I had a 98 Civic Hatch, 5spd and no AC. I would average 36mpg in
City/hwy for the summer. My all time best was 47mpg, while cruising
around 55mpg on the hwy.

My wife has the same model car, but it's a 4dr, Auto with AC. That car
doesn't get driven much and averages about 30mpg in the summer.

Pars

runsrealfast wrote:
> I was looking at http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ and it rates my vehicle at
> 37 (city) and 40 (hwy). With the way I drive I have never been real
> close to that. Never, not even when I first bought the vehicle. I can
> get a combined 35-37 pretty easily with my drving style. What is the
> real mpg for my vehicle and how do they come up with the high numbers
> posted on that web site.
> I check my 2003 3L v6 camery on that site and they are low on the city
> and just right on the hwy. what gives, anyone with a better place to
> look?
>
> Thanks
>
> john
> http://johntaylor.somee.com