Honda Civic Fuel, Oil, Cleaners & Other MaintenanceExtending the life of your Honda Civic requires the proper fuel, oil, and cleaners, along with other regularly scheduled maintenance. Keep your Honda Civic fuel and oil at the right levels to keep your Civic on the road longer.
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-What vehicle is it?
2004 Honda Civic DX with AC Manual Coupe
-What grade gasoline?
87 Octane / Chevron with Techron
-How are your driving habits?
Drive with load, drive without brakes, shut off engine if coasting more than 30 seconds, 5th gear pulse and bleed, 50 PSI in all four tires and the will to treat gas like gold.
-What are your mods?
Completely changing my driving style, high fuel economy is my most important factor.
-What grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted?
5W-30 Honda stock oil, oil level filled between MAX and MIN levels.
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
get up to speed, get a fuel economy indicator (like scangauge), control your throttle input, anticipate red lights and learn to conserve your momentum so that you can make it through the light without stopping, driving with load (when climbing a hill, I do not increase throttle input to maintain speed), and bump starting when my coasting speeds has reached to its minimum.
Average gas mileage used to be 35, now starting to climb into their 40's and soon 50's when I refine my techniques. AND NO I DO NOT DRIVE A HYBRID, i can get mileage just fine WITHOUT THEM.
__________________ I get more than 800 km a tank before I need to fill up gas again! And no I fill to the first click and at the same station. http://www.cleanmpg.com/garage/images/127L.png
Average gas mileage used to be 35, now starting to climb into their 40's and soon 50's when I refine my techniques. AND NO I DO NOT DRIVE A HYBRID, i can get mileage just fine WITHOUT THEM.
50's..... My aunt is at 56 MPG right now, and no that's not a hybrid either.
-How are your driving habits?
Rarely downshift, shift at 3K RPMS except while merging onto freeway, then shift at 5K RPM's until at speed. Generally drive 10MPH above speedlimit
-What are your mods?
I have 1 12" woofer and box in the trunk, and 19" Konig Absolute wheels that are heavy as a bitch!
-What grade motor oil was used?
5W-30 Penzoil done at Midas since I bought the car w/22,000 Miles on it.
-MPG
I used to get around 385 miles per tank city/highway, and my best has been 425 miles per tank STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. But since I installed the wheels I get around 340 miles per tank. I have that crappy thing where the gas guage isn't very accurate below a quarter tank...
-Odometer?
~50,000 (I know it's a lot for an '05, it's all highway!!! My wife used it to commute 7hrs a day 3 times a week to college, plus 1 trip to Louisiana that was 21 hours each way!)
-Tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
Keep it below 3K RPM's and lay off the downshifting. I brake really easily as well so as not to wear down my pad's quickly. Tire pressure is checked every week and kept at 32PSI. Change oil every 3,000 miles and oil filter.
-what vehicle is it? (include year, make, model, auto/manual?)
04 civic vp manual
-what grade gasoline? (IE: 87 reg, 89 plus, etc)
89 when not at track
-how are your driving habits? (granny, tracking, fairly hard, highway, city, include details)
mostly city but i try not to ride it too hard anymore. we cruise alot though.
-what are your mods (only state the mods that could affect mileage IE: intake, exhaust, wheels, etc)
cold air intake full headersback exhaust, 17 inch wheels of and on.
-what grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted? (IE: 5w-20/5w-30/etc)
i've used 5w-20 always. and i just started using fully sythetic within the last 6 months
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
keep it between 1500 and 2000 rpm at 30% throttle
__________________ mods: intake, exhaust, 17 inch rims, falken tires, progress lowering springs, SPC camber kit, bright blue fog lights, 5% tint all around, 3 1/2" tach, Revo SS,
See sig for milage. Not great but hey, I just got through winter and used my remote start a bunch of times (Talk about hurting your FE).
-What vehicle is it?
2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
-What grade gasoline?
BP: 87 Octane
-How are your driving habits?
100% city, granny driving
-What are your mods?
No Mods
-What grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted?
0W-20
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
Proper maintenance, lower speeds, slower starts, anticipating and timing lights. Use A/C as little as possible
-what vehicle is it? 2001 HONDA Civic DX coupe automatic trans
Bought her shortly after the 7th gens were released back in the day
-what grade gasoline? regular
-how are your driving habits? granny on the streets, spirited on the highway. daily route is mix of city & highway.
-what are your mods? no engine/performance mods, nothing heavy in the car, recently 2" drop and 17s
-what grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted? 5w-20
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary! with stock steelies I was consistantly getting up to 38mpg, by not driving over 65 mph. I also found by accelerating softer, I got better fuel economy. Probably will drop a little with my new set of wheels
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See my Civic over the past 8 years.
See sig for milage. Not great but hey, I just got through winter and used my remote start a bunch of times (Talk about hurting your FE).
-What vehicle is it?
2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
-What grade gasoline?
BP: 87 Octane
-How are your driving habits?
100% city, granny driving
-What are your mods?
No Mods
-What grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted?
0W-20
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
Proper maintenance, lower speeds, slower starts, anticipating and timing lights. Use A/C as little as possible
on tv i saw a guy get a record 113 miles per gallon with the prius, but a civic is not THAT bad
-how are your driving habits? (granny, tracking, fairly hard, highway, city, include details)
I'm usually hard, mostly doing 75-80+ mph on the highways... around town, like a granny with energies.
-what are your mods (only state the mods that could affect mileage IE: intake, exhaust, wheels, etc)
Nada.
-what grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted? (IE: 5w-20/5w-30/etc)
Wow, I do not remember what I used. My memory fails me. I was planning to change it to 5W-40 for the next one, btw.
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary!
Check for correct tire pressure. Plan trips. Don't drive unnecesarily.
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The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother learning?
-how are your driving habits? (granny, tracking, fairly hard, highway, city, include details)
When people are in my car... i drive her hard to scare the shit out of them, and at times i pull my ebrake so it looks like i drift
-what are your mods (only state the mods that could affect mileage IE: intake, exhaust, wheels, etc)
Injen SRS, Tein S. Techs, 16" Rota GT3s w/ 205/45/16s
-what grade motor oil was used when this record of mileage was counted? (IE: 5w-20/5w-30/etc)
5w20 or 30 i forget... 19933 miles...
-tips/advice on how to save gas or anything else that is neccesary! www.gasbuddy.com use cruise control when no one is on highway and don't go over 65...
Wish I had a Turbo 
im scared of the big 5-0-0-0-0
