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Originally Posted by toast64
Wow, well, good luck with your TCH. I'm sure the larger engine will serve you better above 80 miles per hour. I don't think Honda had 80+ in mind when they designed the civic....  |
Yeah they clearly didn't. The 93-hp engine is very efficient in low-load situations (i.e. cruising at 65 miles per hour or below) but its efficiency lowers dramatically as load increases, like with high-speed cruising... more powerful engines don't suffer as dramatically. Plus the TCH has Toyota's HSD which I find superior anyway (even the 76-hp-ICE Prius does well at 80+ miles per hour) so we'll see. It'll definitely be interesting to compare.