I only do tent camping on all of my camping trips, however my sister recently totaled our original camping vehicle, she ran into a fast moving tree. Not joshing you either, that oak tree had to be growing at a pace of about 1 inch per year. We had been using a 2005 toyota sienna minivan, plenty of room for all of us and our gear, but now I am looking to buy the camping vehcil, used of course. I finally decided on what camping vehicle to look due to its high mpg, a honda civic diesel. 'does anybody on here have any experience driving diesel cars? if so, How much does weight hurt a diesel car engine? I know that for every 100lbs on a gas engine, you drop the mpg by about 2%. But is a diesel in the same ballgame as the gas engine under these circumstances? I want personal experience, hence why am I on this site. The diesel civic is around 45-50mpg, gas civic is high 20's, low 30's, those numbers are without extra people nor gear in the car. I want the rough numbers for a diesel civic with weight. If not, your recommendation would be quite helpful to verify or reject my conclusion. My conclusion is as follows:
Yes, weighing down a car does hurt its mpg, but how much it hurts is a factor of its curb rating and how high its mpg is unloaded. Now the civic is a light car, so its mpg should be hurt a lot by additional weight, but it is a diesel, not a gasoline engine.Therefore due to the type of fuel it burns, it should absorb and overcome the additional weight without affecting mpg. Could somebody verify or reject this conclusion?
Yes, weighing down a car does hurt its mpg, but how much it hurts is a factor of its curb rating and how high its mpg is unloaded. Now the civic is a light car, so its mpg should be hurt a lot by additional weight, but it is a diesel, not a gasoline engine.Therefore due to the type of fuel it burns, it should absorb and overcome the additional weight without affecting mpg. Could somebody verify or reject this conclusion?
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