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Originally Posted by California98Civic
I enjoyed the car well enough. You sit kinda high, and the thought occurred to me it might be high as a marketing technique for people who test drive small cars but feel nervous about being low down to the ground after their last SUV.
Unfortunately, I could not get the fuel gauges to work properly and had too little time (schedule pressures) to figure it out. But by the ODO/pump I got 141.1 miles out of 2.588 gals for 54.52 mpg. That was mostly highway and with moderate hypermiling, such as 60 mph in a 65 speed zone and engine on neutral coast whenever possible. I shut the engine off at lights about half the time.
It crosses 2000 rpms at 45mph and cruises at about 2500 at 60.
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Impressive MPG numbers considering the high RPMs. This is geared very similarly to my TSX.
I'll be taking my parents Camry to CA next week even though it has a much worse CdA (aero drag) spec compared to the TSX. The lower gearing makes all the difference, especially with the faster CA traffic.