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All new Civic's fuel intake is as good as the company claims?
I have heard that the all new Honda Civic has some great technology. The unburnt fuel of the last stroke is pushed back into the combustion chamber again by the piston to mix with new fuel to give better fuel intake and low emission. is not this too good to be true? This results in better fuel intake where the 1800cc engine gives fuel intake of that of 1500's as indicated by car reporters.. What are the other technological gismos in this that its other competitors like, the Sentra, Corolla, do not have? anybody owns one? Are you pleased with yours?

Interesting question, because the user reviews differ so widely in the answer to this. I like the reviews by users on Yaho. Autos see link below .

My personal experience I have an EX coupe is that I get better mileage than the EPA ranking. I get 34 35 in town and 40 41 on the highway on a consistent base. To be just, I'm a light although not essentially slow driver. I could guess that hard accelleration, air conditioning overuse in town, and leaving your foot on the gas while going downhill instead of letting the car coast for the freebie, could take a toll on this car's little engine quickly. I bought this car as a five speed, and I am pretty good at using a manual transmission as a mileage tool.

Through smart driving, being lucky enough to have a ten mile round trip to work, and planning my trips for maximum use, this car lets me get gas once a month with only a twelve gallon tank.

When I got this car early last Fall, it had just become available, and my friends who were accustomed to seeing me in "prestige" cars expected it was an Acura because of its sleek style although the sedan looks "gals in the secretarial pool" and gizmos one touch up/down windows and sunroof, iPod jack fitted, MP3 player, XM radio, steering wheel audio controls, stylish wheels, and the great two tiered instrument panel, etc. . I skipped out on the sattelite navigation system and the foglights, and got the thing for $18000, which is the least I have ever paid for a new car.

Funny story about the cool quotient of this car.Last month I valet parked at a hotel in Chicago, and to my surprise and delight it was my economical Honda parked beside a Ferrari, a Bentley, and a BMW seven series at the valet stand that drew a crowd of foreign onlookers posing for pictures beside it. I parked beside an Audi TT at a coffee place, and the TT owner stopped to tell me what a cool looking car I had. I am still chuckling all the way to the bank with every payment and fill up.

Other innovations on this car are about safety, which was important to me. I will not go into the tech details although the second link below will take you to Honda's web site if you are inquisitive, however this car won five star front and side affect ratings from NSTSA, and best pick from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for a reason.

For me, I would not have considered the Scion which looks distinctly inexpensive, the Corolla just plain ugly, or the Sentra seems a 90's car, still, and rotten crash test results .

If you are looking for a four door, the Mazda three is an great value in a nice loking package. While you will give up some mileage for it, it pays off with extra power and unbelievable spaciousness for a car in this class. it is what I could bought if I had a non coupe lifestlye.

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Mine is auto and I can get ~40 if drive usually on highway. I have never drived only in the city so no data on that.

when looking at the figures given for fuel intake by the maker don't pay attention to the joint one Urban and Extra urban as it may be misleading. Check the urban figure for a true estimate

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It depends on individual driving behavior and how much fun you like to have. EPA estimates are just that, estimates depending on set ideal conditions throughout the estimate.

If you like to grandma the car and drive the speed bound, if not slower, and brake gradually and speed up gradually, then you will most likely get the EPA or more.

If you like to drive with a bit more snap, then you will lose on efficiency. Just depends on how much you want to weigh fun relative to cost of that fun in fuel intake.

My '98 Accord V six is rated at 25 highway, I can never get that at 70mph 22 mpg, however at 55, it does about 25 26 mpg. I can not drive at 55 mph, but I can live with the slight decrease in mpg so I can drive with fun and sanity.