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Winter's doing me in. I put the snow tires on at the end of the last tank and the SGII is hovering around 35.7mpg. I shouldn't be disappointed given that last year at this time I was getting 27-28mpg with snow tires, winter gas, and no driving technique, but of course I am anyway. I started playing with more engine off stuff at stop lights and such, but today was the first time I actually did some of my gravity drop using EOC.
Just EOC'ing about 3 miles bumped my MPG from a previous best commute of 55.0 to 57.8mpg with more stop and go traffic than usual. I now hold out hope of 60mpg for my commute in if I can get traffic free and utilize another .7-1.2 miles of EOC potential areas I noted on my way in today. Of course, I probably have about 9.5-10 miles of descending I could EOC, but for now, I'm sticking to bits with very little or no traffic for safety. I'm learning that living without power brakes isn't as bad as I thought it would be while EOC'ing, but I'll probably still try to get the vacuum pump installed over the winter.
Priority returns to finally installing that lower radiator hose heater that's been sitting in my garage for over a month now. I just hate the mess the project will involve, but the sooner I do it, the sooner it'll be done and I can start enjoying a warmer car in the morning and help my winter MPG. Besides, I'm sure the new insulated front door, storm door, Low-e window, and insulated blinds that I've been working on will give me a faster ROI than the heater. ...still have to get that garage wall insulated, too, oh, and that new door downstairs... (I'll never run out of excuses to avoid being covered in ethelene glycol)
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