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Old 04-19-2009, 08:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
Arminius
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Wannabe - '05 Honda Civic LX
90 day: 40.53 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by brucepick View Post
If they give it an engine and gearing that are set up more towards better FE and not so much towards "performance" - there's no reason it shouldn't get 38-40 mpg. A bigger engine and/or "shorter" gearing will keep the mpg down where you don't want it.
Yeah, plus weren't they going to put their Ecoboost technology in that car? That alone should put it at least 4 mpg above my Civic.

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