Hi from new member

sallycivic22ctdi · 24th March 2008, 14:38

Hi,

Just joined up today, so hi everyone. I own a 2.2ctdi Civic ES and generally I am pretty pleased with it although somewhat disappointed with the 35-38mpg it delivers around town. It seems I am not alone with my observation given the long post I found this morning on fuel economy.

Cheers.

FWH · 24th March 2008, 14:40

Welcome,

Have a look at the Fuel Economy survey:
http://www.civinfo.com/forum/survey.php

sallycivic22ctdi · 24th March 2008, 15:01

Thanks, the surveys were very interesting.

NEEMSTAR · 24th March 2008, 15:04

welcome to the site
how heavy is your right foot

St Thomas · 25th March 2008, 14:48

Hello and welcome.
Glad you are generally pleased with your car.
Fuel consumption.... just returned from a trip in the hills and got a reading down to 9mpg so think you are doing well!!!

sallycivic22ctdi · 25th March 2008, 17:30

To be honest the fuel economy's pretty poor since the local council here decided to run four sets of concurrent major roadworks, closing off the town centre and causing gridlock the whole of Newbury for 12 weeks! I don't think any car does well on fuel with the engine idling for half an hour during any trip

On a run with a light throttle and sticking below 70mph the 2.2ctdi still returns reasonable fuel 50+ fuel economy, but not the 65 - 70mpg I get from my wife's Focus 1.6TDCI. Although that has far less power and torque and isn't as much fun to drive. It's interesting though that the book CO2 figures are 135g/km for the Civic versus 127g/km for the 1.6TDCI Focus yet the fuel economy comparison of the two cars is like day and night. Unless it just comes down to my car being new (covered less than 3K miles)

Dimplyred · 25th March 2008, 19:33

Hi and welcome to civinfo.

24th March 2008, 14:38	#1 (permalink)
sallycivic22ctdi Valve Cap Join Date: 24th March 2008 Location: Newbury, UK Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi from new member Hi, Just joined up today, so hi everyone. I own a 2.2ctdi Civic ES and generally I am pretty pleased with it although somewhat disappointed with the 35-38mpg it delivers around town. It seems I am not alone with my observation given the long post I found this morning on fuel economy. Cheers.

25th March 2008, 17:30	#6 (permalink)
sallycivic22ctdi Valve Cap Join Date: 24th March 2008 Location: Newbury, UK Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	To be honest the fuel economy's pretty poor since the local council here decided to run four sets of concurrent major roadworks, closing off the town centre and causing gridlock the whole of Newbury for 12 weeks! I don't think any car does well on fuel with the engine idling for half an hour during any trip On a run with a light throttle and sticking below 70mph the 2.2ctdi still returns reasonable fuel 50+ fuel economy, but not the 65 - 70mpg I get from my wife's Focus 1.6TDCI. Although that has far less power and torque and isn't as much fun to drive. It's interesting though that the book CO2 figures are 135g/km for the Civic versus 127g/km for the 1.6TDCI Focus yet the fuel economy comparison of the two cars is like day and night. Unless it just comes down to my car being new (covered less than 3K miles) Last edited by sallycivic22ctdi; 25th March 2008 at 20:22.

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FWH Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 3rd June 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,859 Thanks: 3 Thanked 27 Times in 24 Posts	Welcome, Have a look at the Fuel Economy survey: http://www.civinfo.com/forum/survey.php

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