Gas mileage can varry a lot from car to car. My Brother and my mom both had
99 tercels. Back in 99 when the cars were both new, they went to a gas
station both filled up, and hit the road. My moms was down to a quarter
tank of gas left, and my brother still had half a tank? go figure

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>> >> Anyone with a new Civic willing to share real-world gas mileage? BTW,
>> >> I really love the look of this gen Civic. Not an "economy" car
>> >> anymore.
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>> > Interesting answers for this post. In an earlier post I recall
>> > reading where an 06 Civic owner was getting in the mid or low 20s
>> > which was dismissed because the car was not broken in -- after 4,000
>> > miles. The mileage quoted here is what I would expect even on new
>> > cars.
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>> Thats my car and I am closing in on 5k now and last fill up mixed
>> driving mostly highway and i averaged 26mpg. I live in PA and weather
>> has turned cold not sure if this is a factor. My old cadillac got same
>> mileage in mixed driving. Im thinking I should have got the accord.
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> Thought I had seen your post -- gives some perspective. Puzzling though,
> new cars getting 36mpg. Perhaps weather and the type of gas are factors.
> Still think you should be getting better mileage. I get that on an 01
> Prelude running 80 on the highway and running it up into the VTEC. But,
> then I have use premium.
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