Honda Civic travels one light second in ten years

Matthew Farley writes: “I thought you might appreciate . This car took about 10 years to cover the same distance light in a vacuum does in one second. Just in case I missed it, I had also worked out one light second in air.”

1. [TJ S]

   That’s nothing. My Saturn is closing in on a light second, and it’s only 7 years old.

   Obviously, the fact that it is named after a planet accounts for the increased speed. That, and a couple of cross-country drives, delivering pizza for a couple years, and dating a girl 70 miles away.

2. [Anonymous]

   Thats an Integra Dash (a tarted up Civic to be sure!) Also awesome and un-killable like most Honda products.

3. [muteboy]

   picked up a bit of dark matter on the way

4. [technogeek]

   1 lightsec has long been my definition of minimum reasonable lifetime for a car. Alas, my last two cars didn’t make it.

5. [apoxia]

   I would like to know how much petrol was required to travel that distance.

6. [nutbastard]

   138282 / 30 = ~4609.4 gallons, assuming 30MPG (which is about what a D16Z6 gets, and i’m somewhat sure that’s the engine of this civic based on the redline/dash style)

7. [Mr_Voodoo]

   @#6… Um, I think that’s 186,282. And you can’t have a gallon of petrol. The Atlantic Ocean won’t allow it.

   (I’m just assuming they use litres over there, but I may be wrong. Anyone?)

8. [dculberson]

   In England, they use Imperial Gallons (~1.2 US Gallons) and Miles.

9. [Mr_Voodoo]

   @#8 That surprises me. Thanks for the info.

   So I stand corrected. You can have an (Imperial) gallon of petrol.