Well my Accord got pretty much what the EPA stats say. I traded it in for
the Civic basically to gain a little in the mileage department and because I
wanted a Navi. Well the navigation system is wonderful but I think that
overall, I got better mileage with the Accord considering so much driving is
done with the air on.





"Earle Horton" <Earle-NOSPAM-Horton@msn.com> wrote in message
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> 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!
>>
>>
>
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