07-17-2008, 05:34 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: san diego, ca
Posts: 1
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Greetings from San Diego
Hey guys,
I drive a 2002 Honda Civic EX 5-spd coupe.
I love getting great gas mileage... I used to have a 330ci which got decent MPG for a car with that much power (25-28mpg).
I now get 37 MPG in my civic CONSISTANTLY every tank everytime, plus I save 20 cents a gallon pumping 87 octane, instead of 91.
While I am not complaining about that, I would like to improve that as much as possible!
Great to be here.
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07-17-2008, 06:02 PM
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Master EcoModder
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: UCLA
Posts: 666
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Welcome to EM
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07-17-2008, 06:09 PM
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San Diego Ranger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: San Diego
Posts: 16
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Great to see another SD person!
You will see me cruizing along the 5 doing 55 in the slow lane... feel free to draft.
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07-17-2008, 06:15 PM
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Mr. Blue Tape
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 332
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Welcome! Love seeing more fellow Californians around.
Good numbers and I'm sure you'll do better the longer you hang out here and pick up tips. It has for me. If you don't already have a way to gauge instantaneous mpg, I highly recommend a Scanguage or some other device to do it.
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My 5 pillars of fuel efficiency:- driving style
- aerodynamics
- tires
- weight reduction
- engine maintenance
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07-17-2008, 06:37 PM
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EcoModding Seige Tank
Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 159
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hey 92126 here, nice to have you Welcome
my friend has a civic as well, check it out
his fuel log
he just started but look 42! |
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07-17-2008, 07:22 PM
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San Diego Ranger
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: San Diego
Posts: 16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldissent
hey 92126 here, nice to have you Welcome
my friend has a civic as well, check it out
his fuel log
he just started but look 42! |
Good call idea, feel free to click on my user name to see my EM garage.
Also I have started to report on the type of gas being used and where I got it from since I went to a thrifty gas station and my MPG plumpted, hence I figure its only fair to reward the good, and punish the not-so-good. |
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07-18-2008, 02:36 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: LA
Posts: 31
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hey welcome! i'm in the SD area as well. it's great cause the traffic isn't as bad as in LA and i like the lights here better (the yellows seem to last longer... psychological?) haha anyway.. i will be going 55 in the slow lane as well, like lucidexp
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07-18-2008, 02:43 PM
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Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
Posts: 3,772
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Welcome to EcoModder!
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07-18-2008, 03:53 PM
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EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 27
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Welcome, do you live in the flat part of SD or the hilly part? I have the bad luck of living on a hill, which is 2 miles up and down, and in order to go anywhere its all hills....hence the crappy mileage. But yes, I am the white Prius doing 55-60 on the 15 or 163
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07-18-2008, 05:39 PM
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Pokémoderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 1,683
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thamindzzeye -
Welcome to EM! My wife has a 2003 Civic Coupe with an automatic tranny. Very comfy Honda to drive. The design reminds me of the old " BMW E36" 3-Series coupe that my wife used to have.
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07-22-2008, 10:51 AM
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Here, there, everywhere
Join Date: May 2008
Location: San Diego County
Posts: 50
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Greetings. I live in Poway and commute everyday to work in Julian.
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I drive-
08 Honda Civic LX sedan, auto
01 Chevy Silverado truck
99 Ford Contour sedan (Well, that's the wife's).
And a 1907 Baldwin Steam Locomotive (Really)
I tend to convert to Mobil-1 around the 8K mark
I'm also a believer in "Tufoil"-been adding that in my vehicles for 20+ years (And yes, I'm experimented with Duralube, Slick50, Prolong and zmax, and what did I find? No improvement in MPG. I keep on coming back to Tufoil).
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