I got rid of the Civic this evening. All four inner door seals failed today and something broke in the rear end of the car. Sounded like someone with a hammer was beating on the underside of the trunk. It had to go.
I ended up getting a Mazda3 S Touring 5MT. On the 40 mile drive home I got 44 mpg. A drive around town with the wife lowered the tank to 42.8 mpg. I should be able to get near Civic class mpg out of this car.
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