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.
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!
Well that doesn't explain why the Civic really isn't getting any better mileage for me than the Accord did. It does in ONLY one instance...open freeway with no air conditioner on..something's not right!
Well, I don't know..it is so unpredictable. Today I filled up and put in 4 gallons after having gone 140 miles with the air on most of the time, so maybe I am seeing an improvement..I sure hope so.
I have about 4700 miles on my '06 Civic EX and I get, consistently, 35 mpg on highway driving about 75 mph. The tach is at about 2500 rpm all the time. When driving 65, the tach is at 2000 rpm. Mixed driving drops it to about 32 mpg.
I wish the highway was better, but I guess if I would slow down a bit, I would get better mileage.
I just wish the gas tank was at least 15 gal instead of the 13.2. That would add considerable mileage to each tank full.
Yup, that's about the mileage I seem to be seeing lately, about 35 highway,
32 mixed. I can get closer to 40 on the highway if I pay attention to my speed and baby the accelerator, but only with no traffic at all and no air conditioner on.
I was thinking the same thing this morning about the fuel tank. I wish it was about 15 gallons.
Yes, as a matter of fact I do drive with the A/C on. I do realize that the A/C comes on with the defrost, however, previous vehicles I have owned did not have such an impact on the fuel economy and I didn't expect this one to be any different.
I have slightly changed my habit and now crack the window rather than having the A/C on. Let's see what happens.
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