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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 |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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. |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
"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. |
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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. >>>>> 1 US gallon = 3.785 liters. So, your 2006 Civic EX is giving 9km/liter, which is 34 mpg, which I think is OK. |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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! |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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 |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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 |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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 |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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. |
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2006 Civic mileage too low?
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 |
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