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jorgelito · 07-10-2007, 07:28 PM

I bought a Civic (2007) because of the "good mileage". I owned a Civic (2003) before and loved the mileage (I could drive from LA to SF on one tank with the AC on). I am not an idiot, I did my research. I even know that the EPA is the agency requiring the mpg listing and is the agency that tests for it too. The old one was rate 28/26 or something and the new on eis rated even better at 30/4o.

However, I don't think I am unreasonable to be pissed off that the Civic I bought doesn't even return the lowest end of the rating (30/40). I get around 27-28. That sucks. I feel like I got a lemon.

Unless somehow the car will magically start getting better fuel mileage. I know some people say you're supposed to "break in" a car or "train" a car to get good fuel mileage.

07-10-2007, 07:28 PM	#75 (permalink)
jorgelito All important elusive independent swing voter... Location: People's Republic of KKKalifornia	I bought a Civic (2007) because of the "good mileage". I owned a Civic (2003) before and loved the mileage (I could drive from LA to SF on one tank with the AC on). I am not an idiot, I did my research. I even know that the EPA is the agency requiring the mpg listing and is the agency that tests for it too. The old one was rate 28/26 or something and the new on eis rated even better at 30/4o. However, I don't think I am unreasonable to be pissed off that the Civic I bought doesn't even return the lowest end of the rating (30/40). I get around 27-28. That sucks. I feel like I got a lemon. Unless somehow the car will magically start getting better fuel mileage. I know some people say you're supposed to "break in" a car or "train" a car to get good fuel mileage.