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Old 01-04-2007, 03:39 PM
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Default Re: Potential Bladder Issue??

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Originally Posted by UTpiper View Post
I just thought I would revisit this old thread now that I am two - three months into the winter driving season here in the Salt Lake area. . . .

The only frustration with the increasingly limited fuel tank capacity is the need to fill up after just 300 - 350 miles (generally when there are two bars left on the gage). Since I can routinely put 200-275 miles on per day, I am back to filling up every couple of days, just like when I drove my Subaru Outback. Of course, my calculated mileage is much improved (2.5X) but the psychological impact of frequent fillups is frustrating. Hopefully as spring and summer approach, the bladder will loosen(?) and I can get back to achieving 550 - 625 miles per tank.
OWCH! This is wrong.

I live in N. Alabama so we only have cold spells of a couple of days and then we're back in the 50s-60s. I can't replicate the problem but it sounds terribly wrong.

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