8th Gen Civic - Concerns on fuel economy

[buddah51au]

hey buddah... just curious, can you do me a favor to time your 0-60km/hr from stopping at the trafic light on a, say, 60 km/hr area? I try to follow your suggestion on the email before, and now Im driving 0-60kms in a very very slow time and still the consumption is fairly sitting around 9-11 kms/L.

hope you get what I mean... thanks ^_^

i have never timed myself, but i will guess around 15 seconds using 3000 to 3500rpm as a change up point

[denot]

i have never timed myself, but i will guess around 15 seconds using 3000 to 3500rpm as a change up point

wow... i never go that far... i change at around 2200 to 2500 (now i kno why ppl look @ me with a mean face when they go pass me... )

[buddah51au]

^denot... unless you live in the country, you'll never get the same consumption as buddah... when I accelerate to 60, my rpm doesn't go above 2200rpm and my consumption didn't change much.

Andy.....if you go back to the beginning of this thread, it began because 8th generation civic owners felt that Honda were advertising fuel consumption figuers that were unrealistic and impossible to obtain in real world driving. I think the manual is advertised @ 6.9L/100 & the Auto is 7.2L/100. The majority of people living in cities have no chance of getting close to these advertised figures because of the conditions the vehicles are operated in. People seem to forget that the advertised figuers are averaged out. If people dig deep enough on overseas web sites they will find where different consumption figures are advertised for the same car....eg in England the civic is advertised @ 5.4 L/100 country & 8.9L/100 city. I do not know the criterea used to obtain those figures. Iether way, the civic is by far the most economical car in its class available in this country & given the RIGHT CONDITIONS the advertised ecconomy figuers are obtainable.

[buddah51au]

I am off to Sydney shortly, so i will be able to inform everyone how far the current model civic 1.8 ltr Auto can go on 1 tank of fuel as well as the best, worst and everage fuel consumption. As the round trip will be between 3,500 and 4,000 km i will be able to gauge very accurate figures and to be honest i will be disappointed it the average is over 6L/100km

[buddah51au]

I personally think the fuel consumption issue is caused by the way the consumption figures are advertised. While it is possible to achieve the advertised figures it is impossible when driving in the city. If you look at the Honda United Kingdom site you will see they advertise seperate figures for city and highway. Here are there advertised figures for the 1.8 ltr engine.......
Manual......City = 8.2L / 100km.......highway = 5.4L / 100km........................
Auto.........City = 9.0L / 100km.......highway = 5.4L / 100km........................
Type R......City = 12.7L / 100km......highway = 7.0L /100km.........................
From reading this site the city figures seem much closer to what most people are achieving, as for highway figures i will know soon

[Borg]

I do mainly city driving, although a lot of it is @ 80 to 100kmh on freeways around Melbourne.

I found my Integra got between 7.8 and 8.2 L/100km. Honda quoted 8.0 for city driving and 5.2 for highway driving.

It will be interesting to see what sort of fuel economy I get with my Civic.
So far I have done almost 400kms on the first full tank with fuel gauge still showing 6 bars. Seems pretty good.

[xenfacta]

I personally think the fuel consumption issue is caused by the way the consumption figures are advertised. While it is possible to achieve the advertised figures it is impossible when driving in the city. If you look at the Honda United Kingdom site you will see they advertise seperate figures for city and highway. Here are there advertised figures for the 1.8 ltr engine.......
Manual......City = 8.2L / 100km.......highway = 5.4L / 100km........................
Auto.........City = 9.0L / 100km.......highway = 5.4L / 100km........................
Type R......City = 12.7L / 100km......highway = 7.0L /100km.........................
From reading this site the city figures seem much closer to what most people are achieving, as for highway figures i will know soon

that sounds about right.. thats what i get at the moment in my vti and i dont really drive for economy.. im ecstatic with it. (i swapped from a car that was doing around 17-18l/100km).

[denot]

went to the Central Coast last Friday... 17.2L for 190.6kms!!! YAY!!!

btw, any1 kno is the Caltex's E10 unleaded is good or bad?

[DropBear]

went to the Central Coast last Friday... 17.2L for 190.6kms!!! YAY!!!

btw, any1 kno is the Caltex's E10 unleaded is good or bad?

Yeah, good question denot, I stopped at a Caltex the other day and thought "Hmm, it can take E10 can't it.." but opted for normal unleaded anyway.

I've always run on the normal stuff since I picked up the keys, 33,000km ago - would switching to E10 now do anything funny to the engine? (he says as he desperately tries to remember what he learnt in engine design all those years ago at Uni )

[buddah51au]

went to the Central Coast last Friday... 17.2L for 190.6kms!!! YAY!!!

btw, any1 kno is the Caltex's E10 unleaded is good or bad?

I would not use E10 unless it was a last resort

[denot]

I would not use E10 unless it was a last resort

hey buddah, Can you explain a bit why?

[clem]

I was under the impression that E10 was safe to use if you fill up regularly (drive often) and don't leave the fuel in there for long.