gearbox

iTrader: (95)

please do not come here with that crap anymore. We've all heard it before and it is total nonsense. I don't want noobs here trying it and getting in a wreck or popping their tires. Tire pressure is determined by the car manufacturer, NOT the tire company. Look in your owners manual if you still have it. Meanwhile, i'll continue to get 42mpg without overinflating my tires and laugh at anyone who spends thousands more on a hybrid just to get a small fuel economy increase. Which btw will not even make up for all the extra money you spent on the car until maybe 15 yrs later. Not to mention your battery packs are bad for the environment as it is, but i wont even get into that. You do have a hybrid right? those forums you posted make it pretty obvious. Anyway, i doubt anyone here is stupid enough to even give your posts a second thought.

brucepick

Oops.
You forgot to read.

I drive an '89 Volvo 240.
Don't want a hybrid.
For the same reasons you posted.

I thought a non-hybrid Civic might be a good idea for my next car, but you might convince me otherwise. Doing a good job so far.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

im not really a salesman nor do i work for honda, but okay. what i said applies to any car. actually they all have their recommended tire pressures written on the door sticker.

ragdoll66

03 Civic EX
Manual Trans.
Average/city: 39-42mpg Best: 45.9mpg
Average/Highway : 41mpg Best: 46.3

Note: I also shift around 2 grand all the time and I coast like crazy. I/H/E and pulleys really does help with this also. Also Royal purple Tranny fluid seemed to help a little...

seadoo2006

03 Civic EX Sedan

Get around 33-34 in the city and at highway speeds (73MPH) i get 40-41mpg....the best I had was going from athens, oh to syracuse, ny all via highway....got 485 to my tank for an average 43.8MPG

tigre1983

Yo gearbox.......


http://www.officer.com/article/artic...on=19&id=27281



Take it from an autoXer, mechanical engineer, and someone who spent 4 years on a formula 1000 team. Take it from someone who took a college class called "race car vehicle dynamics", take it from someone who knows, not "gearbox".....

Put as much tire pressure as possible in your tires, go to the max sidewall rating, there are many pros and not many cons.......lower pressure really only has one advantage: more ride compliance(read: softer ride).

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

ya ive read that before, some correct and alot of wrong information. and none of the cars on the road even qualify for any of that. they are driven by normal people, not race car drivers. as far as i know, auto-x is not happening on public roads. if i can use the recommended 30psi from honda and have my car ride like a cadillac with the tires lasting 50k+ miles and getting 42mpg, why in the hell would i overinflate them?

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

^woot wooot.......go gearbox =]

mike21190

damn i suck. i average 220 miles per tank. thats cause i do alot of short trips cause my high school is so close

letsfightfelipe

i was traveling back from texas it was 1200 miles and i filled up 3 times and when i got back still had more than half a tank i got around 450 per tank

okita368

i gotta be doing something wrong.... 401 KM per full tank with no ac..... 2001 LX Auto

okita368

50/50

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

easy way is fill up a full tank, reset the trip meter, then when gas light comes on, fill tank again and see how much gas you added. take total miles divided by gallons you pumped.

bashea

97 Civic Coupe DX
Manual Trans.
126K+ on the odometer

Just took a trip on I-5 in California, 75-80 MPH, A/C on for 80% of the time.

Got 35 MPG.

Does anyone remember $1 a gallon gas? (it was just 6 years ago!)

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

i got 256mi today on half a tank. yay.

i usually only fill my tank to the half mark cuz i figured it'd save me alot of weight....

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

i remember.... it was .98 to be exact....hahaha good old days

kLouD

iTrader: (2)

i get 230-250 miles per tank. O_o 50/50 city highway

seadoo2006

Haha....you Cali boys got ripped....it dropped to as low as .69 in Cleveland