ouch~! my mpg hurts

[DanLexani]

Originally Posted by psyshack

Tires are wearing great! Max sidewall psi is 44. Normally run them between 44 and 50 psi. Went up to 60 psi because of the ubber heavy load the car was carring. I have been running max sidewall or better since steel belted radials have become the norm. many years not issue. I wish folks would get over this stupid high tire psi crap.......

I use the cars display, my SGII and do hand calc's. Our car reads low about 1.5 mpg from hand calc's.

yeah i see what your saying about that particular time having the car super loaded. but in general if your running max to +5 then take into consideration that when you drive it and they warm up that adds a few more psi, i would think that the middle of the tire would wear faster than normal. just like when u run too low of a psi the outsides of the tires wear out prematurely. at least that's what i was taught. only other downside i can think from that is feeling every rock or crack in the road u go over.
but in the end everybody likes their shiet their own way and this is definitely a preference subject.

[Tommyboy]

Originally Posted by av911

How does letting the engine warm up (0mpg) get better mileage than someone driving a cold car (+1mpg)?

The president of the Automobile Association of Southern California recommends no more than 45 seconds for warming up the engine (just need to get the shafts lubricated and spinning). His philosophy was exactly the same. even if the car gets lower gas mileage, it is better than Zero MPG the car gets idling in the driveway.

[DanLexani]

i usually smoke a cigg while i let it warm up. close to 5 min.

[GoHuskies]

Originally Posted by DanLexani

i usually smoke a cigg while i let it warm up. close to 5 min.

You smoke a cig and drive a hybrid?

Abomination.

I bet you don't even drink the mandatory starbucks latte every morning.

[sjaxkingpin]

Originally Posted by rfuller83

I live in FREEZING Illinois and I am only getting 33-35. Should I be worried? I just bought my hybrid a couple week ago. Is this just because it is cold?

I would say yes. I'm in IL too. I've been getting mid 30's recently when it's been subzero. I was getting mid 40's last summer, so I expect that to return with the good driving weather.

It's funny how every troll has a 911 Turbo that gets 45mpg and they post in the hybrid forums about how "Surely the hybrid does better" blah blah. Sore much

[tihsad]

haha 80% of my smoking happens in my hybrid.. havent washed the car since i bought 'em.. put 10 gal and gets no less then 360 even tho i drive the hell out of them... with the 10 gal i do 450-480 on the freeway only.. driving... put on 60k miles in year and a half... and i love the damn thing it beats my bmw 550 with 15 miles per gallon.. i've only put 5000 miles since i bought the hybrid. i take the hybrid everywhere.. haha

[09hybrid]

ok.. all those who gets over 45+ mpg.. post some pix...
I won't believe anything until i see some proofs. also i don't want to see lame ass posting 100+ mph under 200 miles on the odometer.

previous black cluster was my 09 acura tsx with avg 35.xx mpg

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by 09hybrid

ok.. all those who gets over 45+ mpg.. post some pix...
I won't believe anything until i see some proofs. also i don't want to see lame ass posting 100+ mph under 200 miles on the odometer.

previous black cluster was my 09 acura tsx with avg 35.xx mpg

Get rid of it and get another TSX or a PU. While I dislike many things about our HCHII in the handling dept and a few other aspects of the car. It is a mpg machine if driven with any care at all.

You need to get over to cleanmpg.com. Do 1/8th what those folks do. You will be a better driver and the HCHII will shine for you mpg wise.

Why don't you show use some pics and vid's of you getting horrid mpg?

[08civlx]

damn, i get 33 mpg in my acura csx with the K20Z2 engine...

Most i ever got in the csx was 39 mpg.

[pprancer]

without me hitting vtec during a full tank + alignment and i got upto 350 per tank, thats like around 31~32 mpg (mostly highway/la freeway)
but i used to get like 28 b4 the alignment. lol

[Doc2006Civic]

im hitting around 35-40 depending on the weather and how late i am to work on a given day in South Carolina...and thats in my 06 EX and i fill up with the MCX gas... sooo

[vikram]

Originally Posted by Doc2006Civic

im hitting around 35-40 depending on the weather and how late i am to work on a given day in South Carolina...and thats in my 06 EX and i fill up with the MCX gas... sooo

Nlm

[Chipster]

Originally Posted by pprancer

without me hitting vtec during a full tank + alignment and i got upto 350 per tank, thats like around 31~32 mpg (mostly highway/la freeway)
but i used to get like 28 b4 the alignment. lol

wait my HCHII doesn't have Vtec.. I must be low on VTAKK fluid!

[redluvr]

Assuming there's not a serious problem mechanically with your HCH, or perhaps a lot of setup issues... Poor mileage can usually be attributed to the driver's technique and the terrain to a certain extent.

There are 21K miles on my '09 HCH and the lifetime FE for the car is 64.9MPG. There are many techniques that can be used to improve your FE, some common sense, some not so much. But you do have to constantly work at it to get those kind of numbers.

Before I had my HCH-II I had an '09 Si and I could regularly achieve 40+MPG in the favorable summer months.

You haven't been "ripped off", it's most likely your terrain and driving technique. Hypermiling isn't easy, but if you really work at it I'm sure your numbers will improve.

[Leonard1818]

I usually get between 27 and 31 in my Si sedan. I just filled up and somehow got 31.xmpg.....and I've been hitting VTEC more recently since it's been nice out. Just b4 that it was 29.x MPG. Best I ever got in my (2008) Si was 34.4. Best I ever got in my RSX-S: 37.7

[CarrLF]

Just bought my 09 civic hybrid and im getting 47 mpg over 600 miles now. I would like to improve more and I have read some on the cleanmpg site but I cant get any better than 51 on the past 300 miles.