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Originally Posted by Shortie771
I personally just don't understand SUVs unless you plan on going off road. The 2017 Acadia has 1 cubic ft more cargo space than my wife's 2012 Civic, both have the same number of seats and plenty of leg room... I just don't get the appeal.
Well enough of that rant... To answer your question, yes. A grill block will help your gas mileage, by allowing your car to get to normal operating temps faster and also improve aerodynamics on the highway. A smooth underbelly will help a lot as well, though those are starting to come on many factory cars now in order to help meet EPA standards. Check out what it looks like under there first, if it's clunky and rough (like the pic Freebeard posted) then a belly pan will definitely help.
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Your wife's civic has 6 seats? we got it because we have 2 kids and one big dog and one little dog we carry around routinely, and with the third row down, there's a lot of room to do this. then when we go out of town to visit family in the hospital (seems to happen at least twice a year), or if grandma wants to come on a trip with us, or so I can feed baby in the back seat so we don't have to stop for half an hour at a rest stop (happens all the time in a car), we have the extra seats in the back so we can do that. I can also sit in all 6 seats with just a little shifting of the seats, and there's no way you have this much leg room and cargo room in a civic, I had a jetta that was the same size as your civic. We considered a mini van, but don't like the Toyota, the new Honda isn't out, yet, we don't trust a Chrysler, and all the others' safety ratings are spotty. Trust me, this was my LAST choice, but realistically it's the minimum we could both justify for our family's needs. also, with this generation of van, you can't get AWD unless you get a Toyota, and we need AWD in our town so my wife can get to work at any time of the day, she's an EMT.
plus, 35MPG on the highway and 20 in town indicated (yes, I still need to verify this) isn't bad, it's all our jetta could manage in a much smaller car.