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Originally Posted by roblux575
There are about 7200 miles on the odometer, and it's been pretty cold lately, high of about 30-35 most days, sometimes only in the teens/twenties. I think I started to feel like somebody's grandparent with my slow accelerations - it was pretty pathetic. I really don't idle the car much at all to warm up - maybe 15-30 seconds most days. For a while, I was putting the car into neutral to coast down hills and on the way to stop signs - saw some increase then, but on the whole, I'm not seeing much improvement.
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Let me ask you this:
What is your run-time between shut-offs?? How LONG are you driving the car between stopping and restarting.
The reason I ask - you can EXPECT the car to drink the fuel in cold weather with frequent cold starts. I, for example, have the 3.5SE and 4-5 days a week, start the car, drive 15 miles to work, then start the car again after 12 hrs and drive 15 miles home. That nets me around 23mpg. If, however, I run the car more than just 15 miles at a time, my mileage improves dramatically. Cold starts really suck the fuel down, no matter how nicely you drive. The more cold starts you accumulate in a tank of gas, the more the mileage will drop, regardless of driving style.
Late,
Trav
