I've filled up 4 times and was able to put in an additional .5 gallon each time. When calculating my MPG, it is much lower than what is says on the Energy Consumption screen (by 3 or more MPG).

Do you top off when you fill up? Does it make a difference in accurately calculating MPG?

 

Topping off is an environmental no-no. I had no idea until I did the research myself.

Here's a Trivia Fact of the Day for you:

The Honda Civic GX (natural gas engine) can drive from Washington DC to Los Angeles and it will pollute less driving all those miles than the pollution created by spilling 1 teaspoon of gasoline on the ground.

True Fact.

 

holey mackerel!! are you serious?

 

I am absolutely serious. Here is a page which references the clean aspects of the Civic GX:

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/42884

Look about 1/4 down or search for teaspoon in the text. I read that a coupld of years ago on another Civic GX site and that has stuck with me.

 

That is truely amazing. I am sure it will stick with me too and get worked into conversations with others when I am campaigning for green driving.

edit, I just read that link and I see the the statement they make is:

are you sure that reactive hydrocarbons are equivalent to total polution?

 

THAT was an amazing little tidbit! I've gotta read that link!

 

Actually, no I'm not 100% sure about that. The original page I saw two years ago or so said "pollute less" but I cannot locate that page. I will look for it again.

 

From a Honda page:
So it looks like the "pollution" referred to in my statement is the "smog-forming pollution" component, which I suppose is the hydrocarbons.
The page:
http://164.109.30.201/info/news/arti...=2001051738720

 

I put the pump on the slowest fill rate and when it clicks, I do one more 'click.' I want to avoid filling so much that the carbon cannister gets flooded.

Bob Wilson

 

Ditto...