72 mpg in my Honda Civic

[Talos4]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to join into this community of car loving, High MPG loving people who want and need to know that getting high MPG with their cars is not hard to do.
I had a 5 speed manual 1993 Honda Civic that I drove from Portland, Oregon down to Southern California and back on only 33 gallons of gasoline!
That's right- only 33 gallons, and I did it with no special modifications made to my car at all. I went 2100 miles on only 33 gallons, and it was not hard to do at all. In fact, the way I did it were ways I found out myself many years ago.
All I had to do was to coast going downhill, and never went full speed going up hills. I used Amsoil synthetic oil for the transmission and crankcase, along with using good sparkplugs.
The truth is, good MPG CAN be done with any car, if you drive the right way.
Even with my newer 2003 Honda Civic 4 speed Automatic, I still can get up to 48 mpg with using these ideas that I have been using for almost 15 years now.
I never use the Air Conditioning unit, never roll my windows down when I drive, and never speed on the highways. People think I drive too slow-especially on the highways, but who cares?
I am saving boatloads of cash wherever I go, and that is just fine with me.

[mini-e]

Is this an Amsoil troll? This forum gets lots of trolls. I am never going to buy Amsoil just because of how many times the people who sell the stuff troll. Mayby this is a real person, if so , Hello!!! and damn, don't you get hot in there? the central valley of cali gets solidly over 100 for 2-3 months, you could die without air con or opening a window. I personally, and i do not mean to be pushy here, but i would personally rather be alive than get anoyther 1-3 MPG.

[aalb1]

Originally Posted by mini-e

Is this an Amsoil troll?

Can Amsoil be bought publicly or are they doing the whole Multiple Level Marketing deal? That reminds me of when I was 17 (back in 1999) and my friend's dad talked me and all my other friends into buying Amsoil from him. "Why would you want to put anything other than synthetic in your 1983 Nissan Pulsar?" That was his gig. On top of this he tried to recruit us into selling it to all our classmates who where just getting their licenses.

On top of this I can't believe he talked me into buying 3 cans of their WD-40 equivalent too. I'm not trying to say that Amsoil is crap... but I just personally hate the Multiple Level Marketing style.

[Jay2TheRescue]

LOL, that sounds like Amway... Is that an Amway product?

-Jay

[VXRider]

I got 72 from Portland to Seattle in my VX last summer. Lower 70s are pretty average for me on that trip. 63 is impressive but lose the Amsoil and maybe you'll break 70 Save a few bucks too

[101mpg]

Please don't call people "Amsoil trolls" when they aren't posting links to where you can buy directly from them.

Amsoil has plenty of solid testing evidence for increasing mileage and protecting engines. I can tell you from personal experience I've seen incredible gains that people tell me cannot happen for any reason.

36 MPG highway in a 1998 Nissan Frontier King Cab 4 cylinder, for instance, and 26 is EPA sticker. Granted, it was no A/C, tailgate down, 55 MPH, between the Canadian border and Los Angeles (almost all very flat), but still, I did the same things - neutral downhill (and that can be 5-10 minutes at a time, in excess of 70 MPH downhill) whenever possible, on a route I am totally familiar with, and easy on the uphills. It helps to have a rock-steady foot, and listening to the engine not to give it too much gas up hills, but it can indeed happen.

As for wear - try 35,000 miles between oil changes with Amsoil. That's my average, and on my current CRX I plan on installing the remote filter. A hefty investment, but the oil gets "gradually" changed - remove one of two 1-quart filters, and add a quart when you change it. I know a guy personally who has gone over a million miles on his Jeep and never had the engine rebuilt, using Amsoil.

[1993CivicVX]

Originally Posted by VXRider

I got 72 from Portland to Seattle in my VX last summer. Lower 70s are pretty average for me on that trip. 63 is impressive but lose the Amsoil and maybe you'll break 70 Save a few bucks too

Too short a trip to really be accurate though.... What oil do you use? Why you say lose the Amsoil?

[theholycow]

That is rather unbelievable. A few people are getting those numbers out of Civics from that era, but with far more effort than you describe.

[suspendedhatch]

Coasting? That's the big secret? So you're saying that everybody else stays on the gas when they're going downhill...

[Nrggeek]

Welcome Talos4!

BTW, 2100 miles with 33 gallons is 63 mpg, not 72.