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600 mile club!
29 May 07 08:18 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

Woohoo! I hit 600.2 miles as I rolled into the gas station tonight after work. This is my first >600 mile tank, and according to the gas pump, I supposedly had almost 2 gallons left! So my next milestone will be 700 miles... once I work up the nerve...

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Extolling the virtues of the Honda Civic Hybrid
29 May 07 12:53 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

As I mentioned previously, I have a sticker on my HCH-II with a simple message: 52mpg. Yes, it's partially there for bragging rights, and partially there to help people understand just what kind of great mileage you can achieve with this car. Well...

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Hypermiling Update
15 May 07 03:38 PM | JoeFuture | with no comments

With a bit of a cold snap, some cruising around neighborhoods at low speeds, and rushing my wife to a doctor's appointment (lesson: always leave early), this tank wasn't as good as the last. I got 48.9mpg for 502.6 miles. Here's a snap of...

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