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gildo4realdo,
I initially thought the same as you about all these things. One day a member of another forum invited me to a hybrid club meet and they offered driver training. With a little instruction I had at least made up my mind that it wasn't hard to do. After I filled up the tank there was no going back. The techniques work and done properly you will be a safer driver than most on the road.
However, with your Civic HX and its learn burn ability you are probably better suited to not do continuous pulse and glide. I would suggest accelerating up to speed at roughly 80% engine load (scangauge tells you this) or around 1/2 to 3/4 throttle is a good guess. Once you are up to speed, you basically want to keep your foot as still as possible on the throttle. What kicks your car out of lean burn mode is changing throttle position. So, hills will be your biggest obstacles.
If you are looking for the scangauge to estimage your mileage for you then you may be disappointed. It does not calculate properly for lean burn mode and will not show correct mileage when in lean burn. However, it is still a great tool for monitoring all the other sensors on the vehicle.
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