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Old 10-31-2014, 12:08 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Yeah, I'd imagine the Sunfire would be struggling to maintain even 30mpg at this point (on my trip to work). So I'd say half the fuel consumption of the Sunfire is quite accurate.

Another thing I've noticed with the EOC I've been doing now, I've started to pay attention to my battery voltage. Its sags pretty horribly, around 11.5V with headlights on. So, when I went out to the car this morning I checked it before starting. It was at 12.0V when it should be 12.7V. It still starts fine, but there isn't a whole ton of life left in that battery. This is good and bad news. Obviously bad because I don't really want to buy a new battery. But, its good news in that when I replace it, I will be replacing it with a deep cycle for an eventual alternator delete which should show some decent gains.
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