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Old 07-22-2020, 01:18 AM   #96 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

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... Road trip up to PNW would be fun but what with the plague I don't think it's a great idea right now.
A visit to the Concourse d'Lemons in Santa Cruz after The Plague Year has ennded would be perfectly awful. Do you plan to take the car to shows?

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Small update on the car. To counteract the various parasitic electrical losses it suffers from, I have added a 20w(allegedly) solar panel battery maintainer to keep the battery topped up. I fear it's been discharged too much though, and I'll have to replace the battery. Lithium Ion, anyone? I've got some 200-amp 8000mah cells that would band together to make a car battery. Or I could save my $300 worth of batteries and just get a real car battery.
Go for the lithium! Why save 'em? You have use for them now. Put the money into a controlle and voltage converter.
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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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