New guy with a Honda

[thx712517]

Per your advice I started a fuel log, and it's been interesting to track my progress. My car seems to hover around 32 MPG with my usual commute cycle, although I was able to hit 36 MPG on a highway-heavy tank at one point. Right now my financial priority is to pay the car off, but once that's done I'm going to finish with the Hybrid aerodynamic upgrade by installing all the belly pan components. I had a look at a Civic Hybrid on the road yesterday - I couldn't tell for sure, but it looks like the Hybrid's grill comes from Honda largely blocked out. I'll have to see if I can find one sitting still that I can examine, but it certainly looks like another interesting part to add, assuming the R18A1 motor can get sufficient cooling with a blocked grill.

[California98Civic]

Congrats on 36mpg! Every bit counts. And you're 17 bucks richer!

Until you get a gauge, here are a couple other ideas you can do without a gauge. You could easily turn off your car and coast your manual transmission up to red lights and down hills. Engine off coasting reduces city driving losses from stop/start. And at other times you could also use the car's deceleration fuel cut off function: slowing to lights or going downhill, shift into a gear that will put RPMs up to 1700 or 2000 and the computer cuts fuel to the injectors while you decelerate. I do it all the time on my 1998 civic now. My O2 sensor readings show zero voltage within a couple seconds, meaning no fuel or almost no fuel is being burned even though the engine is still "on." Saves brakes slightly too, I guess.

Good luck!

[ANOMALY]

welcome

[gcorr002]

Are you using Pulse and Glide (Engine-ON coasting)? I'm also in a 8th Gen 5MT Civic and I couldn't break 36 mpg and was getting frustrated. Started using P&G every chance I get and I've gotten as High as 44 mpg!

Also California98Civic how do you restart when you engine off coast?

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by gcorr002

Are you using Pulse and Glide (Engine-ON coasting)? I'm also in a 8th Gen 5MT Civic and I couldn't break 36 mpg and was getting frustrated. Started using P&G every chance I get and I've gotten as High as 44 mpg!

Also California98Civic how do you restart when you engine off coast?

The technique is known as "bump starting." Here is a good discussion of "how to": http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...html#post10951