fuel consumption on a 2000 Civic
Reading all of these posts about fuel consumption has me wondering about
mine. I calculate my consumption on Km/L. It seems the easiest here in Canada. You fill up, check your tripometer, divide it by the Liters on the pump and bingo, you've got your mileage. I was only averaging about 12.25 a couple of months ago and then took it in for a tuneup. Since then I'm in the 13.25 range. I do mostly highway and tried keeping the speed down to about 110 Km/Hr, thinking that might help, but I was surprised to find that it didn't seem to make much difference. I'm now wondering what the best speed to cruise at on the highway is. My vehicle is a four cylinder civic, automatic with a/c if that helps. tia Peter H |
Re: fuel consumption on a 2000 Civic
"Peter H" <peterh@notreallyrogers.com> wrote
> Reading all of these posts about fuel consumption has me wondering about > mine. I calculate my consumption on Km/L. It seems the easiest here in > Canada. You fill up, check your tripometer, divide it by the Liters on > the pump and bingo, you've got your mileage. > > I was only averaging about 12.25 a couple of months ago and then took it > in for a tuneup. Since then I'm in the 13.25 range. I do mostly highway > and tried keeping the speed down to about 110 Km/Hr, = about 68 mph > thinking that might > help, but I was surprised to find that it didn't seem to make much > difference. I'm now wondering what the best speed to cruise at on the > highway is. That's a great question. I too have wondered whether in fact speeds quite a bit lower than the legal highway speed are actually the most efficient for my 1991 Honda Civic, 1.5 liter (non-VTEC), manual transmission, no A/C I suspect the optimal speed for my Honda is somewhere between 35 mph and 55 mph. (Sorry, can't narrow it down much more.) This is based on my mileage for long highway trips where I drive pretty much a steady 65-70 mph or so and the mileage I get, vs. driving a lot at 40 mph on back country (but well-paved) roads where I live. Conversion: 35 to 55 mph = 56 to 89 km/hr I get over 40 miles/gallon nine months of the year, but I don't feel like doing the conversions. > My vehicle is a four cylinder civic, automatic with a/c if that helps. |
Re: fuel consumption on a 2000 Civic
"Peter H" <peterh@notreallyrogers.com> wrote
> Reading all of these posts about fuel consumption has me wondering about > mine. I calculate my consumption on Km/L. It seems the easiest here in > Canada. You fill up, check your tripometer, divide it by the Liters on > the pump and bingo, you've got your mileage. > > I was only averaging about 12.25 a couple of months ago and then took it > in for a tuneup. Since then I'm in the 13.25 range. I do mostly highway > and tried keeping the speed down to about 110 Km/Hr, = about 68 mph > thinking that might > help, but I was surprised to find that it didn't seem to make much > difference. I'm now wondering what the best speed to cruise at on the > highway is. That's a great question. I too have wondered whether in fact speeds quite a bit lower than the legal highway speed are actually the most efficient for my 1991 Honda Civic, 1.5 liter (non-VTEC), manual transmission, no A/C I suspect the optimal speed for my Honda is somewhere between 35 mph and 55 mph. (Sorry, can't narrow it down much more.) This is based on my mileage for long highway trips where I drive pretty much a steady 65-70 mph or so and the mileage I get, vs. driving a lot at 40 mph on back country (but well-paved) roads where I live. Conversion: 35 to 55 mph = 56 to 89 km/hr I get over 40 miles/gallon nine months of the year, but I don't feel like doing the conversions. > My vehicle is a four cylinder civic, automatic with a/c if that helps. |
Re: fuel consumption on a 2000 Civic
Caroline wrote:
| I get over 40 miles/gallon nine months of the year, but I don't feel | like doing the conversions. Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=40mpg%3D%3Fkpl (similarly, for the Peter H, | I was only averaging about 12.25 a couple of months ago and then took it | in for a tuneup. Since then I'm in the 13.25 range. I do mostly highway http://www.google.com/search?q=12.25kpl%3D%3Fmpg http://www.google.com/search?q=13.25kpl%3D%3Fmpg ) Note that this is US gallons. A good way to compare US/Canadian fuel mileages/"kilometerages" :) |
Re: fuel consumption on a 2000 Civic
Caroline wrote:
| I get over 40 miles/gallon nine months of the year, but I don't feel | like doing the conversions. Google is your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=40mpg%3D%3Fkpl (similarly, for the Peter H, | I was only averaging about 12.25 a couple of months ago and then took it | in for a tuneup. Since then I'm in the 13.25 range. I do mostly highway http://www.google.com/search?q=12.25kpl%3D%3Fmpg http://www.google.com/search?q=13.25kpl%3D%3Fmpg ) Note that this is US gallons. A good way to compare US/Canadian fuel mileages/"kilometerages" :) |
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