MY FOURTH COMPLETE YEAR WITH THE HONDA CIVIC HYBRID

Hybrid The fourth year for my Civic Hybrid has gone very smoothly. No problems at all to deal with. Because of dividing my driving between two cars, the mileage on the hybrid didn't add up as fast as before. I didn't use it on any trips long enough to require filling up at any stations out of my home area. One entry below shows Broken Arrow which is really just a suburb of Tulsa. Any work done on the car was just in the way of routine maintenance The actual gas mileage for the year improved by about 1.5 miles per gallon over the year before. The original tires all still have at least 4/32 tread remaining and brakes show very minimal wear. The lack of brake wear is no doubt due to the fact that a large part of the braking action is done by the regeneration that takes place when coaasting and stoping.

As was mentioned earlier, I have yet to hear the car start on it's 12 volt starter. All the engine starting has been with the IMA system. Guess I will just keep driving and enjoy the trouble free ride. .


Location
City
Date
Last Fill
Mileage
(trip A)
Last Fill
MPG
(trip A)
Total
Mileage
(trip B)
Lifetime
Mileage
(trip B)
Gal.
Used
Actual
MPG
Cost
Per
Gal.
Total $
Tulsa, OK
9/1/2005
429
43.5
36547
42.7
10.626
40.37
$3.06
$32.50
Tulsa, OK
9/6/2005
463
43.5
37010
42.7
11.503
40.25
$3.00
$34.50
Tulsa, OK
9/21/2005
344
45.4
37354
42.7
8.642
39.81
$2.50
$21.60
Tulsa, OK
9/25/2005
374
43.1
37728
42.7
9.234
40.5
$2.60
$24.00
Tulsa, OK
10/8/2005
493
46.1
38221
42.7
12.002
41.11
$2.66
$31.91
Tulsa, OK
10/16/2005
460
45
38680
42.7
11.525
39.91
$2.30
$26.50
Tulsa, OK
11/15/2005
363.1
49.2
39045
42.7
7.665
47.37
$1.98
$15.17
Tulsa, OK
11/29/2005
170.2
45.4
39215
42.7
4.809
35.39
$1.90
$9.13
Broken Arrow, OK
12/28/2005
314.8
41.6
39530
42.7
8.447
37.27
$2.03
$17.14
Tulsa, OK
1/15/2006
248.8
44.2
39779
42.7
6.356
39.14
$2.18
$13.85
Tulsa, OK
2/14/2006
422.6
43.1
40201
42.7
11.446
36.92
$2.10
$24.03
Tulsa, OK
3/26/2006
414.9
40.1
40616
42.7
11.404
36.38
$2.36
$26.90
Tulsa, OK
5/1/2006
408.7
42.3
41025
42.7
10.906
37.47
$2.58
$28.13
Tulsa, OK
5/21/2006
460.7
43.5
41486
42.7
11.21
41.1
$2.50
$28.01
Tulsa, OK
6/23/2006
387.3
40.1
41873
42.7
10.943
35.29
$2.70
$29.54
Tulsa, OK
6/30/2006
196.2
41.6
42070
42.7
5.358
26.62
$2.80
$15.00

The car received an ECM update at Joe Marina Honda, july, 20, 2005. It was done under warranty at no cost.

It is still a great car to own, and a pleasure to drive. I am looking forward to another year of trouble free miles.

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