01-25-2014, 02:54 AM
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Nice little car. Ditto all the above. Check out my garage page because I have a very similar car to yours and my page has notes galore and more importantly for you links to things I have done. Good luck. Get the gauge. UltraGauge.
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01-25-2014, 03:51 AM
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re: kill switch, there is a thread I started for 5th gen civics and a very workable kill switch, some of the 6th gen guys jumped in with the slight differences, if you do a search for 5th gen kill switch it should sow the way.
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01-25-2014, 10:59 AM
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No, but I have read through several of Mr. Money Mustache's excellent blogs. I just tend to have the habits of a frugal person by nature. Perhaps it was my modest upbringing, or just my rational tendencies. A person can often make more money per hour of "work" by spending a little extra time to be more frugal and shop around. The reason I'm on ecomodder is to be frugal with my fuel and learn how things work.
I'd participate on MMM, but I'm already spending time here, Slickdeals, Fatwallet, Priuschat, and various other forums... I'll see if I can fit it in  |
This guy is good, too.
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01-25-2014, 07:36 PM
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Should I turn here...?
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I played around with bump-starting the other night. It was SUPER easy. Easier than I expected it to be. It'd be even easier to EOC if I had a kill-switch. I'll be perusing the kill-switch threads, because switching the key off and on is awkward and I really don't like the fact that all my instrumentation also dies when the key goes to ACC.
I'm due to fill up tomorrow/tonight, so I'll give an update on my mpg when I do that.
As an aside, I'm still adjusting to driving the Civic, and it's weird to me for the engine to be so quiet. I'm so used to driving my air-cooled VWs, that the Honda feels so sleek and shiny-new to me in comparison. Though the clutches on my VWs were/are smooth as a a dream, while the clutch in the Civic is way touchier.
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01-26-2014, 02:33 PM
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Should I turn here...?
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Filled up late last night.
353.5 miles, 9.545 gallons. 37mpg! That's up 4mpg from my last couple tanks' average (33.5 and 34.5 mpg).
That was neutral coast when possible, key off at lights longer than 10-15 seconds, and driving in the highest gear possible. Plus, of course, taking routes that avoided as many stop lights/signs as possible.
I'm going to do another tank with the same techniques, to see if I get a reasonably close average, and work on finding a kill switch.
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01-26-2014, 11:20 PM
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Nice bump.
Oh, to be on the steep part of the improvement curve again. That's where the fun is.
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01-27-2014, 02:16 AM
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indeed, next comes high mileage normalcy then the depression of only getting 50mpg.
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01-31-2014, 11:23 PM
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Hey 96CX, another pizza delivery guy here. I just got a 02 Civic LX to deliver in. My first couple of tanks I got 36-37mpg. This last tank was only 32mpg, mostly because of driving 180 miles in snow and ice for two days. I too would like to break 40mpg delivering pizza.
So here is a delivery related question...How long does a red light need to be before turning the engine off saves fuel?
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02-01-2014, 01:06 AM
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Cyborg ECU
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So here is a delivery related question...How long does a red light need to be before turning the engine off saves fuel?
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I would think certainly 15 seconds with long enough with modern electronic fuel injection systems.
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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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