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Old 12-05-2013, 10:13 AM   #500 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
Yes, but... if I only drove highway my mileage would be a lot lower. As in 50 mpg vs my current 63+. Your proposed change would actually help my ranking since it's easier to maximize hypermiling gains at sub/urban speeds.
This is really similar to my experience. My highway MPG is lower than on surface roads, though my gearing mod this year, to get very tall VX/CX gearing, has closed the gap somewhat. I used to stay off the freeways for months at a time. Now I drive on the freeway daily, for probably 25% or a third highway miles, sometimes half, on every tank. I get around a little faster and that pleases my 11 year old daughter better.
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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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