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Originally Posted by S-Dog
Such an awesome car!!! I had one in the late 90's and got 45mpg all day long. The tall gearing works surprisingly well considering the lack of HP. Good luck with gettign some serious MPG's with it.
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I'm fairly surprised at it's torque around 1000-2000 rpm for a 4cyl. Unlike most, it's happy to be putting around at low RPM in higher gears. Unfortunatly, this is the california model so it does have a shorter final drive ratio than the normal HF. I'm a bit OK with this, I live off a highway and need the acceleration the shorter gears give. Just wish for a taller 5th!
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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Nice car - the misfire going - it wants to LIVE!
Here in the UK in the 80s 100K was about death for an average car, the original 1.5 100hp CRX was considered highly tuned so wouldn't last. One magazine bought their CRX loan car from Honda and ran it to over 120K with no problems at all, and then a staffer bought it and ran it until it rusted out.
Your's should last forever with a bit of underseal.
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I'm in Texas, no worries about rust! 249,700 miles on it, and still driving very well. My old 1990 Pontiac Firebird had close to 270,000 before the timing chain jumped. Didn't burn a drop of oil either!