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Old 10-05-2014, 06:23 PM   #208 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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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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I did not consider a brake switch. But it makes sense. I just was not aware of them. It's a momentary switch, I would guess, so I probably would have decided against it. One thing I like about the on/off style is you don't have to hold it down for that split second, which sometimes turns into an entire second. My hands are freer, even though I need to flip it back to on before I bump it.

One thought I wondered about for a second was a left foot activated switch, like my 74 Olds Delta 88 had for the highbeam headlights.

On the fuel mix... I don't think we're on winter fuel yet, are we? Took a run up the 5 to Santa Ana and Orange this morning, even without my wheel skirts back on yet, and even while doing relatively little P&G, I averaged about 65 mpg. Given what i saw the last two weeks without the airdam, i would bet Id be closer to 60 or 61 if I had not reinstalled the airdam yesterday. Amazing what a little lawn edging can do!

James
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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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