ok.. im sure many wont even believe this, because i wouldn't either... so i was driving home from my sisters house, approx. 155 miles away, a3 hr trip.. i get back home and i noticed my fuel gauge didn't hardly move so i stopped at a gas station to top the tank off.. it stopped at around 2.5 gallons, and i was like... wtf?! haha, it came out to about 61.5 miles to the freakin gallon, ihave NO clue how this happened, or why.. but i was happy, haha.. by the way, my average is probably around 35-38ish for normal driving.. so yeah, big difference.... but, a 100% true story. it happened like 2 years ago and im still baffled...
oh by the way, its a 1994 honda civic EX coupe with manual tranny.

 

Misha??! Misha where are you? Rain on this man's parade

Was the whole trip down hill?

 

There must have been something in the gas ... i just averaged 44.5 mpg.... i usually only average 34 mpg on this trip. haha, congrats tho!

 

did you not hit the gas peddle?

 

wtf?

i got 95 civic ex coupe 5 speed and i barely even get 22mpg

only after market part i got on my car is aem intake, could it be couz i'm new stick driver?

first tank i got 22mpg, second tank, 20, then 24, then 28mpg lol

 

Cruising 70mph from Buffalo NY to Atlanta GA, i was getting 360 miles on 8 gallons of gas, came out to 45 mpg.

 

The only other thing I can think of is that possibly the cut off on the gas pump cut you short of a full tank and you had say 10 gallons drove 155 miles and when you filled back up the pump cut you off at say 9 gallons. So you only added 2.5 gallons but reallyburnt 3.5 gallons.

 

or the gas station is getting screwed

 

One-way trips often get skewed. Tail winds, stuck in traffic behind semi (drafting), coming down from mountains to sea level, gas tank fill errors. I have even seen pumps with bad readouts. Keep a logbook of every tank and see how you do. I have kept a log since 1973 and the results that varied the most (high and low) were one-way trips and partial tank fills like yours. Congratulations on your good fortune.

We have an ongoing thread here for folks who want to comment on their mileage. Join us there.

https://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_379362/tm.htm

 

Well i was nowhere near mountains, it was a flat drive in the midwest so hardly any hills even..i never followed any semis cause i cant STAND gettin rocks kicked up at me, i hit the gas how i normally do, not like a grandma, yet not too hard. i dont remember much for tailwinds and even if there was it wouldn't have effected it that much.. and it wasn't a bad gas pump readout, cuz my fuel gauge barely even moved and it works perfectly.. i think it was just a freak thing.. coulda been somethin in the gas... whatever the heck it was i want that again! haha.