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Originally Posted by basjoos
What mpg did you get on the trip from Michigan to Kentucky, although the cold, wet, rainy night conditions seen in your photos aren’t optimum for mileage. Use of the headlights alone drops your mileage by 1.5 mpg. Use of Rainex greatly reduces your need to run the windshield wipers with their slight increase in drag and electrical load. If Ecky hasn’t addressed it yet, reinstalling a smooth underpanel is good for 7 mpg. Before doing that, you might consider replacing that section of rubber tubing on the gas line under the gas tank that was installed by the Honda dealership with a more durable brass fitting. Good luck with the car, and with current gas prices, Aerocivic will save you a bundle of money.
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So far I’ve only driven the AeroCivic in cold and unfavorable conditions and my mileage has suffered as a result, and I’m still learning how to drive it properly (new to lean burn and Honda engines in general) but it’s already leaps and bounds ahead of where ky Saturn was