06-04-2017, 10:31 AM
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Meh. There must be one more trip to the grocery store in em! ��
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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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06-05-2017, 08:53 AM
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Haha, yeah I'm glad they didn't blow out on one of my test drives!
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06-05-2017, 11:24 AM
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Those are almost as ripe as BabyDiesel's!
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06-06-2017, 03:27 PM
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Ready to put it on the road?
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06-06-2017, 03:37 PM
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Yep, its ready to roll. I'm just tinkering with the Insight a bit more to see what I all want to do with it while I'm driving the Civic.
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06-10-2017, 11:27 AM
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The Civic is now on the road and has made its maiden voyage last night to our friend's house. The Insight is parked while it gets some much needed fixes. |
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06-10-2017, 01:07 PM
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Congrats. How do you like driving it? MPG - did you put a ScanGauge in it yet?
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06-11-2017, 10:25 AM
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I like it just fine. The bumps are a little less harsh in the Civic. The handling isn't quite as nice though, more body roll (DX has no sway bars). The Civic has a good amount more pep to it for sure. You don't need to downshift like you do in the Insight. The Insight seats are more comfortable and I like the lower seating position vs the Civic as well. The Civic shifter is quite vague (or I'm still getting used to it), quite unlike the Insight which is a fair amount more notchy which I like. Overall, its a great vanilla car.
It'll be interesting to see what kind of mileage I get in it. EPA rating is 27/34/30. I think 40 mpg should be easily doable in it without any real fancy driving. I don't think I'll have the car on the road long enough to do any mods to it, so it'll be bone stock while I drive it. Tires are at 50 psi though.
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06-13-2017, 08:19 AM
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First trip to work with the (uncalibrated) Scangauge. It was warm but rainy. I did a tiny bit of P&G with the engine on during downhill sections where I could glide a bit longer. Wow, I forgot how much P&G really helps make you situationally aware. I ended up averaging 41 mpg. Not too bad considering the car's rating of 27/34 mpg. 
What are you other 01-05 Civic guys getting? |
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06-13-2017, 09:52 AM
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41 MPG! You might as well be driving an Aveo!!
Engine on glides in the Civic?
No P&G in the Insight, eh?
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