Driving a Civic Hybrid

[alohaspirit]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Tires: old & worn likely have lower rolling resistance. But less grip. And you have lots of rain, so...

Congrats on the new record!

true enough about the tires. id say they have about 10k life

and it was really rainy the other day

but its hot and dry now... again (80F)



im hoping to get at least 41mpg when i do the oil change

[alohaspirit]

despite all this torrential rain we've been getting,

the sky cleared and i was able to do my oil change today

filled up immediately after so we'll have to see if it affects mpg

[Allch Chcar]

Ah the Civic Hybrid. The Honda L series is on my short list of favorite engines which is quite short mind you. The VTEC version of the L13(Asia only) makes a whopping 98BHP and 98 ft-lbs of torque! Sadly the 2006 was the year they went CVT only, and the manual was better for MPG from what I understand.

Enjoy the car, it's a bit heavy for the engine, but it does the job.
If it isn't coasting very well it's probably the regenerative brakes and not just the Electronic throttle, if you hold the gas pedal ever so slightly it will coast. It's the CVT design being focused on smooth driving I suppose.

[alohaspirit]

new record 41.74 mpg!

(fresh oil change?)


feels good to go 100 miles on $8 of gas

[alohaspirit]

new record 43.53 mpg!

Took a 62 mile drive along the coast

[some_other_dave]

Looks like either you're figuring out how to drive it for MPG, or the engine is wearing in and loosening up. Probably both. Good job!!

-soD

[alohaspirit]

Originally Posted by some_other_dave

Looks like either you're figuring out how to drive it for MPG, or the engine is wearing in and loosening up. Probably both. Good job!!

-soD

its got over 50k miles so i dont think its the engine

the recent oil/air change w the long drive helped it

my commute is still only 5 miles a day on the evil hill