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The News News Come on Spring!

Come on Spring!

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My 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid, Magnetic Pearl and a flowering tree in my yard. The first little signs of spring are starting to show; first, as you can tell from the tree in my yard, the local plants and birds are starting to act as if spring has been here for several weeks.

My 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid (HCHII) is also getting in on this springtime action. On my way home last night, I pulled 61+ MPG until my last errand of the night, where I dropped down to 58.6 MPG.

My last tank, which started out in some pretty brisk temperatures with some nice windy weather thrown in for good measure, started out as a measly 52 MPG tank, which graduated to an adequate 55-56 mpg for about a week, but then spring hit and I polished off that tank at a very nice 61.544 MPG over 716.8 miles. The light was about to come on in about another 50 miles or so, but I was not sure what my commutes were going to look like, so I filled before the gas light illuminated.

The start of this week and my new tank is much better than the last tank, it is still cooler than the car excels at but tonight she gave some good numbers (58.6 MPG) and the tank is showing 57.5 MPG on the trip meter.

Is your spring getting off to a nice start?

Don’t be shy, post a comment.

Kacey Green 
for the
Midlands Hybrid Club
"Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies."

My fuel economy, tracked at every fill-up since purchase, your mileage will vary. 

The Midlands Hybrid Club, the home of the hybrid and hypermiling club of the Carolinas, based in Columbia, SC.

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GardenWeasel said:

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tinting
Is that factory window tinting? I like it!!
 
March 16, 2009
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Kacey Green said:

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re: tinting
Thank you!
I had that done at Midlands Honda, it helps with the South Carolina summers, but more importantly it looks great. smilies/grin.gif
 
March 17, 2009 | url
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