...the fever to maximize my MPG!

This forum is excellent! While I don't own a hybrid - I've learned a lot of tips/tricks to bump the FE on my '05 Honda Civic value package coupe.

Before I stumbled onto this board, I managed to average just over 39MPG with my new car. Since discovering this board I've:

• purchased an air compressor and a quality tire pressure gauge to make sure the tires are set where I want them (40psi at the moment, still experimenting)<
• purchased a ScanGauge (the value package coupe does not have a tach, and I wanted the realtime MPG readouts)<
• began coasting/putting in neutral whenever possible <

Today I managed to park at the entrance to our local shopping center and walk to each individual store (rather than drive the 0.5 miles or less to each one).

 

lindermant,
Congratulations on the additional mpg and welcome to GreenHybrid.

We've done more walking/biking as a result of being more gas consumption concious as well.

Keep up the good work!

 

Well, heck... you say you got just over 39mpg *before* you visited this site and started applying the lessons taught here. What about *after*? I'll bet you're beating a healthy chunk of HCH owners here!

 

Kudos to you, Tom, and glad you are at GreenHybrid.