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Well, the abismal first tank is in....
13.36mpg.

This is not entirely unexpected.

After last fillup, I had planned on commiting to driving it daily. However, after a couple days of fighting it, on the way to work one AM, it fought me to go 65 on the highway, and steering wheel was a fight. I pulled over, and it was smoking from the right front wheel. The brakes were dragging, terribly.

Over the last couple week, it has received all new brake calipers, hoses, and pads. All the caliper and pad slides were lubed with synthetic slide grease, and I installed ceramic pads. I would like to have done the rotors (I have them too), but the front hub bolts to rotors, and bolt heads are beyond saving, so it will have to wait until I can use shop torch and replace. Calipers got a hit of red paint, and she is back together. Work commute starts tomorrow, and we have a fresh fill up in it. Temperatures have dropped into the 30's, so that will be taken into account.