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JRL - No. I do not. I have approximately 3400 miles. Does that make a difference in MPG?
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Yes it will improve in the next few months, but here in pittsburgh the winter will play hell with gas mileage.JRL - No. I do not. I have approximately 3400 miles. Does that make a difference in MPG?
I believe it does, but how much depends on individual vehicle use. If you spend a lot of time in city traffic with lots of long red lights, or spend a lot of time at drive-up windows, it will certainly add up. just the other day I started my BS in a parking lot and immediately got a serious and fairly long phone call... maybe 7-8 minutes... left the car running... should have turned off the engine... with a little over 3/4 full tank... MPG dropped from 24.3 to 23.7!I don't believe for a moment that the auto start stop increases ones MPG at all.
Do you realize how small of a amount of fuel is being used in one of these small engines while at idle?I believe it does, but how much depends on individual vehicle use. If you spend a lot of time in city traffic with lots of long red lights, or spend a lot of time at drive-up windows, it will certainly add up. just the other day I started my BS in a parking lot and immediately got a serious and fairly long phone call... maybe 7-8 minutes... left the car running... should have turned off the engine... with a little over 3/4 full tank... MPG dropped from 24.3 to 23.7!
4500Do you have 5000 miles on by now ?
Lots of E85 around here. It’s $1.94/gal right now. It’s 6 hours from my house to where my son is going to school and I can easily do it one 1 tank of fuel. All things being equal I wish my BS had that option.BTW, E85 is mandated for government vehicles that are capable of using it. There's one damn pump on the base where I work and it slows to 1 gal/min or less when the tank level gets low. The F150 my division used gets about 150 miles per tank on the corn juice.
That's somewhat more of a drop than published numbers I saw with the previous 240/270 2.0 in my '14 Escape. I was 233 published on regular. Saw another similar number, too. Maybe a little more of a drop.... I you assume a 12.5% loss using regular, that drops maximum power to 218 HP.