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I got 36mpg =D
Replies: 17Last Post June 30, 2008 2:48pm by iconoclast
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coloring the void

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Quote: from emo sux69 at 8:43 am on June 29, 2008

Quote: from Coloring The Void at 3:58 am on June 29, 2008

I don't understand why my Civic is getting less then 250 miles on a full tank of 12 gallons. I should be getting 350. =/
Drive slower, the best way to save fuel is when your taking off you drive slower or if you drive manual you change gears earlyier then normal.

and never turn your car off when your at a traffic light.


I do drive slowly, I don't floor it and it's an auto. I never turn off my car at a light, if I did and waited the extra second to start it up people would honk!

It's an older car, 96 with 150K miles on it. I took it to the Honda dealership and they checked it out but said everything was in working order. What's weird though is that I never had a fuel bobber bob up and down so much.


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Sounds like the motor has lost some compression over time so its burning a bit more fuel and probly oil then it was designed to do. Have a compression check done on it and that should uncover something.

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about turning the car off, apparently it saves gas if over 30 seconds. older cars waste gas doing this though

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