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2672 messages, Last post on Nov 23, 2009 at 2:36 PM
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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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My daily 30 mile commute into DC is 20 miles of rolling four lane at 70 mph and 10 miles of stop and go. I get 28-29 mpg without even thinking about it. Great car...just hit 36,000 (good by warranty) using Mobil 1 synthetic. Only complaint is the tires are terrible in turns ...especially when wet. 
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Aww, I got my first sub-30 mpg tank this winter. Lots of short trips and cooler weather amounted to 29.8 mpg. I usually get 4 of these tanks every winter. My all-time lowest tank is 28.0. I can't complain though. After 61k miles, I've only had nine tanks of gas that were below 30 mpg and only two of those were below 29.  06 Accord EX-L w/navi I4 manual |
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Replying to: tankbeans (Jan 17, 2009 10:34 am) I do belive that the EPA needs to state two MPG numbers on the car stickers winter and summer driving.
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