430 miles, 42 MPG - Honda Civic Hybrid

My Honda Civic Hybrid going more or less to work and back - 7 miles each way, morning and evening, got 42 MPG. This means I can make 430 miles before going to gas station.

Not bad :-)



Road in the morning is the best as far as mpg because often you don't have to use Air Conditioning. But the KEY to such result is very smooth driving, very gradual speeding up. But a bit of luck is needed too. For instance driving in rain will never give you good mpg, rain under car and in air is not good for aerodynamics, the car must work harder to get 'through' the rain.

Car is great, on the other setting it shows that on 3,600 miles it averaged 39.8 MPG.

Dealer says 40/45 and it actually seems underrate city and a bit overrate highway (but with highway it also depends if it rains, against the wind? hills? how many people in the car ... weight in general ... and finally, do you drive smoothly 70 MPH or speed up like crazy, drive 80 or above MPH)