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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2005Latest mileage woes on the Civic Hybrid
Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and apparently seemed to think I ought to be satisfied, even tho they advertise 48 mpg in town. Received a recall on the car, and after talking to the dealer, it apparently was a software fix for the computer - ahh I thought, maybe that will help the pathetic gas mileage. Well, it's been a couple of weeks now since the update and I am presently seeing 29 mpg. >Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was >showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and >apparently seemed to think I ought to be satisfied, even tho they >advertise 48 mpg in town. >Received a recall on the car, and after talking to the dealer, it >apparently was a software fix for the computer - ahh I thought, maybe >that will help the pathetic gas mileage. Well, it's been a couple of >weeks now since the update and I am presently seeing 29 mpg. How do you define "normal city driving". What is your top speed? How long to you cruise at speeds over 35mph? If you're never getting above 35 and stop and go with every light, then 29mpg would be phenominally good gas mileage. >>Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was >>showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > stop and > go with every light, then 29mpg would be phenominally good gas mileage. Wife's box-stock '98 Civic DX makes 32mpg around town. Does better on the Interstate. >>>Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was >>>showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> stop and >> go with every light, then 29mpg would be phenominally good gas mileage. >Wife's box-stock '98 Civic DX makes 32mpg around town. Does better on the >Interstate. Does your wife drive the same as the original poster? If not, then your observations are irrelevent. >>>>Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was >>>>showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Does your wife drive the same as the original poster? If not, then your > observations are irrelevent. how would we know? the op didn't state their driving conditions either, so they're both as "irrelevent" as each other. [/if/ it's possible to call the late great enrico fermi irrelevent of course.] > Received a recall on the car, and after talking to the dealer, it > apparently was a software fix for the computer - ahh I thought, maybe > that will help the pathetic gas mileage. Well, it's been a couple of > weeks now since the update and I am presently seeing 29 mpg. Some folks claim that the update made the indicated mileage closer to the true mileage. I didn't see any difference. I get about 39 in heavy city driving with a 2003 Civic Hybrid CVT. Is your city travel heavy stop and creep, so that the engine never does idle-stop? What do you get on the highway? How long are you in heavy traffic? A few bursts to 50mph tossed in, with heavy acceleration? I did just get 29.7mpg, but that was from Calistoga to the top of Mt. St. Helena, a rise of 2200 feet in 15 miles, with four people in the car, and A/C on. Average speed about 40mph, due to curves.  Signature--- Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5 Interesting to hear all this about hybrids. I've averaged 35 mpusg (42 mi/imp gal) over the past 5 fill ups for city driving ....1983 Civic FE how many miles on that thing? > Interesting to hear all this about hybrids. > > I've averaged 35 mpusg (42 mi/imp gal) over the past 5 fill ups for > city driving ....1983 Civic FE Actually, the car belongs to a friend. Odometer reads just under 200,000 km. Recent highway trip of 300 km delivered 57 mi/imp gal or 47.5 mi/us gal or 5.0 litres/ 100 km. Transport Canda's rating on this car is 72 mi/imp gal or 60 mi/us gal or 3.9 litres/100 km > Actually, the car belongs to a friend. Odometer reads just under > 200,000 km. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Transport Canda's rating on this car is > 72 mi/imp gal or 60 mi/us gal or 3.9 litres/100 km "Official" MPG rating have very little in comparision to real world MPG results. SignatureDonald Rumsfeld: "If you're asking if there's a direct link between 9/11 and Iraq, the answer is no." http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4865948/ On May 01, 2003, President Bush declared that, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." "I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation. " - George "Dubya" Bush Same here, I get about 35 mpusg of easy driving, in the city (with very little traffic jams and occasional short sprints on inner city highway). However, If I'm hard on the accelerator my city mpg will go down to 30 mpg (US). My absolute best mileage was 44 mpg on the 1 lane hwy (Toronto to Walkerton and back) while averaging about 55 mph. In a recent comparison test, an 05 Civic Coupe was able to obtain 49.6 mpg If a regular gas engine can achieve these lofty figures on their own, the added benefit from a Hybrid's electric motor seems insignificant in comparison. Pars 98 Civic Hatch (250,000km), 5spd with no Air. > Interesting to hear all this about hybrids. > > I've averaged 35 mpusg (42 mi/imp gal) over the past 5 fill ups for > city driving ....1983 Civic FE > Interesting to hear all this about hybrids. > > I've averaged 35 mpusg (42 mi/imp gal) over the past 5 fill ups for > city driving ....1983 Civic FE There you go... 83 Civic F.E. small low power engine in a light car; what a concept. -- Tp, -------- __o ----- -\<. -------- __o --- ( )/ ( ) ---- -\<. -------------------- ( )/ ( ) ----------------------------------------- No Lawsuit Ever Fixed A Moron... >Have had the Civic Hybrid for 19 months. Normal city driving was >showing 32 mpg. Dealer inspected, could find nothing wrong, and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >that will help the pathetic gas mileage. Well, it's been a couple of >weeks now since the update and I am presently seeing 29 mpg. \ you do know that is EPA estimated mileage ratings and that car never saw the road to come up with them right???? People believe everything they read, Chip
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