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Xringer · 11-26-2012, 02:45 PM

I've noticed our C gets rotten MPG for the first 1/3 mile.. Then we hit the long downhill part..

The winter season fuel mix, ethanol+H2O? is bringing down our MPGs..

Now that I think of it, when I leave home with the Ford Escape, my MPGs
is really rotten for a few miles. It takes 5 or 6 miles of driving before I see 22 to 25 MPG on the SG2..

11-26-2012, 02:45 PM	#24 (permalink)
Xringer Old Retired R&D Dude Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woburn Mass USA Posts: 702 Little Red - '12 Toyota Prius c 2 Two 90 day: 57.82 mpg (US) "Whitey" Bulger - '14 Toyota RAV4 LE Thanks: 10 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	I've noticed our C gets rotten MPG for the first 1/3 mile.. Then we hit the long downhill part.. The winter season fuel mix, ethanol+H2O? is bringing down our MPGs.. Now that I think of it, when I leave home with the Ford Escape, my MPGs is really rotten for a few miles. It takes 5 or 6 miles of driving before I see 22 to 25 MPG on the SG2.. __________________ Cheers, Rich Current ride: 2014 RAV4 LE AWD (24 MPG) Wife's Pizza Transporter