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Last night I refueled with 454 miles on the trip odo and she took 11 gallons even after 3 top off pulls of the trigger. That is 41.3 mpg. Indicated on the dash was 39.7 FWIW. If tank hold 12.3 then 500 miles would be possible on a tank. Followed by running out of gas on the side of the road. LOL.
It seems as though a used hybrid like the one I bought as a CPO vehicle requires little or no premium over a comparably equipped non-hybrid. Mine has EVERYTHING. leather, nav, etc. Standard Civics with EVERYTHING are scarce. Paid about $16k for the car.
Hit me with the zingers I need to know about. I can take it. I love this little car. occasionally it freaks me out when I forget that I am not in my Porsche and the throttle pedal appears to be "broken". LOL.
I still have the Accord Hybrid with 26K miles on it.
It gets 37 MPG on the interstate at 70 MPH.
That is with the HVAC on automatic.
The Civic Hybrids "Don't" get the mileage stated on the wondow sticker.
That is just an {Estimate}.
Also I can promise you if you drive that Civic Hybrid in a Normal Manner it will "NOT" ever get any real high mileage.
I know I have owned them ......
The only way I ever got any kind of High-Mileage was to drive it like I had Egg shells under the throttle.
Never ever to accelerate hard at all.
No-Passing.
No anything that used the Power.
That Buddy is the way it is.
You will see people Post all those Crazy Wild High Mileage Claims but they are not telling you how they got them.
Honestly I think the only Hybrid cars I know of that actually get the Higher Mileages are the Prius and the Toyota Hybrid Camry.
Now they do get excellent mileage.
Also I will add this comment.
It gets OLD real fast to have to drive the Civic Hybrid like a "Snail" to get any sort of High Mileage.
I don't really Post on here any longer as I have long since traded off that last Civic Hybrid for the 07 Honda Accord Hybrid.
It does get High Highway Mileage at normal Interstate speeds, (70-75) MPH.
I will try to do a picture here of 1-tank of 87 octane gas I did as a Test on the Accord Hybrid.
That will show you what sort of mileage it can and does get.
I cannot recall if this site excepts Pics or not.
But I will give it a try.
If the Pic does not show I will than Post the Mileage for that Tank of Gas and the miles traveled before I refueled.
OK, it looks like the Links are there but you will need to, (Copy & Paste) them to your, (Browser) to view them.
The Miles on the 1-picture is 660.8 and the MPG for that tank was
36.4.
That will give you an idea of what a Hybrid Accord can get.
That was driving in the City, Interstate etc.
I ran the car until I had to refuel.
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Terry
A total waste of your Time & Effort.
As I have Posted many times on Multiple INTERNET Sites.
Terry
47City/55Hwy before update
Freeway Range ~620 miles
Frequent 200 mile round trip drive resulted in just under 3/4 tank remaining gas
45City/33Hwy after update
Freeway Range ~350 miles
Same 200 mile trips result in 1/3 tank remaining
After ~50 MPH, RPMs remains high after update. On 75MPH flat freeway car stays at ~2800 - 3500 RPM (used to be 1800 - 2100). Feels as if last transmission gear or overdrive was removed if it was a regular transmission. With such a small tank, cruise distance greatly reduced as well. Honda refuses to help.
When we needed to change tires I opted for the non-LRR tires. Mileage did go down, it went from the previous 44-46 to 40-43 mpg. None of this was based off the computer, but calculations I did while filling up. We had 2 tanks of gas with the new tires before the recall and yes both tanks were 40-43 mpg.
Then I was foolish and took the car to a Honda dealership for service and they performed the recall and other stuff I needed to get done. Mileage dropped precipitously to 32 mpg and the noticeable lack of battery started as all the other posters have mentioned. I took the car back and they said everything was fine. I even had the service manager in the car when the car dumped the the battery from nearly full to 0 and start recharging and we had no electric assist. I asked him, "Is this normal? It never did this before." His answer, "Yes it's perfectly normal." He then proceeded to tell me I didn't have the LRR tires, which I know would not cause a 10 mpg drop from the previous two tanks. Ah...there's nothing like being lied to straight to your face.
So that's our story. I can tell the IMA battery in our HCH is obviously low and the recall is managing to prevent the battery from an early demise, and keep Honda from paying for a replacement. From everything I've ready I think if your IMA battery is ok, then the recall doesn't upset mileage that much, possibly not at all. But if your IMA battery is marginal, then the recall will have a serious affect. From the volume of posts and stories around the net since the recall it seems that Honda has a significant percentage of IMA batteries meeting an early demise. If they didn't I doubt they would have put resources in to the recall to contain the costs associated with the replacements.
It's been a year or so after the recall and now that the tires are more worn down I can sometimes eek out 38 mpg with serious effort. But I usually get 35 mpg and sometimes 32. The program is obviously tailored to LRR tires. It's not bad, but the constant battery reboots make driving the car quite challenging, especially getting on the freeway. The car is almost paid off now and the payment is ridiculously low so it's not really worth trading it in. Although every time the battery reboots I think about it. Which is pretty frequent! Problem is, I don't know what I could get to replace it and keep such a low payment. Although from a driving perspective nearly anything would be better! As a matter of principle we won't be buying any more Honda's. Honda made a calculated risk that this wouldn't lose them too many customers. I hope that calculus is wrong. It'll make them produce better products in the long run. Products that I won't be buying, but hopefully will benefit others. Honda seems to have addressed the issue in the 2012 HCH, but too late for me and for Honda.
I am not he only one that is suffering from Honda's software update in 2010 and 2012 degrading how often the Civic Hybrid battery is used. There are hundreds of blogs of people with HCH not performing how advertised. Join me in holding Honda responsible by signing a petition o the White House website. alturl.com/as38m
I've had my 2014 Civic Hybrid for just over a month now. Two weeks of that time was a road trip to Canada. With the car very loaded down (my wife and I, a 3 year old, a 5 year old, and all our stuff) we got 45MPG on the way up and 45MPG also on the way back. We averaged 47MPG for the entire 1660 mile trip which I thought was excellent! I typically had 50MPG or better on mini trips while up there like a 150 mile drive to Ottawa. I had one 5 mile drive that I got 63MPG on. That's the best average gas mileage I've had in this car.
Here at home the mileage has been excellent! On my 18.6 mile drive to work, with some stop and go and lots of hills, and sometimes getting behind Amish buggies I get in the high 50s on my way to work and low to mid 50s on my drive home. I had 60MPG three times on my way to work so far and I've hit 58 and 59MPG many times. I've had as high as 56mpg on my drive home but typically get 52-55mpg, still better than I expected!
Anyone looking at a Prius should definitely check out the 2014 Civic Hybrid. Especially with the 2014 base model being so loaded with extra safety features and other nice things. You need to pay a lot more for some of those similar options in a Prius.
My wife and I totally love this car! It's a nice smooth quite ride and we love the look inside and out. The gas mileage has been much better than we expected and all the extras like the cameras, big 7" touch screen, proximity based keys, and safety features are icing on the cake!
Sounds like you hit the sweet spot on your ride!
I had my first fill-up after regular driving about a week ago. I had driven 555 miles since the last fill-up and it took 10.8 gallons for 51 mpg! I hit 62mpg driving to work one day this week. Extremely happy with my 2014 Civic Hybrid!
Honda, if you're reading, here are a few things you should fix to make this incredible car a little better.