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gladstone · 07-05-2010, 11:40 AM

Well, I have been attempting to get my fiancee' into a mpg competition between my 96 SL1 and her 03 Civic.

Background on the Vehicles

96 SL1- automatic, 1.9 SOHC, 186k miles, WAI
03 Civic- automatic, 1.7 SOHC Non vtec, 106k miles

I constantly get between 32 - 36 mpg with a best of 38.
I do not keep records for her car but the best, I have seen is 32 mpg and a worst of 26 mpg this week.

She doesn't drive bad enough in my opinion to get 26 mpg on driver alone, but I have been very unimpressed with the mpg on the Civic on previous trips.

I previously thought that civic were supposed to be amazing at MPG, but is the Saturn really a better base mpg vehicle?

07-05-2010, 11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
gladstone EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas City Missouri Posts: 5 Old Saturn - '96 Saturn SL1 90 day: 33.71 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	96 SL1 vs 03 Civic Lx Well, I have been attempting to get my fiancee' into a mpg competition between my 96 SL1 and her 03 Civic. Background on the Vehicles 96 SL1- automatic, 1.9 SOHC, 186k miles, WAI 03 Civic- automatic, 1.7 SOHC Non vtec, 106k miles I constantly get between 32 - 36 mpg with a best of 38. I do not keep records for her car but the best, I have seen is 32 mpg and a worst of 26 mpg this week. She doesn't drive bad enough in my opinion to get 26 mpg on driver alone, but I have been very unimpressed with the mpg on the Civic on previous trips. I previously thought that civic were supposed to be amazing at MPG, but is the Saturn really a better base mpg vehicle? __________________ 1996 Saturn SL1 - sometimes you have to drive a Saturn 1991 S10 - better fuel economy than a k1500 and can go into tighter spaces