Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
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Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
I was wondering:
I've read on here numerous topics about "hypermiling" or whatever techniques you found for getting better fuel economy out of a Civic Hybrid. But all the info was too scattered. I just bought mine last night, and I drove it home from Sacramento to L.A. (where I live), and I averaged 46 mpg for the trip. Pretty good considering I didn't use much of the Cruise Control. But I was wondering, what are some of the techniques to get BETTER fuel mileage ???? I don't really understand all of this stuff about the hypermiling and what not, so I was hoping someone could explain some of them to me so I can try them out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've read on here numerous topics about "hypermiling" or whatever techniques you found for getting better fuel economy out of a Civic Hybrid. But all the info was too scattered. I just bought mine last night, and I drove it home from Sacramento to L.A. (where I live), and I averaged 46 mpg for the trip. Pretty good considering I didn't use much of the Cruise Control. But I was wondering, what are some of the techniques to get BETTER fuel mileage ???? I don't really understand all of this stuff about the hypermiling and what not, so I was hoping someone could explain some of them to me so I can try them out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
#3
Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
Also check out this one, especially for us new HCHII owners!
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...read.4922.html
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...read.4922.html
#4
Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
Good job posting those links. Since this has been covered many times (hence why all the information is scattered) Its a good idea to just reference those links rather than rehash everything again.
I encourage everyone if they see a good FE link for the 06 civic to post it in this thread.
I encourage everyone if they see a good FE link for the 06 civic to post it in this thread.
#5
Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
I'm sorry, I don't really know what some of the Acronyms are. Whats FCD ???? Are there some other common acronyms I should know about when reading this ????
#6
Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
Check out the Glossary here:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/glossary.php
it's also on the top left hand side of the orange toolbar.
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/glossary.php
it's also on the top left hand side of the orange toolbar.
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Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
It's all in English, but MAN, its complicated....I don't really get the whole Pulse and Glide thing. Difficult technique, I tried to accelerate on the way back from Sacramento when my FCD maxes, but it always goes down. That means that the ICE is still on right ????
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Re: Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ????
I just started driving an 06 HCH last week
For me I find that when I try to do Pulse and Glide to acheive 100mpg it drops too
fast. What I find works great for me is to get to desired cruising speed
between 55 & 65 mph, let up on the gas till I see 1800 to 2000 RPM's.,
I can cruise quite a distance with the I-FCD at 65 to 75 mpg (also higher up
to 100 mpg but not often).
All my trips are around 40 miles with the last 5 trips at 60+ mpg range. Try that see
if it works for you, there other other techniques but a lot of it was trial and
error from what others have posted.
For me I find that when I try to do Pulse and Glide to acheive 100mpg it drops too
fast. What I find works great for me is to get to desired cruising speed
between 55 & 65 mph, let up on the gas till I see 1800 to 2000 RPM's.,
I can cruise quite a distance with the I-FCD at 65 to 75 mpg (also higher up
to 100 mpg but not often).
All my trips are around 40 miles with the last 5 trips at 60+ mpg range. Try that see
if it works for you, there other other techniques but a lot of it was trial and
error from what others have posted.
Last edited by PCK; 01-12-2006 at 11:00 AM.