Oh dear.

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
11/10/2015 at 18:47 • Filed to: None

I just filled up the Galant. On my last tank I averaged 14.3MPG. 11.9 gallons, 171 miles. The car wasn’t idling by itself so I had to rev it to keep it going, so that probably didn’t help. Plus that was mostly in town driving, and driving like a... A kid who now owns an AWD turbo car after years of driving Hondas.

DISCUSSION (12)

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/10/2015 at 18:56

Wow, thats thirsty...that’s like...Montego numbers.

Nah, Montego is more like 6.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/10/2015 at 19:12

Bwaaa... How ? My 5000 lb V12 sled gets 17 avg.

PS9 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
11/10/2015 at 19:16

MontegoMan: Hey, there! Uhh...Montego? Yeah, gas is $5/gallon now, so-
Montego: IDGAF, here’s 1 MPG less than I usually give you.
MontegoMan: :(

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
11/10/2015 at 19:18

I think the idling problem, played a big roll. reving up the engine to keep it going should use up a lot more gas than a normal idle. That is fixed now tho.

PS9 > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
11/10/2015 at 19:28

Superior German engineering, that’s how!

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/10/2015 at 19:58

Yeah, that would do it... What was wrong with the idle ?

smobgirl > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
11/10/2015 at 21:06

I’m curious too. My Civic was doing that before it wouldn’t start anymore and my mechanic was too stubborn to figure it out.

deekster_caddy > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/10/2015 at 21:11

X2 what was wrong and fixed it? Idle air control motor?

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > smobgirl
11/10/2015 at 21:19

That's one of the advantages of having a gazillion sensors everywhere. When the car breaks, you can instantly pinpoint it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > PS9
11/10/2015 at 21:20

LOL rule #1 of owning a muscle car- NEVER LOOK AT THE PRICE OF GAS WHEN FILLING IT UP

smobgirl > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
11/10/2015 at 22:08

Fair enough.

My neighbor got it running again immediately and he didn’t know enough English for me to even tell him the symptoms...or to explain how he fixed it.

I think the mechanic just hated the car.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > deekster_caddy
11/10/2015 at 22:52

it was just a vacuum leak, caused by accidentally pulling a line almost off and the bit that was still on was torn. Once the car warmed up it would idle super low, and rough, like 5-600 rpm, and anytime you hit the brakes it would die completely. So I had to tap the throttle and not let it idle, it was actually kinda fun, kept you on your toes.