Originally Posted by Destrox

Hmmm I've driven the 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid for well over 1500 miles.

I did this out in Arizona, covered literally the whole state in most directions.

On the LONNNNG drives that were mostly either flat or downhill (Out there you can easily spend 2 hours driving downhill.) I easily attained 48-52 mpg.

BUT.

Driving anywhere that even remotely uphill (I mean as low as 3% grade) or city driving I never broke 37 mpg.

I use cruise control as often as possible, and with the Hybrid Civics you cant drive like a Ferrari if you wanted to. They have HORRIBLE low end power for quick starts compared to non-Hybrid variations.

Was it a great car to travel 1500~ miles in? Hell yeah.
Would I buy the Hybrid over the normal Civic? Nope. That extra 5-6 grand will take YEARS to pay off. Not worth the extra dough.

Does this guy have a good complaint, I'd say so. Long as he only tries to get the EPA/Honda to admit AND fix the problem does he deserve it. He does not deserve any sort of money in return though.

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Every single fuel up I do in fact calculate my mpg. These numbers are very important to me, they tell me how good of a driver I've been.

Going from 50 mpg to 37 mpg is a massive difference, and it is very sad that Honda only relies on the higher one when it comes to advertising.

The Civic has one kickass panel.