Comments | quiglin: Driving a Non-Prius Hybrid

quiglin

Driving a Non-Prius Hybrid

Jul 27, 2009 16:04

So, alatheaseeker and I purchased a Honda Civic Hybrid. So, since I've been a little behind on LJ updating, I've decided to use this post to keep track of our miles per gallon (mpg) for each tank of fuel purchased. I'll admit up front that I'm skeptical about our salesman's claims. We'll find out. For the record, the EPA lists our car at 40/45/42 (city/hwy/ ( Read more... )

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atdt1991 July 27 2009, 21:01:51 UTC

Sweet!

ohsochewy July 27 2009, 21:21:42 UTC

How old is it? Brand new or a couple years?

quiglin July 29 2009, 15:00:07 UTC

New 2009, just over 200 miles on it.

damienroc July 27 2009, 21:49:30 UTC

dr4b had a Civic Hybrid that she got back in 2004. We drove it down to California for a trip and I seem to remember it doing rather well at that.

That said, I've yet to see any hybrids that actually match the EPA claims... Or actually any cars, period.

I had a Civic of my own, manual transmission, that wasn't significantly worse in the efficiency department.