Fuel economy tips for a new owner of an 06 Civic Hybrid ???? - GreenHybrid

mexiken · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 12:58 PM

I was wondering:

I've read on here numerous topics about "hypermiling" or whatever techniques you found for getting better fuel economy out of a Civic Hybrid. But all the info was too scattered. I just bought mine last night, and I drove it home from Sacramento to L.A. (where I live), and I averaged 46 mpg for the trip. Pretty good considering I didn't use much of the Cruise Control. But I was wondering, what are some of the techniques to get BETTER fuel mileage ???? I don't really understand all of this stuff about the hypermiling and what not, so I was hoping someone could explain some of them to me so I can try them out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

NASAgineer · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 03:24 PM

Check out this article in the Learn section:

http://www.greenhybrid.com/learn/art...fficiency.html

dshelman · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 04:21 PM

Also check out this one, especially for us new HCHII owners!

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/c...read.4922.html

tbaleno · #4 (**permalink**) 01-11-2006, 05:03 PM

Good job posting those links. Since this has been covered many times (hence why all the information is scattered) Its a good idea to just reference those links rather than rehash everything again.

I encourage everyone if they see a good FE link for the 06 civic to post it in this thread.

mexiken · #5 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 08:50 AM

I'm sorry, I don't really know what some of the Acronyms are. Whats FCD ???? Are there some other common acronyms I should know about when reading this ????

Sheniferous · #6 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 08:57 AM

Check out the Glossary here:

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/glossary.php

it's also on the top left hand side of the orange toolbar.

mexiken · #7 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 09:05 AM

Nevermind, its posted on this other thread for us HCH II owners, THANKS !!!!

mexiken · #8 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 09:38 AM

It's all in English, but MAN, its complicated....I don't really get the whole Pulse and Glide thing. Difficult technique, I tried to accelerate on the way back from Sacramento when my FCD maxes, but it always goes down. That means that the ICE is still on right ????

xcel · #9 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 10:15 AM

PCK · #10 (**permalink**) 01-12-2006, 10:29 AM

I just started driving an 06 HCH last week

For me I find that when I try to do Pulse and Glide to acheive 100mpg it drops too
fast. What I find works great for me is to get to desired cruising speed
between 55 & 65 miles per hour, let up on the gas till I see 1800 to 2000 RPM's.,
I can cruise quite a distance with the I-FCD at 65 to 75 mpg (also higher up
to 100 mpg but not often).

All my trips are around 40 miles with the last 5 trips at 60+ mpg range. Try that see
if it works for you, there other other techniques but a lot of it was trial and
error from what others have posted.