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MetroMPG · 12-14-2009, 06:55 PM

Correction on my part: I mistook "NO" in your user info to mean you lived in New Orleans.

Trip length has a lot to do with the efficiency hit of ambient temperature. (The longer your trip, the smaller its impact.) How far is your daily drive?

Edit: Google Maps says 56.7 miles between those two postal codes. That would explain a lot.

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