We are getting close to 45 highway with our 1999 Civic HX, manual
transmission, even with the air. 40 in the mountains. No city driving.
Supposedly, the HX sports an "economical, low emissions" engine, even in
comparison with other Hondas. If you really care about mileage, find one of
these on a used car lot, and fix it up. Then you can avoid new car owner's
tax, which has to be terrible in Southern CA.

Earle

"Jay A" <cajay@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:5gfAg.4658$ee1.2997@trnddc06...
> Well after being an '06 Civic owner for 3 months now, I can honestly say
> that the mileage in this thing is so overrated it's a shame. EPA states 30
> city 40 highway but in reality, it depends more on whether the air
> conditioning is on than anything. Yes I have gottan close to 40 (actually
> about 38 when I had no traffic at all and no AC on during the entire
> tankful...and that was only one tankful in the 3 months I have owned the
> car) but in reality, I rarely get more than 33mpg and lately with all the
> heat in SoCal, I am lucky to get 26mpg with the air on.
>
> What gets me is that the Accord I had prior to the Civic seemed to get
just
> about the same mileage whether the air was on or not. MAN I miss that car.
I
> am actually beginning to think about dumping the Civic and going back to
the
> Accord. In addition to the poor mileage, the AM radio sounds awful, the
air
> itself feels more like a heater when the car is not moving, and all in
all
> I am not impressed with this vehicle one bit. The Accord is a great
> car...the Civic? You can have it!
>
>