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Originally Posted by fatbob
well my car has a diesel engine which is much more mpg friendly, plus it has 6 gears so even at 85 the rev counter is sitting at just under 2000 rpm, so i guess that's gotta help...plus the engine capacity is only 1900cc
one thing i could never really get about the cars in the states, and in aus too, is why the engines have such big capacities. i mean some cars have like 4 or 5 litre engines and yet their performance figures aren't exactly amazing. a subaru impreza has something like a 2.0 litre engine with a turbo and it's performance wipes the floor with many cars with engines twice the size...
having said that i doubt your honda civic has such a big engine jorgelito...what kind of civic is it - if it's the type r then that might explain why your mpg is so low, otherwise you could have something wrong with the engine? or may be that you just drive it too hard  |
Well, using something like an WRX may be a bad example, when I drive my roommate's '04 "aggressively" or even at 80 MPH on the highway, it definitely gets under 20 MPG (on premium) while you can get a big V8 like a Camaro with a tall 6th gear that will get at least that on the highway. My best MPG in my '97 Impreza Sport was during a week of torrential rain when i had to drive much slower than my usual 80 on the highway and I got up to about 29 MPG, otherwise it's about 25. AWD saps a bit of MPG.