New 2008 Civic MPG

External Since: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 147

On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:45:49 -0500, Joe <joe.TakeThisOut@nospam.hits-buffalo.com>
wrote:

>On 2008-05-11, Howard Lester <heylester.TakeThisOut@dakotacom.net> wrote:
>> "Enrico Fermi" wrote
>>
>> > My Wife has a 2008 Civic LX 1.8 with ~15,000 miles. Her commute is 35
>> miles
>>> in the country with few stoplights and an average 50 mph speed. She is a
>>> very conservative driver. She claims to be doing better than 33 mpg on her
>>> commute over the last 5000 miles.
>>
>> This surprises me in a bad way. I had a '97 Civic EX (manual) and got 32 in
>> town, regularly. The commute over the 10 mile stretch has a fair amount of
>> smooth 40 mph stretches through about 15 stoplights. The 10 mile return
>> commute is much more stop and go. Still, I got 32. On the highway at 65 -75
>> I'd get about 38. If your wife's Civic is only getting 32 under the
>> described conditions, Civics' mileage appears to really have fallen off over
>> the last 10 years.
>
>There was no way to avoid it. The civic now is a much larger and
>heavier car than 10 years ago. My Si is over 3200 Pounds. I average
>about 26 MPG in mixed driving, and about 32 straight highway. I don't
>drive conservatively most of the time. The EX and lower should do a
>bit better than that, with the smaller engines, but it still isn't
>near as good as the older, smaller civics...

The sales brochure I just picked up at the dealer says the Si coupe
curb weight is 2886 pounds. Granted that is about 500 more than my
GS-R, but not quite 3200. Is yours a sedan?

External Since: Feb 27, 2008 Posts: 14

On 2008-05-12, Gordon McGrew <RgEmMcOgVrEew DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:45:49 -0500, Joe <joe DeleteThis @nospam.hits-buffalo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 2008-05-11, Howard Lester <heylester DeleteThis @dakotacom.net> wrote:
>>> "Enrico Fermi" wrote
>>>
>>> > My Wife has a 2008 Civic LX 1.8 with ~15,000 miles. Her commute is 35
>>> miles
>>>> in the country with few stoplights and an average 50 mph speed. She is a
>>>> very conservative driver. She claims to be doing better than 33 mpg on her
>>>> commute over the last 5000 miles.
>>>
>>> This surprises me in a bad way. I had a '97 Civic EX (manual) and got 32 in
>>> town, regularly. The commute over the 10 mile stretch has a fair amount of
>>> smooth 40 mph stretches through about 15 stoplights. The 10 mile return
>>> commute is much more stop and go. Still, I got 32. On the highway at 65 -75
>>> I'd get about 38. If your wife's Civic is only getting 32 under the
>>> described conditions, Civics' mileage appears to really have fallen off over
>>> the last 10 years.
>>
>>There was no way to avoid it. The civic now is a much larger and
>>heavier car than 10 years ago. My Si is over 3200 Pounds. I average
>>about 26 MPG in mixed driving, and about 32 straight highway. I don't
>>drive conservatively most of the time. The EX and lower should do a
>>bit better than that, with the smaller engines, but it still isn't
>>near as good as the older, smaller civics...
>
> The sales brochure I just picked up at the dealer says the Si coupe
> curb weight is 2886 pounds. Granted that is about 500 more than my
> GS-R, but not quite 3200. Is yours a sedan?

Working from memory and the registration sticker. Haven't checked it
recently, and my memory is not reliable enough for me to argue it with
you. Next time I go out I'll have to look again.

Of course, NY doesn't weigh them, so it could *still* be wrong...
Wink

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