2006 Civic mileage too low?

I recently picked up a 2006 Civic EX and have noticed that after two
tanks of gas, that the mileage is about 9km/liter. This is a wee bit
low. Even my 2000 Accord generaly maintained a 10km/liter mileage.
With the smaller Civic and smaller engine, I was expecting this to
jump to 12-13km/liter but the opposite occured. Guess I'll take it in
for a check next week, but was wondering if anyone else out there with
the 2006 Civic has noticed this or has gotten near the theoretical
mileage for it?

TIA,

Drew

Drew wrote:

> I recently picked up a 2006 Civic EX and have noticed that after two
> tanks of gas, that the mileage is about 9km/liter. This is a wee bit
> low. Even my 2000 Accord generaly maintained a 10km/liter mileage.
> With the smaller Civic and smaller engine, I was expecting this to
> jump to 12-13km/liter but the opposite occured. Guess I'll take it in
> for a check next week, but was wondering if anyone else out there with
> the 2006 Civic has noticed this or has gotten near the theoretical
> mileage for it?
>
> TIA,
>
> Drew

Is this city, highway, or mixed? Are you a lead-foot driver?

After about 5000km or so and with good driving habits, it should be broken
in and the mileage should improve. You should take it for a few fairly
lengthy highway runs during the break-in period.

"Drew" > wrote in message
news
> I recently picked up a 2006 Civic EX and have noticed that after two
> tanks of gas, that the mileage is about 9km/liter. This is a wee bit
> low. Even my 2000 Accord generaly maintained a 10km/liter mileage.
> With the smaller Civic and smaller engine, I was expecting this to
> jump to 12-13km/liter but the opposite occured. Guess I'll take it in
> for a check next week, but was wondering if anyone else out there with
> the 2006 Civic has noticed this or has gotten near the theoretical
> mileage for it?
>
> TIA,
>
> Drew
>
Keep us informed. I think that many of us would be interested to confirm
whether the new Civic gets close to the EPA estimates and whether it will
better the older Civics.

<<<<< I recently picked up a 2006 Civic EX and have noticed that after
two
tanks of gas, that the mileage is about 9km/liter. This is a wee bit
low. Even my 2000 Accord generaly maintained a 10km/liter mileage.
>>>>>

1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter,
which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK.

SadaYama wrote:
> <<<<< I recently picked up a 2006 Civic EX and have noticed that after
> two
> tanks of gas, that the mileage is about 9km/liter. This is a wee bit
> low. Even my 2000 Accord generaly maintained a 10km/liter mileage.
>
>
> 1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter,
> which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK.
>
given that we're stuck with this low calorific value "reformulated"
garbage gasoline that's been adulterated with ethanol, i'd say that's right!

SadaYama wrote:

> 1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter,
> which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK.

How in the hell did you come up with 34mpg from 9km/litre?

1 US gallon = 3.785 litres
1 litre = (1 / 3.785) = 0.264 US gallons
1 km = 0.621 miles

Therefo 9 km / 1 litre
= (9 x 0.621) miles / (1 x 0.264) US gallons
= 5.589 miles / 0.264 US gallons
= 21.17 miles per US gallon

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:25:53 -0400, High Tech Misfit >
wrote:

>Is this city, highway, or mixed? Are you a lead-foot driver?

Mixed, about 150km/100miles highway & 50km/30miles city per week.

>After about 5000km or so and with good driving habits, it should be broken
>in and the mileage should improve. You should take it for a few fairly
>lengthy highway runs during the break-in period.

I'll probably take it on a roadtrip from Toronto to Montreal before
the snows start, and see what it's like after that.

Thanks,

Drew

On 30 Oct 2005 03:18:38 GMT, "Brandy**Alexandre"
> wrote:

>I have the 06 Coupe LX and I was told that your true mileage may not be
>known for about 3000 miles (can't convert that to metric for you). I
>was very by-the-book on the break in period of 600 miles, and the two
>tank ratings I've done were 27.9 and then 30.2. Don't know if that
>helps.

That's about what I was expecting, but my first 500km/300miles comes
out to something like 21-22 MPG. :-(

During this break-in period, I've tried to keep the RPMs under 3000
whenever possible. Typicaly the max RPMs I'm putting on the car is
about 4000 and that's only when I merge onto the highway.

-Drew

High Tech Misfit wrote:
> SadaYama wrote:
>
>
>>1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter,
>>which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK.
>
>
> How in the hell did you come up with 34mpg from 9km/litre?

He just forgot to convert km to miles. That's all.

I agree. And 21 mpg is terrible. I currently get 39 mpg in my 2002 Civic
LX coupe standard. That is the average over the life of the vehicle in
combined city and highway miles.

Sid

"High Tech Misfit" > wrote in message
...
> SadaYama wrote:
>
>> 1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter,
>> which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK.
>
> How in the hell did you come up with 34mpg from 9km/litre?
>
> 1 US gallon = 3.785 litres
> 1 litre = (1 / 3.785) = 0.264 US gallons
> 1 km = 0.621 miles
>
> Therefo 9 km / 1 litre
> = (9 x 0.621) miles / (1 x 0.264) US gallons
> = 5.589 miles / 0.264 US gallons
> = 21.17 miles per US gallon