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Originally Posted by jedi_sol
In the states, we have a winter and summer blend of gas. Everything else being equal, I lose about 10% mpg during the winter months.
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Winter blend gas, snow tires, cold temps (this winter was brutal in NY).
Prior to this winter, I have only had one tank below 30MPG. That includes when I got the car and did 100% city driving. This winter? I could barely break 30MPG.
I have some plans for next winter. I didn't get to run 0w-20 this winter (had free 5w-20), I am going to switch to a different lower rolling resistance snow tire and I am going to run a 0w-40 in the manual transaxle.
I always have the grille completely blocked and use the OBDII scanner to make sure I don't overheat.