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378 messages, Last post on Nov 23, 2009 at 1:42 PM
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Replying to: athenasius (Feb 24, 2009 4:13 am) I got a feeling the problem is in the brakes. They often squeak, and are extremely touchy. They may be dragging. I'm not a rocket scientist, and can hardly even speeel rocket scientist, but if the brakes are grabbing that probably would have a heavy impact on MPG. I take it in Wednesday (tomorrow) morning. I'll keep you all posted and thanks muck for your thoughts and input.
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Replying to: sbsteggs (Feb 24, 2009 2:24 pm) 
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Replying to: 5_more (Feb 23, 2009 4:15 pm) HMMM...so if you press the brake going downhill you're wasting gas too 
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Replying to: bobw3 (Feb 24, 2009 4:42 pm) Even though it may be necessary for safe travel, or to maintain speed, energy is wasted each time the brakes are used. Unless you pushed the car up the hill, the energy that got the car up the hill came out of the gas tank. In the absence of braking, you'd have traveled further on the way down. That's the miles part of miles per gallon. The exception to this is applying the brakes on a stationary car whose engine is not running. That will not effect gas mileage. What is so hard to understand about this?
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Replying to: 5_more (Feb 24, 2009 5:29 pm) |
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Replying to: 5_more (Feb 24, 2009 5:34 am)
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Replying to: sbsteggs (Feb 24, 2009 2:25 pm)  . The finger valve things, or whatever he called them, that inject or control fuel are working fine. The brakes are perfect. Here is the possible Problems: 1. The actual average mileage according to Mazda is 23 MPG combined. 2. With "only" 1300 miles on the car, it's not "broke in" yet. 3. Driving style. 4. This is the most probable cause to them for the MPG being off "slightly", the gasoline companies blend the gas differently from summer to winter. The "winter" gas mix fires differently, faster. This makes the cars start faster and get warmer faster. The "winter mix" also results in lower MPG for everybody. So there it is. Keep the tire pressure up, they documented the issue, and see if the MPG improves in the spring. A "  song and a dance  " or "  legit  "??
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Replying to: sbsteggs (Feb 25, 2009 11:09 am)
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Replying to: athenasius (Feb 25, 2009 7:45 am) I said the heat was free, not the air. The air is almost free. Unless you open a window in the winter, you need the fan for fresh air to keep the windows from fogging. If it's above freezing the a/c helps too, but you have to pay for that. Cheers |
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Replying to: 5_more (Feb 25, 2009 7:12 pm)
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