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Old 05-20-2008, 03:46 PM   #18 (permalink)
IceWindius
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Originally Posted by My5tiC4L View Post
Okay, you tell me how was I suppose to know I was going to get around the low 20's MPG? When I test drove it, it pulled nicely. I didn't find out until I did a bit more highway driving for longer stretches. You're telling me that I should take the car and go on a long trip as a test drive?

Yes and no. I took no less then 8 test drives over the past 2 years before I purchased my Civic last month. That included a 70mph stretch of highway around 10 miles long so I could see exactly how it handled and performed at highway speeds. If your dealership woudn't have allowed this, I woulda walked right out.

The gas mileage is open for debate, if you kept slamming the gas pedal expecting a Si boost in power, no wonder your gas mileage was terrible.
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