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Old 03-17-2015, 12:14 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

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90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

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I just flew to California for my sister's wedding and half of the cars from which we could choose were a "full-sized" Hyundai. Mom wanted a red one. She mentioned that she had wanted to drive a red car, but I always drove.

The lady falls asleep and has cataracts!

When I decided to try out the buttons on the steering wheel, I was able to change the display from a menu to a conventional display, with average MPG and a bar showing 0, 25, and 50, and apparently my instantaneous mileage. I was driving 65 and trying to make up for missing a flight and the new one having a layover, while the original was a direct flight. However, at that point, we were running early for dinner, so I dropped to fifty-five, and tried to maintain that the rest of the trip, although Mother was very unhappy!

I do not have any idea when the average MPG started, the car had 3,900 miles when we returned it, but I brought it up from 26.3 to 27.3

I really wish that I had known what I got for just my driving!

Years ago, a woman told me that she sought out a former rental car "because you know they take care of them."

Drive it like you rented it?
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