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Originally Posted by Lexie
I think I have the same problem as you...
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Same here too. I've done about 700 miles now and took the car on a deserted motorway at 3am last Sunday, stuck it on 75mph on the cruise, reset the mpg, and after 20 minutes at a rock-steady speed, the car was averaging a completely pathetic 40mpg. Air con was off, road was flat, and I didn't have a boot full of building materials, either.
It's all very well saying manufacturers skew the figures, but in my old Fabia vRS I got the OEM quoted figures, and better, with a 130bhp 1.9l engine. I know the Civic is heavier (both car and engine), but the drop-off is really unimpressive. I really hope this improves in the next 1000 miles or so or I'm going to regret having bought this car.