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Old 06-29-2006, 12:55 PM
shawnb shawnb is offline
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Default Re: Terrible Mileage

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Originally Posted by dburanich
Shawn,
Have you been using your A/C? We've have some pretty hot and humid days lately. That can easily rob you of 5 mpg.
I have my A/C sometimes set on the lowest fan settings at 72*. I leave the moonroof cracked open during the day to help vent the inside. But I've made 3 days of driving w/o A/C and the MPG seems the same (unless I drop the A/C to 65* and have a higher vent).

If I leave off the A/C and open windows while driving, won't that alse reduce MPG? I'll try it, see what happens.

I do not know the tire pressure at the moment. It'll be whatever the dealer/manufacturer put in it.

Another this is that the first 1.5 miles of my drive (each way) has a lot of stop-and-go traffic, I've noticed it'll take about 3-4 MPG off my mileage just in that 1.5 miles and then I'll spend another 50 miles trying to get it back. I'm surprise a few minor accellerations (0-35 in 90 seconds (street) and 0-60 in 90-120 seconds (freeway). Sometimes I won't even hit 55 until about 5 miles into the trip) makes that big of a difference) (and during accel I usually see what looks like mid-to-high 40's on MPG except the beginning of the accel where it shows something like 5 MPG; during rest of accel and cruise control its usually at 55+).


Thanks,
Shawn

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Last edited by shawnb : 06-29-2006 at 01:00 PM.
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