First real long drive in my civic and what a delight

Type S Bournemouth · 21st December 2007, 12:10

Just travelled to Newcastle and back from Bournemouth which is around 350 miles each way.

I have to say the Civic was so comfortable and effortless to drive. Even after 5hrs of driving i was not aching or anything. The seats in the type S are just so comfortable.

The only thing that let it down was the mpg which was ok but not what i hoped for. I didnt speed. Hung around 70-75 mostly on cruise and i averaged 50mpg.

mrh339 · 21st December 2007, 13:05

I averaged 44.1 in my 1.8 @ 77-80 mph indicated (73- 76 mph actual) over a 420 mile trip, 43.2 mpg over the total 840 mile round trip and also found the car very smooth and comfortable.

stew190864 · 21st December 2007, 20:42

Just did Lancaster to London today (220miles) in my Type S 2.2 GT today and agree it's very comfortable, both in terms of seats and drive. I averaged only 41.6mpg, so piss poor for a modern diesel in my opinion.

Jack The Lad. · 21st December 2007, 21:17

Did you use the cruise control, whenever possible, even on B roads stew.
Its a habit with me now, but I do turn it off, when climbing hills.

ritchie_perriam · 21st December 2007, 22:39

im going from surrey across to devon just after xmas which will be my first long journey in my civic! gonna be a full car of 4 adults so will be interested to see if my mpg gets any better than recently.

cb550 · 22nd December 2007, 12:25

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Originally Posted by stew190864

Just did Lancaster to London today (220miles) in my Type S 2.2 GT today and agree it's very comfortable, both in terms of seats and drive. I averaged only 41.6mpg, so piss poor for a modern diesel in my opinion.

Travelling from Nottingham to London recently my <2k mileage 2.2 Type S' average was into the low 40's and dropping.This was at 80 ish and a bit more when overtaking.A bit unexpected as my previous ES could hit 60 mpg on the motorway.I throttled off a bit,say 70 to 75 and my overall average with the return journey was 48 mpg-so not too bad with a low mileage engine.

If your car's pretty new also,I would say you can expect an improvement on your 41.6

bucketp · 22nd December 2007, 13:52

I have done over 600 miles in the last two days in my 1.8 ES,I found it very comfortable and averaged 47.8mpg,Well chuffed.

stew190864 · 22nd December 2007, 20:37

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Originally Posted by Jack The Lad.

Did you use the cruise control, whenever possible, even on B roads stew.
Its a habit with me now, but I do turn it off, when climbing hills.

I do use Cruise Control but constant traffic means that it's not on for long.

cb550: yup car has only done 4K miles. God I hope Honda can do better than this!

FWH · 22nd December 2007, 20:52

Have to agree that for it´s size it is very comfortable on longer journeys. I have had a few 4 hours drives and enjoyed them.

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Type S Bournemouth Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 3rd October 2006 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 968 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	First real long drive in my civic and what a delight Just travelled to Newcastle and back from Bournemouth which is around 350 miles each way. I have to say the Civic was so comfortable and effortless to drive. Even after 5hrs of driving i was not aching or anything. The seats in the type S are just so comfortable. The only thing that let it down was the mpg which was ok but not what i hoped for. I didnt speed. Hung around 70-75 mostly on cruise and i averaged 50mpg.

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mrh339 Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 27th September 2007 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 414 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I averaged 44.1 in my 1.8 @ 77-80 mph indicated (73- 76 mph actual) over a 420 mile trip, 43.2 mpg over the total 840 mile round trip and also found the car very smooth and comfortable.

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stew190864 Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 9th April 2007 Location: Marlow, Bucks Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just did Lancaster to London today (220miles) in my Type S 2.2 GT today and agree it's very comfortable, both in terms of seats and drive. I averaged only 41.6mpg, so piss poor for a modern diesel in my opinion.

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Jack The Lad. Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 28th August 2007 Location: ENGLAND Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Did you use the cruise control, whenever possible, even on B roads stew. Its a habit with me now, but I do turn it off, when climbing hills.

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ritchie_perriam Tyre Shredder Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 30th November 2007 Location: guildford, surrey Posts: 287 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	im going from surrey across to devon just after xmas which will be my first long journey in my civic! gonna be a full car of 4 adults so will be interested to see if my mpg gets any better than recently.

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bucketp Exiled Englishman Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 23rd October 2007 Location: Peebles, Scottish Borders Posts: 379 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I have done over 600 miles in the last two days in my 1.8 ES,I found it very comfortable and averaged 47.8mpg,Well chuffed.

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FWH Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 3rd June 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 5,227 Thanks: 6 Thanked 44 Times in 39 Posts	Have to agree that for it´s size it is very comfortable on longer journeys. I have had a few 4 hours drives and enjoyed them.