fuel economy???

[vuvu]

yeah mines bs as well
wen i first got my EG didn't know that the fuel light didn't work...
it was in the red and i drove for another 60 kms haha
sorta like the seinfeld episode (high five!)
yeah neway
just wondering how big is the civic EG (Si) fuel tank?
peace

[ah789454]

you boys that are getting 500km from a tank. is this granny driving or decking the shit out of the car?? cos i mean 600km and given the car hell the whole tank.

[Krim]

For thoise that are getting 500-600km !!! What petrol are you using ?

Shell, Woolies, Ampol ?

Normal Unleaded or the Premium stuff ?

[ATSE]

Which is quite strange tho....i drive like a grandma nowdays and the needle fluctuates like a crazy thing - i start the car in the morning with 1/2 a tank (on level ground too) - then after about 15misn in traffic on the way to college - down to about 1/4. Pfft.

Yeh same thing with me.... sometimes it chews a hell of alot fuel in coldstart... then stays at one spot for the rest of the day.

And itz not necessarily the petrol you use.. but the way you drive. Stop and Start drving and Freeway/Highway Driving is a big difference. Also try keep a constant speed when travelling, if you keep on adjusting your speed with your throttle, it will chew more fuel. And when driving normally try shifting around 2.5K... makes a difference.

[ah789454]

if my tank is on half on level ground and if i give it a shot of vtec the fuel gauge drops to 1/4...

[civex98]

i only tend to get about 450 - 500 in my vtir coupe..
but that could be cos i'm a bit of a heavy footed driver
haha
when i drove to daylesford, got almost 600 on that tank
freeways are good

[ATSE]

if my tank is on half on level ground and if i give it a shot of vtec the fuel gauge drops to 1/4...

Yeh thats normal... it runs rich at WOT, so itz dumping heaps of fuel.. u'll find that it will go back up again once you ease off...

[Morkz]

i dont know how ur getting 600km from a 40lt tank of petrol, i just drove my Vti-R from Vic to Qld and i would be lucky to get 450km to a tank without pegging it. 250 - 300km when trashing the crap out of it.

[jaffa_cree]

i drive an EG auto
most i have gotten out of a tank before filling up is ~380 kms
at that point the fuel needle is like ON or BELOW the Empty line and the LOW FUEL indicator light has yet to light up

too afraid to drive any further to test the low fuel indicator
but when i fill up after driving 380 kms it takes ~38L to fill her up
so i should be getting ~450 km on a tank of Shell ULP

does anyone know at what remaining fuel level does the fuel indicator light up?

[civex98]

Hmm..i dunno really..just that by the time i got back, i had already put on 350km and had only gone down to about 2/5ths of the tank..
i was pushing it heaps as well and fanging it around all the country freeways.
no cops was good...
but yeah, usual city driving is pretty crap. but i definitely get more than 300 a tank. usually at least 400 and that's not driving lightly i like my vtec

[N4CER]

I'm only getting between 380-420km's out of a full tank of Shell Optimax (which as you guys would know regularly pushes the $1.05 per litre mark). I drive a manual 2003 Civic Gli...EP i think it is?

Anyone else got figure of what their 7th Gen civic gets in regards to fuel economy?

And any tips on getting better fuel ecomony, coz with Optimax I think I should be getting a lil more than 380-420kms per tank? something wrong with the car maybe?

thanks.

[bennjamin]

ALSO....to add to this futile topic....

the MORE i put in the tank....upon a ratio the MORE i get out of it ?

IE - $10 ( about 10 litres) gets me about 100ks....

but $20 (20 litres) seems to get me about 300-380ks.....