37 MPG last fill up, 38.5 MPG this time!

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Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

Well, first.. you need to compare the size of the CRX to a hybrid.

Second, it would be wise to consider power/acceleration.



You're comparing apples to oranges.

Actually, if you look closely at the Honda hybrid (not the newer one based on the current Civic sedan), it IS a CRX.

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

 

[BCYL]

I get 35mpg regularly with my 2000 civic HB...

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

Got higher than 50 mpg EPA highway some years, as I recall.

 

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Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

Even if those numbers are optimistic I agree that it kind of makes the new hybrids not so impressive

Got higher than 50 mpg EPA highway some years, as I recall.

I bet they were cheaper than the hybrids too

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

You're insane if you think hybrid is nothing special.

You're still comparing apples to oranges. Hybrid technology DOES increase MPG significantly.

Hybrid is here to stay, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it on virtually all new cars within the next 10 years.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

You're insane if you think hybrid is nothing special.

You're still comparing apples to oranges. Hybrid technology DOES increase MPG significantly.

Hybrid is here to stay, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it on virtually all new cars within the next 10 years.

I dunno about virtually all, but definitely an increasing amount. A stranger today was talking to me at the pump about gas prices. I've never had that before. Obviously they're starting to piss people off At least ford is making a real vehicle into a hybrid with the escape (prius is ok, but it's just an echo. The insight is unusably small). Hopefully we'll see more large vehicles using it!

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

You're insane if you think hybrid is nothing special.

You're still comparing apples to oranges. Hybrid technology DOES increase MPG significantly.

Hybrid is here to stay, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it on virtually all new cars within the next 10 years.

Insane? hahahaha, well maybe, but still not impressed with hybrids. If you can do the same or better with regular gasoline then the hybrids should be doing around twice what you can do on regular gas. The cost doesn't justify the tech. Just buy a used Civic.

 

[Smaug]

My 2000 Si gets 28mpg on premium in mixed driving. But I just got it, just learning to drive stick, and really using the VTEC. So hopefully I'll get 31 out of it like the EPA. Also coming up to the 60k maintenance, so that should help. But at premium for 2.29$ an hour

 

[Perknose]

Hybrid technology is relatively new, and will get better = higher and higher mpg as it develops, especially if that maddeningly elusive breakthrough in battery thechnology ever develops.

Then there's hydrogen fuel.

Still, those older Honda HF's were and still are absolutely amazing.

I had to allow the cookie for Childs site - the EPA mpg for the 1991 CRX HF was 49 city/ 52 highway!!! Still, I seem to remember a 55mpg posting for an earlier model year (one of their many tricks were extremely skinny tires = less rolling resistance). Gonna go see if I can punch up the proof.

Edit: Hee, hee, 1989 Civic (four door sedan!) HF clocks in at 50 mpg city / 56 mpg highway!!!

 

[psteng19]

38.5 MPG this fill up!
Gets better with time

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: psteng19

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap

Originally posted by: psteng19
1995 Nissan Sentra.
Puny 1.6 liter engine.
80/20 highway/local.

You sure about that 80?

Why, is that high or low to you?
It might actually be low, because I sit a lot in traffic while on the highway :disgust:

I've never heard of even a hybrid getting that high. That's astonishing if it's accurate.

ahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha

*gasp*

aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That is all.

ah, i see you found your mirror.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: BornStar18

Originally posted by: psteng19

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap

Originally posted by: psteng19
1995 Nissan Sentra.
Puny 1.6 liter engine.
80/20 highway/local.

You sure about that 80?

Why, is that high or low to you?
It might actually be low, because I sit a lot in traffic while on the highway :disgust:

I've never heard of even a hybrid getting that high. That's astonishing if it's accurate.

ahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaha

*gasp*

aahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That is all.

ah, i see you found your mirror.

wtf is that supposed to mean?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Childs
Get a 90's Civic hatch or CRX if you want good gas mileage. I don't see what the hubub is about hybrid cars. The last year CRX got 50 on the highway.

i really can't believe that a cRX got 50 mpg, even on highway.

I'll look for the US epa stats, but heres what the canooks have to say about the 88-91 CRX.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/88-91civic.htm

And the US stats:

look up 91 Honda CRX HF

I still remember the commercials with a deflated CRX being pumped up in the desert.

In my opinion hybrid is nothing special. Honda was on their way to doing better MPG on straight gasoline. Hybrids should be in the 100s.

You're insane if you think hybrid is nothing special.

You're still comparing apples to oranges. Hybrid technology DOES increase MPG significantly.

Hybrid is here to stay, and I wouldn't be surprised if we see it on virtually all new cars within the next 10 years.

I dunno about virtually all, but definitely an increasing amount. A stranger today was talking to me at the pump about gas prices. I've never had that before. Obviously they're starting to piss people off At least ford is making a real vehicle into a hybrid with the escape (prius is ok, but it's just an echo. The insight is unusably small). Hopefully we'll see more large vehicles using it!

Didn't ford just get their tech from Toyota? Or was that GM?

The lexus RX is getting it. I think the GS and LS is also getting it.

 

[Ness]

97 Sentra gets about 34MPG... Too bad I drive 90 Miles every day or I might be able to say I can go two weeks without having to get gas...

 

[johnjbruin]

meh... i get 21mpg

but i do LOVE what i drive

 

[upsciLLion]

I get just about 18 MPG from my 4.0L Ranger on LT235s. I'd say that's pretty good for a truck.

 

[Aftermath]

380 miles off a 11.5 gallons, with a 13 gallon tank in my new Toyota Matrix. Mixed city/town driving.


So long 11mpg Grand Marquis! I shall not miss thee!

 

[SWScorch]

my last three fillups were 38, 39.98 and 39 MPG respectively. 2001 Saturn SL1 5-speed. 10 gallon tank and I can almost go 400 miles!

 

[m2kewl]

26.3 mpg...w00t!

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: psteng19
I can see the winter blend is long gone now, and just in time for high gas prices.
370 miles on one tank and I had 3 more gallons to go (13 gallon tank).

Back in the winter time, there were times where I got 290 miles/29 mpg.
That's almost a difference on 10 mpg :Q

The funny thing is just as I was done filling up and pulling out of the gas station, they were ready to change the price.
I didn't stay to see how much it was going up, but across the street it was already up to $1.85. I paid $1.73.

38.5 MPG on today's fillup :thumbsup:

OMG! Where do you live, bud? We down here in SoCal pay $2.15 and thats one of the lower prives.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Perknose
The 80 is a %, you geniuses, as in 80%highway miles/20%local.

these guys are teh smartays!

 

[MedicBob]

VW Jetta TDI 49 mpg mostly driven 75 mph.

Go VW!!!