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Old 12-11-2010, 05:32 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tbobb View Post
it came out to 29 mpg. not happy with that at all. i recently put on all new tires. i could not find the 165/70 r13 i had on, so i went up to 175/70 r13. before i got these, i was still only getting 30-32 mpg, mainly in town driving.
The automatic transmission is working against you.

With those wider and larger tires, you're doing less revs/mile, so your speed and distance indications will read low by 2.4 % - are you compensating for that ?
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