OK, I gotta brag about my 99 Civic HX M/T!
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OK, I gotta brag about my 99 Civic HX M/T!
I never knew my 1999 Civic HX was a 50+ mpg hwy car! I just did a long road trip, Houston to Chicago and back! I set several records, but also had really bad luck!
1st record ā Houston to past Little Rock, 502.3 mi with 190 mi A/C on, 50.1697 mpg, half tank mark at 370 miles! Drafted a semi for 55 miles.
2nd record ā North Memphis to Chicago, no A/C 508.6 mi at 50.252 mpg, 358 mi at the half tank mark! No hypermiling.
Total cost in gas Houston to Chicago $94.04 [had a bad top off tank of 26.58 mpg 2.76 gal ā bad pump].
3rd Final record ā Chicago to North Memphis, 486.6 mi 51.151 mpg with 56.6 mi of A/C, 393 to 400 miles at the half tank mark! I could have broke 52 mpg with no A/C! No hypermiling, except for coasting in neutral down a long slope.
All above driving mostly[/b] at 70 mph.
Then incredible bad luck after my record 51.151 mpg tanks ā filled up the next 2 tanks with Shelll and Citgo and my half tank mark for hwy driving were at 270 and 240 miles ā suddenly really bad mpg! And my last fillup was real bad too ā 30.97 mpg! Iām wondering why the sudden bad mpg!? Maybe they gave me E85, and Iām trying to get rid of it! No check engine light or codes, my synthetic oil now has 8000 miles, and I recently did a valve adjustment and PCV Valve change around 102,000 miles. Now have 111,000+ miles.
1st record ā Houston to past Little Rock, 502.3 mi with 190 mi A/C on, 50.1697 mpg, half tank mark at 370 miles! Drafted a semi for 55 miles.
2nd record ā North Memphis to Chicago, no A/C 508.6 mi at 50.252 mpg, 358 mi at the half tank mark! No hypermiling.
Total cost in gas Houston to Chicago $94.04 [had a bad top off tank of 26.58 mpg 2.76 gal ā bad pump].
3rd Final record ā Chicago to North Memphis, 486.6 mi 51.151 mpg with 56.6 mi of A/C, 393 to 400 miles at the half tank mark! I could have broke 52 mpg with no A/C! No hypermiling, except for coasting in neutral down a long slope.
All above driving mostly[/b] at 70 mph.
Then incredible bad luck after my record 51.151 mpg tanks ā filled up the next 2 tanks with Shelll and Citgo and my half tank mark for hwy driving were at 270 and 240 miles ā suddenly really bad mpg! And my last fillup was real bad too ā 30.97 mpg! Iām wondering why the sudden bad mpg!? Maybe they gave me E85, and Iām trying to get rid of it! No check engine light or codes, my synthetic oil now has 8000 miles, and I recently did a valve adjustment and PCV Valve change around 102,000 miles. Now have 111,000+ miles.
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RE: OK, I gotta brag about my 99 Civic HX M/T!
i have a 2000 civic ex stick with 72,000 miles on it and went on a long road trip and topped 41 mpg not bad for the ex and i get about 35 to 38 in the city but also i take care of my car and drive it like a grandpa shift at 2,500 rpms so its all on how you drive your car but ya dang keep that civic with today prices but i can go about 400 miles on a full tank not bad better than my dodge dakota
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