I have never been so disappointed in a car as I am with my brand new Civic
06 EX. I had owned two Accords prior to this one and took the chance at
going a step down to the Civic in order to try and combat the local $3.35
gas prices here in Southern California. Well, the only time I get the stated
mileage is when I am in open freeway with no air conditioning on. At that
time I get about 40mpg. Turn the air on though and my mileage drops to about
28mpg. Combine that with stop and go traffic and I am lucky to get 26. So,
essentially I am averaging about the same as I was with the Accord.

With the Accords I have owned I consistently got between 28 and 33 no matter
what kind of conditions, air on or not. Whatsmore, the air conditioning on
the Civic leaves a lot to be desired and the AM radio sounds like people are
talking into a wet rag.

I do like the design of the Civic, I do like the slightly smaller build, it
IS a rather peppy car for its engine size, and I just love the navigation
system, but I have never regretted a car purchase in all my 45 years of
driving until this one. I WISH I had my Accord back!



"Steve Mackie" <smackie@eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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> Also, there is 1500km on my car. I live on the coast. Have to let it break
> in first.
>
> Steve
>
> "Ghislain" <ghislaing@teksavvyDOTcom> wrote in message
> news92dnRyfr6XHV-DZnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@teksavvy.com...
>> It might also depend on where you live and how you drive. We own 3 cars
> and
>> the best one, a '97 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 auto, gets approximately
>> 9.5L/100km city and around 7L/100km highway (at 120-140 km/h).
>>
>> <stevemackie@gmail.com> wrote in news:
>> 1149083442.532494.202650@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups. com...
>> > 36mpg is 6.5L/100km. Maybe there is something wrong with my car.
>> >
>> >> Just made a 7000 mile trip from Los Angeles to Michigan via I-70 and
>> >> I-80, 2006 Civic EX 5 speed manual transmission and 9000 miles on
>> >> engine at 70 -75 mph. The gas mileage was between 36 and 40 mpg. In
>> >> city driving before the trip I got 36 mpg. Wed, 31 May 2006 01:08:34
>> >> GMT, "Steve Mackie" <smackie@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Anyone have any real world numbers for their 2006 Civic fuel mileage?
>> >> >
>> >> >The brochure says 8.2L/100km city and 5.7L/100km highway. I'm
> averaging
>> >> >9.2
>> >> >('06 Civic LX - A/T). I even changed my driving habits to try and
>> >> >conserve
>> >> >fuel.
>> >> >
>> >> >What's everyone else getting?
>> >> >
>> >> >Steve
>> >> >
>> >
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