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Get an Ultra Gauge because it is cheaper than the ScanGauge and simpler to install and possesses more abilities than the MPGuino. When you get it, I promise that if you are driving a manual Civic we'll be able to show you how to improve your numbers. The UltraGauge will pay for itself in 3-10 tanks, depending on how effectively you use it.
Pulse and glide technique works best with a good gauge and the practice of coasting (where safe!) with the engine off. Pulse and glide is the best MPG move on the whole list, if you learn to accelerate in the best load range and if you learn the art of coasting with the engine off.
In the mean time, shift around 2000 or 2200 rpms instead of 3000. And slow down a little more even: 60mph on the freeway is perfectly legal and not an obstruction and it's a mile per minute!
james
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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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