MPG dropping? You also?
11-04-2007, 07:48 PM
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MPG dropping? You also?
I thought it was sort of early for the winter blends of gas to be in stations yet but the last 2 fillups I have avg'd 26 and 27 mpg which compared to what I have been getting (30-33 mpg) ..well....sucks
Anyone else in the colder climates noticing a drop?
Goose
Anyone else in the colder climates noticing a drop?
Goose
11-04-2007, 08:32 PM
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Low twenties all the time these days. My wife does better by 1-2 mpg.
$3.05 /gal at the cheap places now for regular. Add 20-50 cents/gal for premium.. I usually buy premium when it is 20 cents or less more than 86 or 87 octain. The car does seem to get another 1-2 MPG with premium.
Now I did take off the GS intake and MPG MAY have gone down a bit because of that. Dunno... My Odyssey van gets about 21-24 MPG on the highway too. about where the HHR is
They even both get around the same MPG around town, 14-17. Go figure. Must be me
$3.05 /gal at the cheap places now for regular. Add 20-50 cents/gal for premium.. I usually buy premium when it is 20 cents or less more than 86 or 87 octain. The car does seem to get another 1-2 MPG with premium.
Now I did take off the GS intake and MPG MAY have gone down a bit because of that. Dunno... My Odyssey van gets about 21-24 MPG on the highway too. about where the HHR is
They even both get around the same MPG around town, 14-17. Go figure. Must be me
11-05-2007, 07:32 AM
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I wonder if those "winter blends" make it this far south. Just ran a 250 mile all highway road trip. Going from Miami to Orlando I got less than 24 MPG, guess Noel's 20 mph head wind didn't help any either. I usually average 32+ for this same trip.
11-05-2007, 11:05 AM
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try putting up with gas prices here.
here in vancouver, canada we are now paying $1.09 a liter. There is a small difference between the canadian gallon versus the american. Lets just multiply that $1.09 by 4= $4.36 a gallon. At one point it was up to $1.20 plus/liter
. Its insane how here its goes up and down in price so rapidly. Last week it was 96 cents a liter. It went from 96 cents to 1.09 overnight. Today...who knows! CHECK OUT www.gastips.com 
. Its insane how here its goes up and down in price so rapidly. Last week it was 96 cents a liter. It went from 96 cents to 1.09 overnight. Today...who knows! CHECK OUT www.gastips.com
11-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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I've noticed my mileage going down lately, I've seen it go down from 26 to 24.5 mpg around town. I think mine is totally related to driving style and conditions though because I've been on the same tank of gas since Oct 6.
