It takes a few thousand miles for the engine to get fully broken in. My
06 Civic coupe went from ~23MPG to above ~33MPG over the first 6 months.

-- Nicholas

frokenstein@gmail.com wrote:
> I have been driving this car for about a month but I notice I am only
> getting 15mpg as opposed to the 20 that was listed. How does Honda
> define "city driving"? Little or no traffic?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joel
>