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California98Civic · 09-15-2019, 11:13 PM

Well, my new tank looked to be 70.5 MPG, but the fill came out about 69 MPG... so I missed my goal for me this summer. I did get the 70+ MPG tank back in 2014, but it was only a 7 gallon fill and I wanted a full 10+ fill. I will say that two straight tanks of 69 mpg despite long freeway drives for work, a little spirited driving one 25 miles stretch, and a failed deep cycle battery... well that's pretty awesome. When I got 70+ in '14 it was by strictly avoiding the freeways.

I am not going to continue to attempt 70+ over the next week, before the Sept 22 deadline... my car is much more fun when I drive more normally and get about 60+ MPG.

BUT I THINK I MIGHT RE-ATTEMPT THIS CHALLENGE NEXT YEAR ...

09-15-2019, 11:13 PM	#162 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Well, my new tank looked to be 70.5 MPG, but the fill came out about 69 MPG... so I missed my goal for me this summer. I did get the 70+ MPG tank back in 2014, but it was only a 7 gallon fill and I wanted a full 10+ fill. I will say that two straight tanks of 69 mpg despite long freeway drives for work, a little spirited driving one 25 miles stretch, and a failed deep cycle battery... well that's pretty awesome. When I got 70+ in '14 it was by strictly avoiding the freeways. I am not going to continue to attempt 70+ over the next week, before the Sept 22 deadline... my car is much more fun when I drive more normally and get about 60+ MPG. BUT I THINK I MIGHT RE-ATTEMPT THIS CHALLENGE NEXT YEAR ... __________________ 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.