Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns9A96BA4CEA96Ategger@207.14.116.130:

> Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in
> news:M91Uj.298799$cQ1.176005@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
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>> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
>>> news:Xns9A96488668007tegger@207.14.116.130:
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>>> anybody find 45 MPG city and 54 Hwy a bit of a stretch? I do.
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>> Yep... The 1300 engine in late gen 2 Civics and early CRX models are
>> the only ones I know of that approached those figures. I also suspect
>> that mileage on those would not be as high with today's crappy gas.
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>> My '83 Civic FE gets around 41 mpg in mixed driving but that also
>> includes keeping it 60 mph or lower. Noteworthy may be the fact that
>> it has an '81 engine which was not quite as efficient.
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>> Of course, on usenet, anyone can claim anything...
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> Or simply be guessing, or doing the miles-per-tank thing.
>

I asked on a Nissan forum about Sentra mileage,and some guys were quoting
what their trip computer was showing as their present mileage,not actual
miles traveled from the odometer divided by gallons put in to fill back up
to FULL.Their quoted MPG from their trip computer was rather high.

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