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Old 12-09-2013, 12:20 PM   #21 (permalink)
smoothtrooper
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Chippy - '93 Honda Civic DX Hatch
90 day: 35.92 mpg (US)

VD - '98 Chevy Lumina base
90 day: 28.72 mpg (US)

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90 day: 18.11 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by VX Fuego View Post
I have a 93 Civic VX, but I found out the hard way that it's a California car. I bought it with the expectation of 50mpg, but my best avg so far is about 43. It's a stick shift of course. It's so much easier to save gas with a manual!

"I wish I had the wisdom to buy cars like this a DECADE ago at least. I used to trash talk these little gas sippers, now I love them".


I used to feel the same way before I went to college. I was all about Big Jeeps with lifts and monster mud tires. I was getting 11mpg in my rig. Man I was numb back then. I should have bought a small car back then. O well I learned from my mistakes.

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