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Old 06-10-2011, 11:51 AM   #6 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Not much to do with an automatic, I guess. I remember. But you still can reduce weight. If you can find 100lbs (!) or more you should see some significant change (maybe 1%) because of acceleration weight in stop/go traffic. Also, fully inflate tires. I even over-inflate by 9psi--like a lot of people here--but I am no expert and you should follow your judgement. If you could switch to LED lights, especially brake lights, there might be a benefit since they get used so much. I plan to do this one day, but I have not yet. Research it here on the site's search function. Good luck man. Report your gains, eh?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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