On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:11:46 GMT, "Ted Kaplan" <the_busmaster@msn.com>
wrote:

>I hate to admit it, but my son, the car enthusiast was right. I have an 05
>civic hybrid with about 4600 miles on it. And although it runs reasonably
>well, I still felt it could use a little help in its quest to drive like a
>"real" car. I just installed a K&N air filter, and this seems to have been
>the trick. The car now accelerates and gets the kind of gas mileage I
>assumed it should have when I purchased it. In mixed city/highway, it's
>getting in the low to mid forties as opposed to the high thirties before
>adding the filter. Furthermore, it is smoother and accelerates on a par
>with most of the othe cars I tried to match up to today. In any case, I
>think it's worth the investment.
>
It performs better beause it's less of an iairflow impedment. Its the
difference between trying to breathe through a sieve's mesh, and
trying to breathe through a sponge. Try it for yourself. Then go
somewhere dusty and try it.

Hope your engine likes the taste of grit.

You could probably have saved yourself a lot of money, and just stuck
a pair of tights across the air filter box, or the intake end, or
hell, just not bothered at all. iirc, the tights actually are a better
filter than your K+N.