I'm able to get 44MPG on a normal Civic, which is much better than what my car is rated just for the highway (39MPG) yet alone for combined city/highway along with beating out the hybrid version of my Civic as well.
Just a little less than a year back I got a used 2012 Civic (not a hybrid), but it does have an ECON mode. I started just using ECON mode on the highway for the 1st few months. Then I noticed the car has a screen/display telling you what your MPG is in real-time (that you have to switch to in the menus). It's basically a simple bar with 0MPG on the left end with 35MPG in the middle and 70MPG at the far right end. I noticed I was getting about 36MPG per fill-up for 1st so many fill-ups with the MPG screen up.
As the gamer with a great ability to min/max (I win a lot of board games my 1st time playing because of that), I started trying to hit that 70MPG mark as much as possible. Hitting it while doing a steady 35-40MPH on normal streets is pretty easy, where you waste gas is stop signs and stoplights and having to accelerate back up to speed. On the expressway, I can consistently hit between 35-70MPG going 65-70MPH. However, if I stay in the low 60s to upper 50s in MPH, I can hit basically 70MPG just about the whole trip. I used to be someone that went right for the left lane and went 75-85MPH because going faster is better, right? I also found that going slower, at least on my 20min drives, only wastes like a minute vs going faster. Now I stay in the right lanes going at a max 65MPH and I've been averaging 42-44MPG the last month or so. I also do a lot more coasting during city driving to where people pass me up quite a bit now but if I know I won't make the light, I just coast going like 20MPH. Most of my miles are definitely highway driving so that helps a lot.
I was looking into buying a Toyota Prius C but I couldn't find a used one close enough to try as the price range was just about the same as a Civic while the full-sized Prius is much more expensive. Now I think I'd be a perfect fit for a hybrid as I've read getting the most out of a hybrid entails driving it "properly". I really love the Civic for the dashboard alone, I love how the speedometer is as high and far back on the dash as possible (and the Prius C is very similar). I had to drive a rental for a month and it really felt like I had to take my eyes off the road to see my speed vs my prior Civic that got totaled (by someone running from the cops).
Just a little less than a year back I got a used 2012 Civic (not a hybrid), but it does have an ECON mode. I started just using ECON mode on the highway for the 1st few months. Then I noticed the car has a screen/display telling you what your MPG is in real-time (that you have to switch to in the menus). It's basically a simple bar with 0MPG on the left end with 35MPG in the middle and 70MPG at the far right end. I noticed I was getting about 36MPG per fill-up for 1st so many fill-ups with the MPG screen up.
As the gamer with a great ability to min/max (I win a lot of board games my 1st time playing because of that), I started trying to hit that 70MPG mark as much as possible. Hitting it while doing a steady 35-40MPH on normal streets is pretty easy, where you waste gas is stop signs and stoplights and having to accelerate back up to speed. On the expressway, I can consistently hit between 35-70MPG going 65-70MPH. However, if I stay in the low 60s to upper 50s in MPH, I can hit basically 70MPG just about the whole trip. I used to be someone that went right for the left lane and went 75-85MPH because going faster is better, right? I also found that going slower, at least on my 20min drives, only wastes like a minute vs going faster. Now I stay in the right lanes going at a max 65MPH and I've been averaging 42-44MPG the last month or so. I also do a lot more coasting during city driving to where people pass me up quite a bit now but if I know I won't make the light, I just coast going like 20MPH. Most of my miles are definitely highway driving so that helps a lot.
I was looking into buying a Toyota Prius C but I couldn't find a used one close enough to try as the price range was just about the same as a Civic while the full-sized Prius is much more expensive. Now I think I'd be a perfect fit for a hybrid as I've read getting the most out of a hybrid entails driving it "properly". I really love the Civic for the dashboard alone, I love how the speedometer is as high and far back on the dash as possible (and the Prius C is very similar). I had to drive a rental for a month and it really felt like I had to take my eyes off the road to see my speed vs my prior Civic that got totaled (by someone running from the cops).