Here in Syracuse NY we get a bit of snow. I always run snow tires on my vehicles. That , and cold temps seem to kill gas mileage.
The Winterforce tires (with bad belts
) , cold temps brought my commuting MPG down to 31 MPG. Usually in the summer, I can get around 35-37 MPG commuting back and fourth to work.
Finally, I had enough of of the pulling and wobbling caused by the bad belts ... and limiting my top speed to 50MPH.
Put on the summer tires and my average gas mileage is at 35. That includes cold starts in the morning and afternoon ... and this tank I also let it idle for a few minutes at the gas station when I aired the tires up to max PSI.
Have a lot of driving this weekend for easter and such, shooting for a 40MPG tank!