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Old 06-04-2018, 04:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Well, I can say for sure the owners of the van never get anywhere near that. When I drove it home for them, they had averaged 22 mpg with it before I filled it up.
How?? It used to be so much easier to beat the EPA numbers in the minivan than in was in my Civic before I finally "mastered" it's best eco driving style.

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I'd say at modest speeds, 40+ is possible even without mods. My traveling was probably half at around 55 mph and the rest was 65-70 mph. It was at night though, very little traffic (no slow downs). If it were all at 45 mph, I'd have gotten 40 mpg no problem.
If only the Civic had cylinder deactivation.
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