Sounds like it might be the evap system leaking little. It is for emissions. I'm not super experienced but I have spent probably scores of hours wort of time under my Civic and I have never yet smelled gasoline unless I was disconnecting fuel lines... so I don't think the gas smell you encountered today is normal. Suspect evaporative emissions system.
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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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