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Old 01-30-2013, 04:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by broski499 View Post
Yeah I feel pretty lame when I say its been cold, in Southern Cal when I say cold I mean like 40s during the day. Some of you are prob thinking thats t-shirt weather. It was getting pretty low at night though. I didn't even think about the cold weather affecting mpg, totally makes sense though because this is the coldest its been in our area for a long time.
Last week the lows were hovering between -20 and -5, with the highs barely reaching zero. Even while coasting, driving slow, etc. the car got terrible mileage. So, even though 40 degrees may feel warm and fuzzy to me, it likely deviates quite a bit from your normal operating temp much like -15 deviates from the usual 5-10 degree MN weather.

What I'm saying is, perhaps those MPG figures are normal for those temperatures. Sure, shoes may have something to do with it, but I doubt they'd make thaaat much difference.
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