You're also using more power to run the defrosters, wipers, heaters, lights,
and it takes a lot more energy to drive through rain, snow, slush and what
not. As well as the fact that the gas stations usually switch to a winter
blend of gas that gets worse mileage.
Levi

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Paul Root <ptrmgb@...> wrote:

> Happens to me every winter. You let it idle a bit more, traffic is a bit
> slower. It's just cold.
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> Pretty much normal.
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> On Dec 23, 2008, at 6:27 PM, jeff7a wrote:
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> > During the past two weeks my fuel economy has dipped by at least 5 mpg
> > on my '08 OBS.
> > I live in the Chicago area where it has been snowy on the roads and
> > the temp has ranged between 0 and 20. The average MPG read-out starts
> > out at 19 when I add some gas to fill the tank and then within a few
> > miles, dips to 17 and basically won't move by more than 1 mpg or so.
> > That read-out is accurate, I calculated it the old fashioned way and
> > it was also 17. The TPMS alerted me to pump up the tires a few weeks
> > ago and now they are at the levels as listed in the owners manual for
> > winter conditions.
> > I am a conservative driver (as much as possible when driving on snow
> > covered streets)and just a few weeks ago, I was getting 21 to 23 mpg
> > and during the summerit was reaching 27.
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> > Jeff
> >
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