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Old 11-20-2011, 01:18 PM   #13 (permalink)
JRMichler
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Location: Phillips, WI
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Nameless - '06 GMC Canyon
90 day: 37.45 mpg (US)

22 Maverick - '22 Ford Maverick XL
90 day: 48.08 mpg (US)
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I leave my heater blower speed on position 1 most all winter, at which speed it draws about 40 watts. That's not enough power draw to measureably affect my MPG. That blower speed is good down to about 0 deg F.

Occasionally, in mild weather, I can shut the blower off and let ram air do its thing.

I pull the AC compressor fuse whenever I don't need AC to allow me to use defrost without running the AC.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.

22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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