Hello everyone

i just bought a 2004 ex civic...it's supposed to get 32 in the city and 39 on the highway. we haven't been getting that....the car only has about 4000 miles on it and it is winter-what does everyone else's average?? what have you found to be the best cruising speed to get the best gas milage per gallon?

Thanks!

 

Well, for starters, cold weather is definitely going to cause a drop in fuel economy, especially on a small displacement engine like a Civic. Second, it is almost impossible to get the kind of mileage numbers that the manufacturer gives. Just for reference, my '90 Civic hatchback got between 33 and 40 mpg (when it still had the stock engine).

 

same here, and on hte freeway going from Reno to Sacramento (about 5000ft drop in elevation) i averaged over 50mpg.

 

50 is good. i get about 30ish

 

4G's are notorious for their ridiculous fuel economy

 

yea cold weather definately contributes to mileage drop. I was getting 24mpg on a BMW before the first snow. Now I'm getting about 18mpg

 

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I get between 30 and 35 mpg about 300 miles to the tank(9gal). 225 miles city-80%normal, 20% agressive, and 75 miles freeway- 60% normal, 40% agressive. 95 civic sedan 1.5 non dohc, sohc, vtec, anything.

 

i have an 87 civic 3 door four speed manual with a 1.3L single barrel carb and it is decimals away from 50 mpg highway and two miles less in the city.

 

Ive got a 78' cvcc and im gettin about 20 - 24 mpg not too bad conisidering its age