Honda Mileage

Hi all: Just recently purchased a new to me 2000 civic automatic 4 cyl. Just
wondering what kind of mileage I should be getting with this little guy. I'm
in Canada so km/liter would work best, but I'll try to convert miles/gal.US.

tia

Peter H

 

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Not sure , cause I get around 42 mpg in the summer going from to and from
Midway Utah (mountains) to Salt Lake City. But I also coast down hill..

But I have always gotten around 35 - 40 mpg around highway and 30 in town.

Im an easy driver..

 

Assuming you have the 106 hp variety Civic, if you drive prudently you
should get 36-38 mpg on the freeway and somewhere around 25 around town. If
you drive aggresively, then knock those numbers down by 5 mpg

 

If i did my math correctly, that should be a range of 15-23
km/litre...assuming that's how its classified

 

I'm in central Canada where it's pretty flat terrain. In October/03 I
purchased a 2000 Civic HB, AT with the 106 hp engine, and my average is 35.5
mpg. I was getting 38 'ish until the cold weather hit. I anticipate in
months of May- Sept, I'll get close to 40 mpg. I LOVE this CAR!
I used to have a Chevy Metro sedan that gave me 50 mpg consistently year
round, and while I miss that, the quality/fun-to-drive Honda is definitely
worth the reduced mileage!
-chris

 

Hey Chris.you're Canadian, what's this in K/L?

Peter H

 

Assuming them there gallons are US not imperial you get:

35.5 mpg = 15.1 km / l = 6.6 l / 100 km
38 mpg = 16.2 km / l = 6.2 l / 100 km
40 mpg = 17.0 km / l = 5.9 l / 100 km
50 mpg = 21.3 km / l = 4.7 l / 100 km

 

If you feel like doing miles per gallon/kilometers per liter/liters per
100km yourself, but feel arithmetically challenged (or just can remember the
factors for mile<->km and gallon<->liters), here are a few links for ya:

http://www.rockymountainmoggers.com/convert.html

http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/miles_per_gallon
http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/kilometers_per_liter

 

We don't use US gallons in Canada. The imperial gallon is 4.54 litres, while
the US gallon 4 litres. Therefore you must divide your fuel consumption by
4.54, not 4.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to know their mileage in kms/litre, mpg
is generally regarded as the benchmark indicator.
Anyway 35 mpg, would come out to 12.4 kms/L.
-chris

 

Its 3.785 litres to the US gallon.....its 4 qts to the US gallon

 

Actually here in Canada no one really knows how many American liters per
metric gallon etc etc.

To those of us old enough to be brought up with Imperial measures it was
hard enough to convert to US gallons; now we have this metric shit to
contend with.

The only thing we know for sure is how many goals it takes for a hat trick
and how far the closest Tim Hortons is from our homes. It's usually a short
walk or for the slow a long walk.

 

Ok... I went and did the math. This is a great conversion site.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Km/L works well in Canada because the pumps are in liters and odometers in
kilometers. When you fill up it's one calculation to arrive at your figure.
I've never understood why anyone would track liters/ 100 Kms.

The problem is complicated by the fact that the US gallon, liter and even
the ounce is different than the Canadian ones. Here is a rough way to figure
it though.

To go from Miles/Gal (US) to Km/L (Can) multiply by .42514

To go from Km/L (Can) to Miles/Gal (US) divide by .42514

I think I'm fairly close with this. If anyone wants to dispute it I'm up for
the challenge.

Peter H