THE SECOND COMPLETE YEAR WITH MY HONDA CIVIC HYBRID

Hybrid The second year was as smooth as the first one was with only one warranty issue that occured in June. Other than that, the car has performed perfectly all year. I drove it 12,596 miles, which is a little less than in the first year. There was only one trip to the Indianapolis Speedway instead of two. The other "INDY" trip was with a friend in a big Suburban. Boy, did we burn the gas on that trip! If we had gone in the Civic, the ending mileage for the year would have been within a hundred miles of the first year, and we would have saved about 60 gallons of gas.

The engine always started with the IMA motor and never resorted to the conventional 12volt starter, so I have yet to hear that starter motor run. The fuel mileage as shown by the chart below has stayed about the same, with only minor improvement. I am still happy with it, even though it is not quite up to the EPA figures. I drive my car in the real would, and not on a big roller in the floor.

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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
7/19/2003
450.2
39.7.3
14339
42.3
12.143
36.27
$1.38
$16.75
Tulsa, OK
7/31/2003
249.7
37
14589
42
7.223
34.57
$1.45
$10.47
Springfield, Mo
7/31/2003
178.9
42.3
14768
42.3
4.458
40.13
$1.45
$6.46
Saint Clair, Mo
8/1/2003
161.7
49.2
14930
42.3
3.906
41.4
$1.50
$5.86
Greenwood, In
8/3/2003
369.9
46.9
15300
42.3
8.305
44.54
$1.46
$12.12
Springfield, Mo
8/4/2003
469.2
46.1
15769
42.3
10.921
42.96
$1.45
$15.82
Tulsa, Ok
8/12/2003
431.4
41.2
16200
42.3
11.761
36.68
$1.49
$17.51
Tulsa, Ok
8/25/2003
294.2
38.6
16494
42.3
7.751
37.96
$1.60
$12.39
Tulsa, Ok
9/4/2003
429.1
43.9
16923
42.3
11.072
38.76
$1.52
$16.82
Tulsa, OK
9/13/2003
381.2
45.4
17035
42.3
8.894
42.86
$1.45
$12.89
Broken Arrow, OK
9/15/2003
382
45
17687
42.3
9.418
40.56
$1.43
$13.46
Tulsa, OK
9/26/2003
299
42.7
17986
42.3
7.539
39.66
$1.29
$9.72
Tulsa, OK
10/7/2003
357.6
40.1
18344
42.3
8.862
41.19
$1.45
$12.58
Broken Arrow, OK
10/13/2003
356.5
48
18700
40.4
8.005
44.52
$1.39
$11.12
Tulsa, OK
10/26/2003
392.2
45
19092
42.7
9.554
41.05
$1.37
$13.08
Tulsa, OK
11/6/2003
270.6
43.5
19362
42.7
7.079
38.23
$1.27
$8.98
Tulsa, OK
11/17/2003
297.8
43.81
19659
42.7
7.61
39.09
$1.29
$9.81
Tulsa, OK
11/29/2003
297.2
41.2
19956
42.7
8.335
35.65
$1.25
$10.41
Tulsa, Ok
12/9/2003
318.8
44.6
20274
42.78
7.68
41.51
$1.30
$9.98
Tulsa, OK
12/18/2003
302.6
41.2
20576
42.7
8.441
35.97
$1.34
$11.26
Tulsa, OK
1/3/2004
327.6
40.8
20903
42.7
8.655
37.85
$1.37
$11.58
Broken Arrow, OK
1/14/2004
400.6
39.7
21303
42.7
11.361
35.26
$1.58
$17.71
Tulsa, OK
1/27/2004
348.8
39.3
21651
42.7
9.912
35.19
$1.50
$14.86
Tulsa, OK
2/11/2004
377.1
39.3
22028
42.7
10.713
35.2
$1.42
$15.20
Tulsa, OK
2/27/2004
387.6
39.7
22416
42.3
10.985
35.4
$1.54
$16.91
Tulsa, OK
3/15/2004
466.7
42
22882
42.3
11.39
39.22
$1.50
$17.07
Broken Arrow, OK
3/24/2004
399.2
42
23273
42.3
10.73
37.2
$1.57
$16.48
Tulsa, OK
4/2/2004
364.4
45
23638
42.3
8.848
41.18
$1.58
$13.97
Tulsa, OK
4/10/2004
438.4
42.3
24077
42.3
11.218
39.08
$1.57
$17.60
Tulsa, OK
4/13/2004
62.5
42
24139
42.3
2.08
30.5
$1.57
$3.26
Tulsa, OK
4/26/2004
506.9
45
24646
42.7
11.884
42.65
$1.64
$14.98
Tulsa, OK
5/11/2004
501.1
48.4
25147
42.7
11.713
42.78
$1.88
$22.01
Tulsa, OK
6/14/2004
440.4
40.8
25588
42.7
11.666
37.75
$1.74
$20.29
Tulsa, OK
6/22/2004
459.5
44.6
26047
42.7
11.334
40.6
$1.70
$19.27
Tulsa, OK
6/30/2004
436.3
47.3
26484
42.7
9.809
44.5
$1.68
$16.47

There were two oil changes during the year and on the second one there was a switch to Mobil 1, 0/20 synthetic oil. The transmission fluid was also changed at 20,000 miles. The one warranty issue had to do with the windshield wiper motor, it failed at 25,557 miles and was replaced under warranty. Everything else has been fine during the second year. Now we will see how things go for the third year.



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