1993 Civic VX: she’s not quick, but she does the MPGs

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 05/07/2018 at 23:38 • Filed to: RuqSaq

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sadly, its a smaller tank also, so I am still filling up just as often.

the 31mpg tank was a week of thrashing it at every chance just to see what would happen.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > MonkeePuzzle 05/07/2018 at 23:44

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Meanwhile, in the Passat:

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > MonkeePuzzle 05/07/2018 at 23:44

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And here I was being proud of my 18.5 MPG.

AestheticsInMotion > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/07/2018 at 23:53

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Wow. That’s worse than the Miata

wafflesnfalafel > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:00

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nice - those VXs are cool.

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:01

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I avg a little over 38mpg for the first four months of the year in my Civic. I know what you mean about the small tank, it’s the downfall of all small cars. Luckily even at current prices you have to run it pretty low to go over $30.

fhrblig > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/08/2018 at 00:06

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I’m averaging nearly 17 in my cargo van. Do you drive in only first gear?

Chariotoflove > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:07

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I like that you carried it out 8 decimal places.

Never change.

Nibby > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/08/2018 at 00:12

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wtf my truck gets better than that

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > fhrblig 05/08/2018 at 00:16

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No, but I drive very enthusiastically with AC on all the time.

CRider > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:20

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If how often you fill up is a bigger concern than how much you actually spend on fuel, get one of these. 2,800 mile range from 170 gallon fuel capacity.

MonkeePuzzle > CRider 05/08/2018 at 00:39

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its not, and I know hauling around only ~8 gallons is part of why the VX does well. It’d just be nice if greater mpgs came with less fillings

MonkeePuzzle > Chariotoflove 05/08/2018 at 00:43

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technically google spreadsheet does :)

CRider > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:46

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Get a Honda CRF250L with a Camel tank. That gets ~90 MPG and should go well over 300 miles between stops.

MonkeePuzzle > CRider 05/08/2018 at 00:49

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oh i miss the days of having a bike (like many fathers, I vowed not to ride anymore). spare change was a fill up for the bike and a gas station snack to fill the rider.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:53

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93 Civic LX in blue was my first car. Missed those MPGs ever since.

CRider > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 00:53

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I understand why you’d do that, but I couldn’t stop riding for anything. My dad never stopped riding when I was born, and he’s a big reason I love it so much today. (And it’s not like a ‘93 Civic is a tank anyway, the thing will probably fold like a lawn chair in a tornado if anything bigger than a Elio hits it.)

bhtooefr > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/08/2018 at 07:04

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VR6, 2.5, or 1.8T?

I’m guessing VR6 with fuel economy that bad, but...

Die-Trying > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 08:23

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i manage to pull out a solid 40 mpg, out of a 1.5l, and have managed 46 on really long highway trips........without needing to resort to “antics” while driving...... most of my regular driving is windy hill country.....

you are pulling out some downright good numbers

MonkeePuzzle > CRider 05/08/2018 at 09:01

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yeah, its a motorcycle in a wife approving disuguise

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > bhtooefr 05/08/2018 at 09:08

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1.8T

I’m a bit too enthusiastic about staying in the boost.

Chariotoflove > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 10:11

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TIL there is a gas station called LoafNJug.

Also, you misspelled Phillips *twitch*

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 10:11

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My Metro got 33 highway mpg but only had a 10 gallon tank so I had worse range than pretty much anything.

MonkeePuzzle > Chariotoflove 05/08/2018 at 10:24

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not misspelled, miss-typed, because I have fat thumbs and keep this updated as I fuel up :D

Chariotoflove > MonkeePuzzle 05/08/2018 at 10:31

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Well, I can’t thumb type worth shit, so maybe I’ll just keep quiet.

E90M3 > Chariotoflove 05/08/2018 at 12:51

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I’ve seen worse.

Chariotoflove > E90M3 05/08/2018 at 12:53

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Ugh. Thanks for sharing.

E90M3 > Chariotoflove 05/08/2018 at 12:58

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I was going to say, if you ever find yourself in Nixon Texas, but it has since changed to a Stripes.  

Chariotoflove > E90M3 05/08/2018 at 14:00

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Probably for the best.