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Old 07-09-2014, 01:24 PM   #12 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by Hersbird View Post
Where I live highway means getting up to 65-80 and holding it there until you need to pee or run out of gas. I'd love to see the ratings of what car does that the best. Then in my "city" you never get over 45 and mostly driver around 30 mph.
If it were me in this situation, I'd want a very aerodynamic car, with not overmuch engine displacement1.5L or less maybe), and very tall gearing for such highway speeds. The contemporary CVT and tall 6th gear manuals would do nicely, a Prius, sure, but also a Cruze ECO with the six speed manual. The new Civic HF. or the old first gen Insight. And a few others, certainly.
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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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