minor update...

work in progress:
fog lights
front lowering springs (1.3")
smoke or red tail lights.. still deciding.

I drive a blue '98 Toyota Rav4. Pretty good. Not necessarily modern but it does get me from Point A to Point B without trouble.

New Car!

Nice!^^
and i really want to see what mileage you can achieve with this!

if you had those windows here the cops would put X's in them with razor blades

I'm not a speed demon. I need something to do work with. So I bought a new Toyota Tacoma today. The quality of Toyota trucks is just unparalleled. I still have a 1991 Toyota truck (single cab) with 300,000 miles, and it still runs great. Anyways, my new truck was pricey ($21,434 + TTL etc) but at 2.9% for 60 months, and the rarity of these in my area, I couldn't pass up the opportunity.

I don't think I am going to do that well on the first tank, but I am hoping to achieve 40+ MPG.

It's the 2008 Honda Civic LX model.

I installed a ScanGauge II a couple days ago so I can monitor my economy at any moment and make adjustments.

I highly doubt you will get 40+ MPG unless you live in 100% flat grounds and go on highway all the time.

I can consider myself a hypermiler, mixed city/highway in a pretty hilly place. I have a 07 Civic LX 5 speed manual like yours. I rarely makes any stops unless all necessary (Because a full stop to reacceleration will consumer more gas), turns off my car at long lights when I actually do stop, accelerates at optimal speed and keeps my engine at most efficient RPMs almost all time, uses cruise control often and travels at constant speed, and uses gravity to accelerate when possible and puts the car in gear so it goes at constant speed and the momentum of the wheels will drive my engine so it doesn't consume gas when desired speed is reached. When possible I also follow large vehicles on the highway and last time I checked I 'only' got 38MPG (6.3L/100km).

You're one of the few americans who drive a manual gearbox

lol, it was so hard finding a manual car on the lot to test drive. Every time I asked a dealership if they had a manual they looked at me funny.

And if they did have a manual it was only one car.

That's funny, because if was soo difficult to find an Automatic vehicle when I went and bought my truck.

lol I would have thought North America would be pretty close in their love for auto, but interestingly here in Calgary, Honda, Acura, Ford, Audi, VW etc all had manuals on the lot for test driving. The only car dealership that I've been to that doesn't have a manual of the model I want was Nissan with the Altima Coupe. (BTW I don't plan to buy any of those cars. I just test drive them for fun. )

i went to 7 Nissan dealers looking for that... have yet to find one.

Just filled up:

Date (M/D/YY): 10/22/2008.
$/Gallon: 2.699
Gallons Purchased: 8.957
Miles Driven: 345.0
MPG: 38.5
L/100km: 6.1
Total Cost: $24.17

I definitely can break 40 MPG. The car only has a little over 400 miles on the odometer. Once the engine is broken in I think I'll do better.

WHAT THE ****!!??

and there i was this morning excited to have found a shell station that was $3.25... filled up for $50, got something close to 370miles ~ 24.6mpg.

You're in California though.

05 Doge Durango, just got it 2 weeks aho 58K miles on it nicest vehicle I've ever had my name attached to

4.7L V8

can you mail me some gasoline? lol

That's not true... my Prelude is a 5 speed.

rofl!

The same gas station had 87 for $2.589 today.

AHHHHHHH!

I wouldn't have saved any money by waiting though. From home to school and back is around 62 miles.

(345.0 miles + 62.0 miles)/(38.5 MPG) x $2.589 per gallon = $27.37.

Would have spent more.

Do you normally stick to a certain 'brand' or do you go for the cheapest you can find?

I only use Shell, Mobile on occasion. There was an arco across from the Shell i went to today, their price was $3.12 but i didn't even think twice about going there.
I've tried them all, Valero, Chevron, Conoco 76, Arco.... Shell and Mobile give me the best mileage.

I tend to use Mobil, Shell, and Citgo.

I drive a Toyota Corolla and a Honda Accord (new one, 8th gen).

i drive an Audi S3 (8P)
it's one hell of a car!!
265 bhp
0 - 100km/h : 5.7 seconds
and very comfortable

I'm learning to drive at the moment in a V Reg 1300 Rover 25. Not the best car in the world but it suits me for a first car, i have my test on the 19th of November and i have about £3k lined up to buy a new car, i'm hoping for something along the lines of a Volkswagen Golf or a Renault Clio.

Was out taking pics of cars today, so i've taken some of my Peugeot 206 Gti

I drive a Citroen AX Gt passed my test just over three weeks ago
My Car

My Rims

2007 Lexus GS 350...just bought it brand new a few weeks ago (yes, it's a 2007 car which was parked for a year due to having pricey options which are now standard)

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I bought a Nissan Maxima today. No pics yet...too dark when i left.

Just got my car back, was in an accident 2 weeks ago... I was inside my car, NOT MOVING!! and a "lady" crashed into my car... In the paintjob alone was a 500€ repair for 3 or 4 scratches, good thing her insurance paid for it

Still has to go back to get the front rim painted (it was scratched too), when I get it fully repaired I'll post some pics

soooooooooooooooooooooo sexy ^

Yeah, it's sweet.

some more pics here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevofc/sets/72157608968758126/

I will take more pics when I can. It's been raining here ever since I took those few pics.

Just got the licence, however I still have to do some documentation before I can drive one of these: (PC. these pics are taken from the internet, mine is still garaged )




... mine is not tinted.

i can't tell in the pic.. did you get the glass roof?

seeing the blinkers on the side view mirrors i think you got the SV model right?

god damn that is pure sexiness.

Yeah it's the SV with the Sport Package. It has a moonroof.

Looks extremely good StevoFC. I still envy you guys for not having to have a front license plate.

They're all black



2007 Civic LX and 2008 Odyssey EX-L.

Louisville Slugger - I think your camera cost more than your car

This was when I first bought it, now I have different wheels and tires. Those are 18" I went to 20" and had them powder coated black/grey to match the tire color. I removed the front bug shield and had the windows tinted

I am getting rid of it this summer, not sure if I'll get an SUV, or a sports car --

This has some performance mods, it has 350bhp/425 ft lb torque - not bad for a truck - but the 12 mpg got a little annoying when gas was $4.00/gal

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Mine...A Blue Honda Accord (2007) with a Huge Wing

As of yesterday I'm driving my bike. Arrogant people without eyes forced me.

Just bought a brand new Regatta Blue 2009 Hyundai Elantra GLS. I LOVE it!

My old car was a 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL so it was a huge jump in everything basically. Got a pretty good deal on it too. Not bad for my second car.

Isn't it funny how 10 - 15 years ago it would have been the other way around?

^ Exactly.

I've never seen any around here to be honest. They cost as much as a Civic

99' Honda Passport EX, Electric Candy Blue on 20's by Status.

Yamaha R6 '08 - Because all my friends have cars