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Old 11-19-2014, 10:10 AM   #185 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf View Post
I noticed the loss of power with my insight as well in cold weather. Even if I drive around for 20+ miles. I too thought something was wrong until yesterday when it was ~65 and the car ran awesome, was easily getting 60+ mpg where lately, when the temps are ~35-45 I struggle to get 52-57.
Too right! Morning temps are in the 20s around here, the car performs like I'm driving through an inch of slush even though the roads are bone dry. When you don't have much power to start with, giving some up to environmental factors feels like something has gone badly wrong.
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