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Old 08-24-2016, 05:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
... I suggested looking at a Volt as well. The range is more than enough for our small city, and the ICE generator gives them the option of using it for some of their highway trips at probably half the fuel use of the pickup.
The volt is my personal fav of all the EVs because of this parallel mode, EV/ICE. I test drove one, too. Liked it okay. But the dealer did a seeming bait and switch with a used volt at a great price point that they "couldn't find" when I got there. That and the jard sell on the new one with options sent me home a little turned-off (again) on dealers.

Someday, a Volt might find me. Gen 2 is much better than 1.
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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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