2006 Civic mileage too low?

You're right!!! I did!!!

34.0686mpg converted to miles in in fact 21.17.

Still, it really depends on the OP's actual odometer reading. If he's well
under 10K miles (and I suspect he is), 21mpg is quite normal. 34 would have
been /exceptionally/ good, like "call the newspapers"-type exceptional.

He won't see full mileage until at least 10K.

 

It was distracting at first, but I think it's pretty cool. The digital
"gauges" for fuel and temp, too.

 

I use an 03 LX sedan 5 spd to commute -- about 70% highway and get right at
38-39, and that's running 75-80 mph. Even when I drive my 01 Prelude on the
commute I get 27 or so. Given the 200 hp 2.2 litre Prelude, the 0-6 Civic
needs to do better. I suspect the reports are low because the cars are not
yet broken in. Maybe then they will get 40 or better mpg as claimed.

 

Sorry TeGGer, but 9 km per liter is 34.06 km/gallon (notice km), and
then you have to convert to miles: 34 km = 21.1 miles, and yes, it
comes to 21.1 miles / gallon

 

Right you are. Correction posted last night.

But it rounds to 21.2, not 21.1.

 

Okay the second 500 kilometers is looking a lot better.
I managed 512 km on 41 liters...that comes out to 12.5km/l.
That's MUCH better, granted I used 89 octane for that tank.
Filled up on 87 and going on a road trip to Montreal today so should
have more info at the end of the weekend.

Also I'm thinking that the digital fuel gauge is a bit wacky. I see
that it's broken down into 20 boxes. I was down to the last box before
I filled up and the fillup came to 41 liters. With a 50
liter/13.3usgallon tank, that doesn't make sense. In that case I
should only have been down to 3 boxes, not 1.

-Drew

 

512KM per 41 Litre ( 29.4 mpg for the Americans) is about the same mileage
as my 2000 Civic Sedan (which is equipped with an Automatic transmission).

Pars

 

I'm not sure if the boxes are intended to represent a specific amount
of fuel. I haven't taken it down to one yet because the low fuel light
is a pest.

 

I thought that
29.4 mpg for the Americans would be expressed as
35.3 MPG for those in the UK and Canada, and
6.6 liters/100km for The European community.
12.5 kilometers/litre would seem like an irregular measurement.

How is fuel consumption measured in various parts of the world?

http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft Calculator Plus
has these conversions built in, but no clue which country uses which.

Using Honda Web Sites, it looks like USA=mpg(US), Canada=Liters/100km,
Germany=Liters/100=km, UK=Liters/100km and mpg(Imp), Australia=liters/100km

 

Here in Canada, they use litres/100 km first, and sometimes mpg(Imp).

I always use mpg(US) since I am usually comparing my mileage to American
figures anyway.

 

I thought 29.4 US MPG would work out to 8.0 Litres/100KM instead 6.6 L/100km

The L/100KM is the standard method for measure here in Canada. It's
interesting that most of the Advertisement will parade the UK MPG
measurement instead of the US MPG. This can be misleading since most of the
research/comparisons sites are in the US (which can get confused since
Canadian and US basically share the same makes & models)

 

So do I ;-)
I got crossed up in my cutting and pasting and conversion factors.
235 / USmpg = L/100km.
235 / L/100km = USmpg.

 

I took a 5-hour drive on the freeway to somwhere. According to the
odometer and visual readout of the fuel gauge, I went 298 miles on
half a tank of gas.

My Honda Civic 2006 had about 300 miles prior to the trip.

 

which mean absolutely nothing.

you DO know the only accurate way to measure MPG, dont you? sure hope ya
arent telling everyone youre getting 60mpg.

 

No, I'm not. As I'm sure I messed up somehow when setting up the trip
odometer or something. I don't see how I could have gotten as good gas
mileage as it had indicated.

What is the canon way of measuring this.