Yes, i just bought a 04 civic LX automatic.... and i also thought that it
seemed to rev a lot highter than my past vehicles. At about 100km/hr it
revs at 2,500rpm's where as my old 1999 toyota corolla would rev at about
1800rpm's at the same speed. I also notice that the civic has very poor
power for such high rpm's in comparison to my old corolla that had a lot
more pickup. But i think that's just the way the civic is, i have been in a
few and they all rev high, so i am pretty sure this is normal for this car.

"Jeremy Pyle" <jeremy.pyle@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone else noticed that the '04 Civic EX 5-speed runs at high RPMs. I
> mean this is my first Honda, so maybe they all did this, but at about 3000
> RPM in 5th gear I'm only doing about 60. Is this normal? Is the engine
made
> to run this high, I assume it is or else they would not have made the gear
> ratio like that.
>
> On my old car, a plymouth POS, it liked to ride between 2,000 and 3,000,
so
> I would shift around 3,000. Does this mean for the Civic I should be
riding
> it between 3,000 and 4,000?
>
> Thanks for all the help guys!
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