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Old 09-08-2013, 06:02 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 mikeyjd View Post
Both are good cars. Just find the best deal you can.
Agreed. The best deal on the most solid car is the first goal.

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the 2nd VX is no longer a VX other then the alloy wheels, everything else that makes it an awesome car has been removed.
Also agreed. But he does offer to throw all the other parts in, I think, right? Theoretically, if you're up for the work, the engine could be swapped back and the Japanese racer-kid engine sold.

That Insight will have Lean Burn and a pretty tall geared manual (if it is a manual), and I think MetroMPG drove his insight without the IMA pack most of the time. He scored amazing numbers hypermiling the lean burn engine.

If the Insight is really good too (and not the CVT) then I think you could grad that one. Much about that car in terms of the engine and body is really quite similar to the Civics of the time, except of course for the very very significant exception of the IMA and battery pack.

BTW, here's what 6000K HID headlights will look like:

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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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