Feb 14 2008The DIY AeroCivic Will Definitely Get You Great Mileage, Definitely Not Laid
Mike Turner pimped out his 15 year old Civic with lots of what appears to be Bondo, molded cardboard and duct tape to create the AeroCivic. It has a drag coefficient of 0.17 (the new Honda Civic hybrid is around a 0.27) and gets 95 MPG when "driving at a constant speed from 30 to 65 MPH on a flat road in 80 degree temperatures with well broken-in tires." In any other circumstance it gets about 8 MPG. Just kidding. I admire your work Mike, and wish you and the AeroCivic the best in the future. Also, I hope you're already married. Because unless you're looking to bag Mother Nature herself, you're gonna have a hell of a hard time doing it in that thing.
Several more pictures of the AeroCivic after the jump.
DIY AeroCivic: It's Ugly, But it Gets 95 Miles Per Gallon [treehugger]
Reader Comments
1. Sophie - February 14, 2008 3:46 PM
How would you word the opposite of "Pussy Wagon"?
DIY Aerocivic
2. matt - February 14, 2008 3:57 PM
Well I hope he saves enough in gas money to buy a life.
3. Darren - February 14, 2008 3:58 PM
Axe body spray needs to use this car in a commercial... If their spray can get you laid in this bucket, that's quite a testimony to their product.
4. Mysterious M - February 14, 2008 4:17 PM
I have a 40 mile commute.
If all I have to do for 95 mpg is drive this fugly contraption, I'm in.
I lost my ego when I started selling cds for gas money.
But then I guess it all worked out in the end, because now my job pays for my internet and I download more music in a week than I owned on cd during my entire young adulthood.
5. bar room hero - February 14, 2008 5:01 PM
That's ghetto man
6. Necromanson - February 14, 2008 11:12 PM
#5 ^^^^^^ Yeah you're right. This car sucks.
7. barbi - February 15, 2008 12:33 AM
I think I pass this guy on the way into work on occasion. If it is not him, then there are TWO of these things out there!
8. guate6 - February 15, 2008 1:59 AM
Like many things on here, the idea itself is neat, but he should have spent a little more money on making it look better...the back looks nice, but the tire covers look crappy.
Oh and if you get a manual transmission, they're more economical, and usually less expensive.
Just save up money from not spending it on gas, get a nice bike (motor or pedal) and get chicks that way, save the car for about a few months into the relationship...that should work (put all other factors aside).
9. laz - February 15, 2008 5:31 AM
is that the stock exchange read out on his dash?
i guess it's cool, if he has the time to spend on it...what else is he going to do with a 15 yr old car?
10. nibstar5 - February 15, 2008 9:22 AM
That thing blows!
11. KingBling - February 15, 2008 10:24 AM
This car is cool man. I leased one from leaseacar industries, well i got laid straight away in the highstreet of my local shopping mall. big guy with tattoos laughed then laid me out with 1 punch.. so later that evening i went posing.. arm out the window. Rick astley BOOMing from the portable stereo on the back seat.. i picked up one hot chick. (she said she wont fall over next time as she will have her crutches with her) i took her for a posh meal.. Mcdonalds wrapped in a silk scarve. She told me she will have an op soon so she looks human and everything. so i bought the lease car outright with cash from my 2 year old brothers piggy bank..Now I am now the happiest submarine car owner ever..And one day after many hours of surgery i will have the hottest chick ever..
12. nibstar5 - February 15, 2008 3:47 PM
There is no F-ing way this thing gets 95 miles per gallon! A regular, non-Hybrid Civic probably gets, what, about 25 mpg? I HIGHLY doubt that you can almost quadruple that by slapping on 30 pounds of bondo. If this was the case, I would imaging that all 2009 vehicles (especially given America's current love of all things 'green') would all look like this rocket. And if this is the case, and I'm the only person in this country who doesn't know that every 2009 is going to look like a sci-fi submarine, hopefully the auto makers design it better than this piece of sh!t.
13. guate6 - February 16, 2008 12:45 AM
#12: Most the '09 release models have been out for a while now...a lot of companies even have releases until 2012 for their concept-production cars. So no, they won't look like this, nor will they resemble submarines. I too think 95mpg is still a bit high for this, but it's not impossible given the factors (speed, broken in tires, etc.).
What they need to make is the Writespeed, into production, that would rock!
14. Confused Geek - February 14, 2009 9:20 PM
while pulling a booger out of my nose I saw this one cardboard car rocket past me . . . In the instant I flicked the booger off my index finger to the instant it hit the ground, 3.23 feet away, the cardboard rocket car had lapped the street thrice and the cardboard racer had gotten laid thrice. . . and then he died when his cardboard undies got soggy due to all the pumping and he caught an infection. . . . .