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Old 01-26-2012, 06:34 PM   #7 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by mattbatson View Post
Ok, so it sounds like the returns will be negligable...and hardly worth the expenditure.

thanks for all the responses
Did you read Sentra_SE-R's results in the link above? You could pick up two or 3 mpg, if his results are reliable. If the wheels come cheaply, then you win. In my case I got nearly new tires on my second hand-lightweight wheels when I already needed to replace the tires. The total cost of the wheels and nearly new tires was quite a bit less than buying new tires, having them mounted and balanced. I got lucky in that deal, but if you keep looking you could get the wheels for very cheap.
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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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