Well, it's been a few months since my last update, but there wasn't a whole lot to talk about in regards to the car, it has become less of a "city civic" and more of my highway commuter. My commute has changed and I am now driving about 50 kilometres on the highway per day instead of 5 kilometres in the city per day. This is quite a drastic change, which is reflected in the jump in my fuel usage and the massive improvement in fuel economy you can see starting in May of my fuel log.
This new commute isn't terrible, but my drive home every day is usually in traffic, so I am not hitting amazing numbers. However, in my last tank, I have just beat the civic's EPA highway rating, which is 36 mpg. My last tank was 6.02L/100km which is 39.07 mpg. My Scangauge II is also finally getting dialled in, on that last tank, it was predicting 5.9L/100km.
Other than my change in commute, the only news on the Civic is that I finally put on the lightweight Mini Cooper R81 Imola wheels that I previously posted about. These wheels probably helped me a decent bit in hitting 39 mpg in my last tank, thanks to the reduction of rotating weight, but I can't be too sure, as I didn't establish many baseline tanks with my new commute on my steel rims. The wheels weigh 11.9 lbs each and are wrapped in Goodyear Assurance 175/65/R15 tires inflated to 42psi.
Side note, I also recently purchased a 1999 Ford Ranger XL 4x4 with a 3.0L V6 and 5spd manual. I purchased the vehicle at 175,121 kilometres (108,815 miles) for $2000 CAD ($1481 USD). I'm not driving the truck very much right now, but I added it to my vehicle list and will track the fuel mileage once I start driving it a bit more.
Attached below are photos of my new wheels and my new ranger.
