Finally broke 60 mpg (bone stock '95 Honda Civic VX)

[mikeyjd]

Originally Posted by Bugzilla

60mpg tank was 60/40 hwy/city. 55mph on hwy most of the time. City was touch and go but nothing really slowing me down. Weather warm and dry. In reality I was shocked. Was expecting right about 58 as usual. 62.92 was a pleasant surprise.

It's all about fine tuning now

[aerostealth]

I owned a Honda VX in the early 90's that routinely got 55 mpg. However on one trip to Red River, NM traveling around on a mountain plateau above 10,000 ft of elevation we pulled a 66 mpg figure. This kind of shows what aerodynamics could do for the car because of the reduced drag in this instance.

[MetroMPG]

Cool. Reduced aero drag on the outside, reduced drag on the inside! (Reduced engine pumping losses operating at high altitude.)