[LIQUIDSILVER]

I've read the euro civic diesel getting 70 mpg in a jalopnik ariticle. Now here's another one with 40 mpg. What is the deal?

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080423/FREE/142313747/1636/green

How could they be so far off?

 

[chittychittybangbang]

Here is the page you are thinking of where they got 72.4 mpg with the civic
http://jalopnik.com/356497/hypermiling-the-2007-honda-civic-22-i+ctdi-and-2007-audi-q7-42-tdi

It was all highway, the civic is rated for 54 mpg highway. I don't know if they took into account the conversion from euro - us epa highway standards, but the audi q7 SUV got 32 mpg so they were doing something right. That autoweek they were doing mixed driving.

 

[tokendog]

heavy feet means poor mileage?

Maybe the civic was driving 5 feet behind the Audi Q7:laugh:

 

[FLipped]

heavy feet means poor mileage?

Maybe the civic was driving 5 feet behind the Audi Q7:laugh:

Whatever happened to that thing where the DOT was making a special lane where computer controlled cars drafted each other by 5 feet?

 

[miker]

It's dead, you have to verhaul all cars and the highways for it to work.

 

[fstjetta]

Drafting would save a lot of fuel if it could be one safely but on super streamlined cars, how much would it help?

 

[FLipped]

How is it that the civic got 70 mpg and the jetta is getting only 44 on the highway?

 

[jon applespeed]

Smaller car, smaller engine, more fuel efficiency?

Maybe the civic was fully broken in? If that mileage is accurate, the civic will eat the TDI's lunch if it comes out. The mileage is just too low to compare to the civic.

 

[rickb]

The civic is only rated for 54 mpg. I wouldn't be surpised that the jetta would be able to get over 50 mpg highway on a regular basis if you keep your speed down.