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Stoked · 08-09-2013, 11:09 AM

I've been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to sign up...

A little background: 2 years ago I took a job that gave me a 70 mile per day round trip (none of it highway unless I want to pay for the toll roads or sit in traffic). At the time I had a Chevy 2500HD 4x4 that got 11-12 mpg and that wasn't going to work. I traded the truck for a 2009 VW Jetta TDi with a 6 speed manual. I was able to get 39-40 pretty consistanly until the summer when 100+ temps force the use of A/C. MPG's would drop down to 35-36. After a year and a half I missed having a truck for the times I needed it, so I sold the Jetta and split the cash between another 2500HD 4x4 and a 97 Honda Civic LX with a 5 speed. The car was clean (at least cleaner than what I was looking for in my price range) and had 202k miles on it. More importantly, I'm seeing 38-39 mpg in the summer with the A/C on and 41-42 back during the winter, and it costs me half as much to fill the Honda with gas than it did to fill the Jetta with diesel.

I've gotten good results with just a modification in my driving habits, but I'm ready for the next step with some body modification.

08-09-2013, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stoked Newb Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Celina, Tx Posts: 8 Trail Limo - '11 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New guy in Texas...97 Civic LX I've been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to sign up... A little background: 2 years ago I took a job that gave me a 70 mile per day round trip (none of it highway unless I want to pay for the toll roads or sit in traffic). At the time I had a Chevy 2500HD 4x4 that got 11-12 mpg and that wasn't going to work. I traded the truck for a 2009 VW Jetta TDi with a 6 speed manual. I was able to get 39-40 pretty consistanly until the summer when 100+ temps force the use of A/C. MPG's would drop down to 35-36. After a year and a half I missed having a truck for the times I needed it, so I sold the Jetta and split the cash between another 2500HD 4x4 and a 97 Honda Civic LX with a 5 speed. The car was clean (at least cleaner than what I was looking for in my price range) and had 202k miles on it. More importantly, I'm seeing 38-39 mpg in the summer with the A/C on and 41-42 back during the winter, and it costs me half as much to fill the Honda with gas than it did to fill the Jetta with diesel. I've gotten good results with just a modification in my driving habits, but I'm ready for the next step with some body modification.