DX/LX/EX: Your Gas Mileage

[Stick]

I left the dealer with a full tank and 16 miles on the odometer. Even though they tell you that you get a full tank of gas, I filled up on the way home. It was pretty full and only took .8 gallons, but I wanted to get an accurate measure of the mpg for the first tank.

Results: 343 miles on 9.329 gal = 36.77 during my first week of driving.

This car will never see redline or vtec unless I have to pass some jackass doing 40 in the fast lane. When I drive my wife's TSX, well that's a different story.

[Slav]

heres my situation.
i live on long island new york
i own 2006 lx coupe MT
ive read everything about saving gas mileage from the a/c being on when the defroster is on to not warming your car up for longer then a couple of minutes and driving consistently below 3thou rpm
here are my results:
here in New York we've been having mid thirties in the weather depatment i filled up the tank about 3 weeks ago drove 100miles filled up with 5 gallons almost exactly thats 20mpg, i did the same again(different gasstation) and got 21mpg, now im letting the tank go to the end and i have 5 bars left and 286miles on the odo.
i drive to school and work(bymyself,nopassengers) which makes it about 60% town driving and 40% highway.
so can anyone please explain to me where my gas is going.
i even took it to the dealership and they did all their tests and found nothing wrong...throw me a bone someone.

[reelbigfish241]

Just filled up and got 21.8 mpg in my EX.


but that's because it has been between 10 and -10 the past week. Lots of idling the car, and with the snow we got yesterday there was a lot of wheel spin.

but still, I was disappointed to watch those bars fall so quickly...


124 more days until the first day of summer...

[truflip]

damn ^^ were running at around -20C temps on ice n snow up here!
but not with 21-22 mpg... =\ good luck on the roads!

[Xtreme Thunder]

2007 Honda Civic EX Coupe, M/T (City/Highway) ("Fuel Company Used"/"Fuel Company Filled")

1st Tank - 300.0 Miles - 11.7 Gallons - 25.64MPG - 50/50 - Dealer Fill/Hess
2nd Tank - 340.0 Miles - 11.5 Gallons - 29.56MPG - 50/50 - Hess/Hess
3rd Tank - 350.0 Miles - 11.2 Gallons - 31.25MPG - 50/50 - Hess/Citgo
4th Tank - 300.0 Miles - 10.9 Gallons - 27.52MPG - 70/30 - Citgo/Hess
5th Tank - 360.0 Miles - 11.4 Gallons - 31.58MPG - 40/60 - Hess/Hess
6th Tank - 350.0 Miles - 11.6 Gallons - 30.15MPG - 60/40 - Hess/Hess
7th Tank - 350.0 Miles - 11.8 Gallons - 29.66MPG - 50/50 - Hess/Hess
8th Tank - 385.0 Miles - 12.0 Gallons - 32.00MPG - 25/75 - Hess/Sunoco
9th Tank - 380.0 Miles - 11.7 Gallons - 32.47MPG - 40/60 - Sunoco/Hess
10th Tank- 385.0 Miles - 11.6 Gallons - 33.18MPG - 40/60 - Hess/Stewarts

FWIW eventhough it has LITTLE relevance: Overall = 30.30 MPG

Edit: Updated for 10th Tank

[bernies07civic]

You guys that are getting 35+ mpg make me sick, actually more jealous than sick but u get my point. I am getting bout 23-24 and keeping it under 3500rpm as much as possible. I hope my mpg goes up as soon as the snow melts, ughh I hate snow and cold weather.

[Xtreme Thunder]

Originally Posted by bernies07civic

You guys that are getting 35+ mpg make me sick, actually more jealous than sick but u get my point. I am getting bout 23-24 and keeping it under 3500rpm as much as possible. I hope my mpg goes up as soon as the snow melts, ughh I hate snow and cold weather.

If the snow melts around me, does that mean I will get EVEN better gas mileage?

[bernies07civic]

Originally Posted by Xtreme Thunder

If the snow melts around me, does that mean I will get EVEN better gas mileage?

It should help out. U see mpg goes way down cuz of excessive tire spin and random slick spots where the tires just won't grab in the snow and ice. What kind of Mileage do you get right now? How much snow do you guys have in NY?

[truflip]

^^ hes saying hes one of the guys who get 35+ mpg.. and hes in the cold..
so when summer hits NY, he'll get like 45 mpg

[Xtreme Thunder]

Originally Posted by bernies07civic

It should help out. U see mpg goes way down cuz of excessive tire spin and random slick spots where the tires just won't grab in the snow and ice. What kind of Mileage do you get right now? How much snow do you guys have in NY?

Yeah, I posted my MPG in Post #105 of this thread, same page! Where I am there is not much more than a 1/2inch on the ground, but come Wednesday there should be close to a foot, my area is supposed to get hammered with the white stuff!

Originally Posted by truflip

^^ hes saying hes one of the guys who get 35+ mpg.. and hes in the cold...so when summer hits NY, he'll get like 45 mpg

Exactly right!

[bernies07civic]

[QUOTE=Xtreme Thunder]Yeah, I posted my MPG in Post #105 of this thread, same page! Where I am there is not much more than a 1/2inch on the ground, but come Wednesday there should be close to a foot, my area is supposed to get hammered with the white stuff!

oops, wasn't even thinking when I asked that, o man, thanks for keepin me on the ball.

[cincycivic07]

Originally Posted by Slav

heres my situation.
i live on long island new york
i own 2006 lx coupe MT
ive read everything about saving gas mileage from the a/c being on when the defroster is on to not warming your car up for longer then a couple of minutes and driving consistently below 3thou rpm
here are my results:
here in New York we've been having mid thirties in the weather depatment i filled up the tank about 3 weeks ago drove 100miles filled up with 5 gallons almost exactly thats 20mpg, i did the same again(different gasstation) and got 21mpg, now im letting the tank go to the end and i have 5 bars left and 286miles on the odo.
i drive to school and work(bymyself,nopassengers) which makes it about 60% town driving and 40% highway.
so can anyone please explain to me where my gas is going.
i even took it to the dealership and they did all their tests and found nothing wrong...throw me a bone someone.

Here is how it works. Some of these cars get Great gas mileage some get Bad gas mileage. If you car gets Bad maybe you can use all these tips and techniques to go from 20-23, but you will never see the mileage these other people get. The sad part is honda is fully aware of the situation and just doesn't care.

[Intrepid175]

Originally Posted by Slav

heres my situation.
i live on long island new york
i own 2006 lx coupe MT
ive read everything about saving gas mileage from the a/c being on when the defroster is on to not warming your car up for longer then a couple of minutes and driving consistently below 3thou rpm
here are my results:
here in New York we've been having mid thirties in the weather depatment i filled up the tank about 3 weeks ago drove 100miles filled up with 5 gallons almost exactly thats 20mpg, i did the same again(different gasstation) and got 21mpg, now im letting the tank go to the end and i have 5 bars left and 286miles on the odo.
i drive to school and work(bymyself,nopassengers) which makes it about 60% town driving and 40% highway.
so can anyone please explain to me where my gas is going.
i even took it to the dealership and they did all their tests and found nothing wrong...throw me a bone someone.

Hi Slav,

I'm from Texas and have never been to Long Island. I imagine that my impressions of the place are probably colored pretty badly by what I've seen in movies or on TV so please excuse my ignorance if I'm totally off base. Basically, what I visualize for commute traffic in your part of the world is pretty much bumper to bumper running, slow stop and go type driving. If you're doing 60% of your driving that way, then you're spending a LOT of your time just idling and that does nothing but kill fuel economy averages. Under those condition, 20 to 21 mpg, while it may be on the low side, doesn't really surprise me.

By contrast, I average pretty close to the same ratios but my "city" driving just means that I'm cruising in the 35 to 45 mph range with an "occational" stop sign or red light. I spend very little time in actual bumper to bumper, stop and go traffic and I'm generally averaging between 32 and 34 mpg. Our temperatures are also quite a bit milder than what you have to contend with too so there are a number of factors involved between the two of us that are giving me an advantage.

Again, my apologies if I'm off in left field with this but I am curious as to a more detailed description of what you're defining as "city" driving in this case.

Good luck & Drive Safe,
Steve R.

[MyFirstCivic@35]

Been getting around 31 with my EX here in upstate NY. Cold and snowy weather knocks mine down from the normal of 34-36 MPG.

[MyFirstCivic@35]

Oh Yeah, forgot to mention, the thermometer has not read above 14 F while driving in over a week.

[cojaro]

I'm still getting a consistant 25-28mpg with nearly all city driving. I think I may be enjoying my intake and exhaust a tad too much :-P

[phillipguru]

FYI PEOPLE
7 month old LX coupe
24k miles

2 days ago i made a 500 mile one way trip, recorded an average of 49.1 mpg over 6 hours on the trip with my ScanGauge 2. I then drove for an hour around hotels and walmart and other city driving locations before getting back on the highway.

The whole trip was 9.5 hours, with 1 hour of city driving and the rest highway

49.1 mpg average highway

I rolled about 475 miles before getting gas, and i still had 2 clicks on the gas gauge

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH PEOPLE

[Intrepid175]

Originally Posted by phillipguru

FYI PEOPLE
7 month old LX coupe
24k miles

2 days ago i made a 500 mile one way trip, recorded an average of 49.1 mpg over 6 hours on the trip with my ScanGauge 2. I then drove for an hour around hotels and walmart and other city driving locations before getting back on the highway.

The whole trip was 9.5 hours, with 1 hour of city driving and the rest highway

49.1 mpg average highway

I rolled about 475 miles before getting gas, and i still had 2 clicks on the gas gauge

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH PEOPLE

Your ScanGauge told you that you got 49.1 mpg? How much fuel did you take on the 475 mile tank? What was your average cruising speed? Tail winds? I'm not trying to cry foul here, just curious!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

[phillipguru]

Originally Posted by Intrepid175

Your ScanGauge told you that you got 49.1 mpg? How much fuel did you take on the 475 mile tank? What was your average cruising speed? Tail winds? I'm not trying to cry foul here, just curious!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

67mph

and i filled the tank with not quite 10 gallons

its mostly a downhill trip, on the way back , 500 miles i averaged 40.9

[Avenger]

Averaging 31MPG with 75% city driving according to my Excel spreadsheet I have kept since I bought the car October 16th 2006. Drive around in 5th gear in the city whenever possible. Average 40+MPG on the highway driving between 65 and 70MPH (no cruise).