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Replying to: ljgbjg (Nov 18, 2008 1:50 pm)  about 40 mph recently and it just kind of sat there for a 1/2 second before it kicks down and then only one gear just doesn't seem to have the kick it had. Bad tank of gas? I know it's rated for 87 octane but has anyone with VCM tried premium? Improve acceleration? C'mon somebody has had to try it.
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Hey all- Just filled up again. Good news it was $1.539, bad news my mileage was 22. Still trying to pay attention to acceleration and stuff like that, but winter blend is here and the necessity of using defrosters and the heater. Coupled with more short trips, I got a different job closer to home, about 6 miles now. |
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Replying to: dpmeersman (Nov 18, 2008 4:36 pm) Premium does have more additives (octane boosters) to help against Spark Knock, Pinging, and so forth. That higher octane can be useful with heavy loads in the mountains or towing heavy loads in hot weather when the cylinder heads and combustion chambers may get hotter than normal.. In a nutshell, Octane simply helps the fuel to "burn" extremely rapidly, rather than "explode". The higher the Octane, the slower the burn. Higher performance engines with higher compression and more advanced ignition timing may require Premium to ring out the extra power at or near red line. Oil company brochures will tell us that using Premium in a car designed for 87 octane does nothing more than cost extra money. Mileage may even suffer. Kip |
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...my mileage has gone sub-26 again. A little defrost, and of course getting the car running to clear off the windows in the morning. I've also been using 1,2,D3 as well as regular D to attempt to control the car in slippery conditions. It seems to work. The extra engine breaking helps slow me down so I don't go careening into the intersection. My last tank was about 25ish.
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Replying to: tankbeans (Dec 08, 2008 5:19 pm) 2 is useful for starting in slick conditions though.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Dec 08, 2008 6:30 pm) Gotta love snow. Pretty to look at, but not so fun to drive in.
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Replying to: tankbeans (Dec 09, 2008 4:54 pm)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Dec 09, 2008 8:12 pm) |
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Looks pretty dead here, so I will throw out some recent numbers. As suspected the winter has killed my mpg. My 10 tank average got as high as 39.8 in the summer (during a series of back to back business trips), but is now down to 32.4 in the winter. Had some pretty poor tanks in there. Most recently driving about 65 mpg in extremely windy (35-50 mph) mostly headwinds and temps in the single digits to teens my tank was just over 30 mpg. Did have one bright spot when it warmed up to the 50's for a trip and I got 47 mpg with a slight tailwind. My lifetime is now down to about 33.6 mpg. Hope to hit 34 next summer and hope to not have my 10 tank go below 30 this winter. I guess the lower gas prices mean that people are less concerned about mpg. I hope they remember the high prices, because the last thing we need is for everybody to celebrate the low prices and go buy a guzzler as that will drive prices right up again. Efficiency has a snowball effect. The more efficient we are the lower gas prices get because there is less demand. BTW I paid $1.25.9 the other day for pure unleaded (no ethanol) in Rapid City SD. It is starting to go back up a little now.
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Replying to: dudleyr (Jan 13, 2009 12:19 pm) Now my overall average from last march is 26ish. I'm annoyed, but I've come to expect this from MN winters. Lower energy content in E10 coupled with forced idling to melt frost on the inside of the windshield plus having to get out of snow piles every now and then equals crappy mileage. This is the only reason I look forward to spring.
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