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Old 12-06-2012, 12:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US)
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In the AM when the temps here can be as low as the CHILLY and DAMP 50 degrees, I do not run the heater and keep the temp selector to the cold setting so as to keep as much heat in the coolant as possible. Ah, winter in Cali is tough! ... later in my commute when the engine is at running temp, I switch to the selector to the red temps and sometimes run the heater fan on low when climbing steep hills to keep the coolant temp above 170s and under 200.
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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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