8th Gen Civic - Concerns on fuel economy

[Borg]

you dont necessarily need sequential shift to use an auto trams manually, justmove the lever through gears as requiered. However donig this on the civic it is not possible to access 4th gear. I will say that i do use the gearbox in this manner when needed.

I already drive it like that quite often as I have a few hills to negotiate in my area. The problem is that the transmission likes to jump to 5th once you shift from D3 to D, and often "hunts" between 4th and 5th going up or downhill at speeds around the 80-100 kph range. I usually just leave it in 3rd going uphill, but when I am going downhill I would like to be able to hold it in 4th.

[denot]

the blind spot created by the "A" Pilars ( a definate safety issue )

agree!!! almost kill 2 pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing caused by this

[buddah51au]

I have spent the last few days coppying my log book to a spread sheet which i will be updating on a weekly basis. If anyone would like a copy so they can do the same just let me know. Maybe you can do something similar so that you always have an accurate fuel log and not a weekly guesstimate.

[denot]

me doing that too now buddah! ^_^ on my mobile but...

[marc-o-lishuz]

Sorry to chime in so late, but here are the specs on my Civic Si -

Tank capacity - 50L
Average KMS - 360km per tank
Price of fuel - $1.50/L (Premium 94 Octane)
Driving habits - aggressive
City/Hwy - 100% / 0%
Engine mods - None (pure stock intake, exhaust)

You guys don't feel so bad now, huh? If I wanted economy, I would have opted for the Hybrid... but 197hp is way more fun!

[buddah51au]

markCivicVti
(i.e is it 1,2,3,D,R,P?).

that's right......no access to 4th gear

[andyhui01]

agree!!! almost kill 2 pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing caused by this

yea... I almost hit a mortorcycle in a underground carpark... made a right hander and he was right in my blind spot.

[denot]

yea... I almost hit a mortorcycle in a underground carpark... made a right hander and he was right in my blind spot.

and the worst is that my fiance always thought that I drive "recclessly" everytime I've got problem with the A pilar!!!

[markCivicVti]

markCivicVti
(i.e is it 1,2,3,D,R,P?).

that's right......no access to 4th gear

Is there no Hold button either? I find that strange... that a festiva auto box would have it yet a nice new 5 speed auto box for a civic doesn't.

[denot]

Is there no Hold button either? I find that strange... that a festiva auto box would have it yet a nice new 5 speed auto box for a civic doesn't.

hmmmm never heard of this "hold" in any other car as well...

[markCivicVti]

hmmmm never heard of this "hold" in any other car as well...

I've seen it on one other - but it was called "Power" instead of hold... and its was on the lever of the auto as well... it may have been my dads 05 SS commodore. And yes a little light comes on the dash indicating its on.

Either way I really like it, gives me alot more control over the gears. Should have gotten my manual license when I first did it. Oh well.

Lol... maybe thats why its a trioS - I never worked out the differeance between a festiva trio and festiva trioS.

[buddah51au]

I've seen it on one other - but it was called "Power" instead of hold... and its was on the lever of the auto as well... it may have been my dads 05 SS commodore. And yes a little light comes on the dash indicating its on.

Either way I really like it, gives me alot more control over the gears. Should have gotten my manual license when I first did it. Oh well.

Lol... maybe thats why its a trioS - I never worked out the differeance between a festiva trio and festiva trioS.

fords and holdens, as well as some other vehicles had a so called power button, all it done was change the shift points in the transmission. You did not gain any power from this so called power button.