I work as a delivery driver for local mechanics and I see a whole assortment of vehicles sitting around their parking lots. I was digging around the local car wash and noticed a very decent 2006 Civic LX coupe with a 5 speed manual. I went on a goose chase and ended up buying it and getting the proper paperwork, but didn’t end up working on it. I had a big group trip in Edmonton to see Roger Waters and I didn’t even have a car, so from August through to September I fixed it up and got it on the road. Needed a clutch and some front brakes, not much else.
The night before the trip I decided to go wild with leftover coroplast from my first civic, and after maybe 2 hours and lots of coffee this was the result.
The car is awesome! I’m used to clunky 90’s models that really needed work, but with this one I went through and did everything nice and proper. The car drove from The Pas to Edmonton with only one fill-up, which costed me $47 CAD. That’s a 12 hour drive at 100 km/h for only $47! According to the scangauge, I averaged 28-30 MPG on city runs and 38-42 MPG down the highway with cruise control.
Better yet, I’ve been commuting with it the past couple of days to work and back. Using DWL at 80 km/h, I got an average of 48 MPG. Today I tried the same at 70 km/h, and I hit 50 MPG! I haven’t gotten serious enough to fact-check the gauge with some math, but so far I’ve gone 650km on the 13 gallon tank without going to empty line yet. Super happy with this car.