numbers; you're in the Big Apple! That is a little different from most "cities" where I've been (I've been to NYC several times, I love it...except for the traffic!). I'd bet you'd get GREAT mileage driving normally in MY town, Birmingham - Alabama's capital for urban sprawl (though not actually the STATE capital).
1) 30.5 mpg
2) 33.1 mpg
We are very happy with this mileage!
First 5 tanks:
1) 32.6
2) 31.0
3) 32.4
4) 31.5
5) 31.2
Average comes to 31.78 MPG so far.
I average about 9 gallons per fill-up, I don't run the tank near empty. I always use the same pump at the same station and top off the tank the same way, adding fuel to the nearest $0.25 increment after the initial 'click'. I always check my fuel mileage on all my vehicles using this same method, it's very accurate.
Miles are 95% city driving, but not highly congested. It's been raining a couple of days a week since I took delivery a little over 2 months back, this hurts fuel mileage a bit.
Should get a bit better with some more break-in miles, I'm very happy. :shades:
1st tank,32.5 2nd tank 34.5, 3rd tank 35.0, had 2 hybrids and find the cost of ownership way to expensive, 5K for the large bat. o n the prius and the civic was not much better...the prius always calculated it own MPG , when I did it it was much lower......
I am a contractor, driving about 30,000 miles/year
speeding - 75 mph highway - 36 mpg
sipping - 60 mph highway - 44 mpg
stop and go City Driving - 34 mpg
normal - 70% Highway 30% City commute - 37 mpg
I keep the tires at 40 psig, checked weekly.
I run only Mobil 1 5w20 since new.
I bought the gas Civic because the majority of my miles are highway, the Hybrid won't pay back on the highway.
Total gallons 13.21
Average mpg 23.69
40/60 city/highway.
I ran it practically bone dry before my first fill up. I filled it as much as possible. I hope my mileage improves before I drive down to Hilton Head in July.
I use my cruise control whenever possible, drive close to the posted limit, and watch my acceleration and braking to avoid wasted fuel. The absolute worst I have ever gotten with this Civic is 32 MPG, and that was basically driving like an idiot, just testing the car in "real world conditions" like most of the people in the Madison area do.
This is my 4th new Honda in 18 years. My others were a 1989 Honda Accord Ex Coupe, a 1990 Honda CRX Si (the most fun I have ever had on 4 wheels) and a 1994 Honda Civic EX Coupe. I never checked the mileage on the '89 Accord, but the CRX did 38 to 46 MPG consistently, the '94 EX Coupe got high 30's to low 40's always.
That one thing that has impressed me with Honda over the years (besides the quality of there cars) is their ability to achieve a MPG higher than what is stated on the window sticker, I have always been able to do better than what they say the vehicle will.
I had hoped for 35, very happy that under 6k miles I'm getting this mileage. Still room for improvement as it fully breaks in. Not much a/c yet, so we'll see what happens when the brutal summer heat arrives.
My mileage has been 30 mpg or better since new. Going up to 32, then 35 after a trip, now 36.5 and 37. I would have expected mileage like this only with a manual trans.
So, I'm happy, love the car. Just need leather and power seats!
and i dont drive crazy or anything.
Yes, I noticed the noise early in my car. I notice it mainly when cold, leaving my subdivision which is hilly and has a slow speed limit. It seems to have gotten better.
But, it doesn't bother me at all mainly because I know Honda will take care of any problem. They have before, I'm confident they will again.
CU's overall mileage, mpg 28
CU's city/highway, mpg 18/43
CU's 150-mile trip, mpg 34
Manual Civic EX Consumer reprots MPG data:
CU's overall mileage, mpg 31
CU's city/highway, mpg 22/40
CU's 150-mile trip, mpg 37
the majority of my driving will be on the freeway at around 75-80mph with no traffic. I have always owned manual cars but was considering the auto. The EPA ranks mpg in the auto higher on the freeway. The only way this makes sense to me is if the auto is at a lower rpm lets say at 75mph than the manual. Does anyone know the RPM at 75mpg for both cars?
They're never very accurate. The only way to get accurate MPG calculations is to record the number of gallons it takes to completely fill the tank, and divide this into the miles driven since the last fillup. I've kept a log in my car of every fillup, and the MPG on that tankful since the car was new. So far, my best results came on a road trip from Cincinnati to Michigan and back where I averaged 42.3 MPG. On that trip, I kept the speed to 72 MPH or less and did not use air conditioning.
David
'05 Civic EX AT Sedan
My first trip was 298.9 miles and the mileage was 40.6 mpg. Speed averaged between 35 and 65 through small towns and no interstate.
My second trip was both interstate and county roads. The trip was 221.4 miles. Fuel used, 5.4 gal at 40.62 mpg.
Today I completed 210.3 miles, used 4.9 gal for 42.9 mpg.
Again both interstate and county roads. Interstate speeds between 65 and 68 average. I haven't driven just in town to see what I was getting. Came close once and it was about 32 mpg. The key is always use the same station, the same pump etc if you are going to check. Happy with the results so far. I will post from time to time.
The "light means 30 to go" estimate sounds conservative. You'd probably be surprised how far it will go, but it's not good for the car to run it so low.
I average 32 mpg on a manual coupe. It sounds like the autos are doing much better.
BTW- I've run some numbers on cost savings by driving the civic vs. my Subaru Legacy GT wagon which I traded in. I religously got 24.5 mpg with the wagon. Based on my average miles/year of about 35,000 and gas at $3/gal, even at only 33 mpg with the civic, I save about $90 per month in gas. Add to the fact that I was having to put money into my subaru just about every month to keep it running (had 120k miles on it), its almost like getting paid to drive the civic!
Unfortunately, I'm getting about 292-294 miles per tank. The weird thing is that the gas hose clicks off at like 11 gallons or so. I thought the fuel tank capacity was 13.2 gallons. If I use the 11 gallon figure I'm getting around 26 or 27 miles per gallon. If I use the 13.2 gallon figure I'm getting around 23 or 24 miles per gallon. My "time to fill up" light turns on when there are 2 bars left. I've driven the car to where all the bars are gone, but I'm too fearful to just let it go empty and measure from there.
I'm disappointed, but since I traded my 2003 G35 Infiniti for the purpose of fuel economy, I have to admit I've accomplished this goal. Still, it concerns me that other Civic owners are getting tremendously better gas mileage.
I do mostly city driving, but I thought that's why the ads posted distinguish city mpg numbers from highway mpg numbers. In other words I anticipated getting 30 mpg consistently since I consistently drive in the City. I spoke to the salesman recently and he says to give it a couple of thousand miles. I've got 1400 miles on it now-so I'm still hopeful.
I also live in warm climate and the air conditioner runs cold during driving and slightly cooler than warm at idle;like at a red light. Anyone else, have this problem?
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Secondly, as other people have mentioned, you NEVER figure your gas mileage by guessing how much fuel is left in your tank. You reset your trip odometer each fill and divide the number of miles you've traveled by how much you've fueled up.
As one poster said, ideally you would fill at the same station on the same pump during the same time of the day (same temp and conditions), and while that is probably unrealistic for most of us, it's important to fill the car the same way each time. That will get you close enough.
One other note. I'm a conservative driver as I believe this is the way to improve your mpg. The fuel station I use is right at the corner of my house and this makes it easy to get to the same pump each time I need fuel. And I agree with the last post. Do not over fill the tank. Like I stated early, I use the first notch on the pump (the slowest setting) and when it clicks off I only and to the nearest hole numbers. Thanks for listening.
Rgs
The short way is to fill the tank until the gas nozzle shuts off automatically; set your trip meter to zero; drive for a period of time; fill the tank and read the trip meter then divide miles by gallons to get your mileage.
The long way is to keep track of the number of gallons every time you put gas in and the number of miles from the odometer over several times putting gas in the tank (not necessarily full). Take the most recent odometer reading, subtract the earliest reading then divide by the sum of all the numbers of "fills" in gallons to get your mileage.
I have found over the years that when a gas guage says half full you may be at one third full or over half full. In other words gas guages are not all that accurate.
City driving mostly averaging between 28 and 29 mpg.
Although my last fill up was 31 mpg!!!
I don't drive much highway (only twice), and both those fillups were around 40mpg.
My wife has a 2006 LX 4dr AT for about 1 mos.
City driving has been disappointing around 25mpg .
(I think I might have to drive her car for a couple of weeks to confirm if it's her heavy foot or not) .
But just took a highway trip and fillup was 43mpg which was
probably 95% highway 5% city.
(of course I drove this trip)
Added info: cruise control used for 90% of the trip
A/C used 100% of trip
speed limit is 55 mph (90 km/h)
2 adults only
Bottom line...I agree you should be getting at least 40 mpg
What do you mean severe maintenance? :confuse: The redline that I'm talking about here is not the rpm but the gasoline redline. And if you have done that before and filled up your tank it's only around 11+ gallons and to think of it you have 13.2 gallons in your civic. :P
Well lately I have been religious in re setting my trip meter every time I filled up my tank and I'm having an average 30 mpg city driving.
I already have 25,700 miles on my car and it has really improved my mpg compared to when i was breaking in my car. Hope it gives some sense to those of you who just bought their car.
Its all in my gas log here http://www.gassavers.org/garage.php?do=viewgaslog&id=94
If folks are driving like my wife does in her 05 Accord then no wonder there mpg is bad. :P
Ive also been filling my tank all the way up. And yes i can cram 2 more gallons in it after pump clicks off. Ive also went 20 plus miles after no bars left on the gas gauge. The farthist ive gotten on a tank was a bit over 600 miles. A/C does deliver a blow on MPG in this car. Mine drops a soild 3 to 4 mpg with the A/C on.
Seeing that honda saw fit to rip us Navi folks off with no trip computer built into the Navi I bought a ScanGauge. This thing will let you know right what your mpg is doing in realtime or in current, daily or tank ave's.
IMHO I think Honda has went out of there way to make a engine that gets good MPG for dummys. The R18 is in a class by itself. It has enough pep to make the landscape whiz right by, or one can choose to let up just a tad and enjoy near steller MPG.
Enjoy your Civic's,,, Im lovin mine. :shades: ">link title
The Sandman