Thread: 70 MPG US (3.3 L/100 km) challenge (non-hybrid gasoline and diesel cars)
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Old 09-02-2019, 04:17 PM   #161 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
... Goes to show how even a little inattentiveness can tank a tank.
Absolutely. And a spirited 24 miles to deal with a family emergency can do it too. That got me down to 64 early in this tank. I am at 67.3 mpg (gauge display) and currently almost half the tank burned.

Got my new battery relocated to the trunk, got the passenger seat out to compensate for extra weight from the bigger deep cycle I chose, tires pumped up to 60+ psi, and I hope to bondo my HIDDEOUS ENGINEERING fiberglass flat decklid spoiler today or tomorrow. Since replacing the battery, I have been easily keeping 70+ when the spoiler is on, and with more radical hypermiling when the spoiler is off ...

I want that 70 mpg tank before the Autumnal Equinox! Get my hat picture!

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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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