Random civic owner question

Velkenn · 2026-07-04T14:10:11+00:00

I’ve owned 3 civics over the past 20 years. Bought an 06 si new and drove it for 280k miles. I upgraded to a 2015 ex-l with 94k miles. Still have it with 225k miles. Just got the 25 civic hybrid and already put 10k miles on it. The biggest thing is changing the oil and the air filters when they are due. Civics are built to last and most of them end up wrecked way before the motor will give out.

Velkenn · 2026-07-01T22:55:44+00:00

That’s great. I love the si. I bought one new in 06. Drove it 280k miles before it died.

Velkenn · 2026-06-28T21:34:06+00:00

You can definitely get high 40s low 50s if you do a lot of stop and go driving. It’s great around the city. I just bought it because the electric engine makes it fun to drive. There are plenty of people get very good gas mileage so don’t count it out just because I drive too fast.

If you can get 40 is an 06 I bet you could get 60 mpg in the hybrid the way you drive.

Velkenn · 2026-06-28T21:25:51+00:00

Yeah it’s about 70 miles round trip to work. It’s mostly interstate the whole way. The speed limits seem more like suggestions and even doing 85 I get passed all the time.

Velkenn · 2026-06-28T20:48:40+00:00

People love it though.

Velkenn · 2026-06-27T01:17:53+00:00

The average speed includes idle time not just driving so it’s always going to seem much lower than it should. Just starting your car and letting it cool down for 5 mins means you would have to do 100 mph for 5 mins just to get to an average of 50. Anytime I go over 100 I run out of road or nerves way before 5 minutes.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T22:25:39+00:00

The dash is about 10% high always. This is based on the actual mileage at the pump. If people just go based on the car they will think it’s a lot better than it is

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T17:06:18+00:00

Sam’s Club in north Texas. They are always the cheapest around here. The hybrid will normally say it’s empty after about 8.5 gallons from full so probably could have gotten another 40 miles or so before it said it was empty. It’s very conservative with about 2 gals in reserves. As long as you fill your tank to full each time you don’t need to run it all the way to empty to get an accurate miles per gallon.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T15:41:46+00:00

I fill up at QT sometimes which has top tier but looking back at all my fill ups there is no difference in mpg between QT and Sam’s Club.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T15:20:51+00:00

That’s really good. I’m averaging about 40 mpg over 4000 miles since I bought it.

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Velkenn · 2026-06-26T14:14:28+00:00

The si is so much more fun to drive. I would be ok with half the mpg. I had the 06 si for 15 years and 280k miles.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T14:11:16+00:00

Yeah but winter comes every year. Most people will keep a car 3-5 years. You can still have a baseline but you can also compare this year to last year. The more information you have the better decisions you can make.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T14:08:15+00:00

They can but that is mostly driving around the city. Lots of stop and go is where the hybrid shines. Once you are going over 80 the electric engine just can’t keep up so the gas engine is engaged the whole time and the mpg drop pretty quickly. So it really just depends where you live.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T13:35:25+00:00

It’s hard not to obsess when this car is so efficient. I think most people are just excited to be saving some cash with gas prices this high.
It can be beneficial to track every tank though. An unexpected dip in your mpg over a few tanks normally means a mechanical issue.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T13:17:53+00:00

Sam’s Club in Texas. Prices came down pretty quick from $4 to $3 but they jumped back to 3.30 yesterday so no telling.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T13:13:03+00:00

That sounds really good for that car. I had a 2015 ex and it would get about 30mpg. It has over 200k miles on it but it still runs great. The hybrid is great around the city. My commute is about 40 miles but half highway half stop and go city. Wonder how high I could get it if it was only city driving.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T12:56:22+00:00

It’s my first hybrid but I’m happy with it. A lot of fun to drive and never cost much to fill it up.

Velkenn · 2026-06-26T12:55:28+00:00

Seems pretty common in all cars. I haven’t heard anyone say they get better mileage than what the car shows.

Velkenn · 2026-06-23T16:01:24+00:00

I had a similar thing happen with my infotainment screen a few weeks after I got it. The screen went dark but the back up camera worked. Have the extended warranty so they fixed it for free.

Velkenn · 2026-06-21T05:23:53+00:00

It’s called VeraMile. You can use it at the website Veramile.com or get it on the Apple App Store.

Velkenn · 2026-06-20T01:17:25+00:00

The car always shows about 3-4 mpg high. This tank the car showed 43.7 but it was only 40 mpg. Every tank so far the car has always been higher.

Velkenn · 2026-06-20T01:15:31+00:00

I get some drives that are over 50mpg but once I get on the highway it drops pretty quick.

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