[wagonman76]

Welcome to the site.

I have a similar powertrain, and noticed the same things as you. Nearly every stop or change in direction on my way to work is up a hill afterwards. Before the mpguino I used to crawl up the hills when nobody was behind me, then after the mpguino I realized how much more mpg I was losing overall in the 25 mile trip. I was getting similar numbers as you as well. Same goes for coming from even a level stop. Learn your shift points. Push a little harder to get it in high gear quicker then let off like biker ED said and youll be better off. Even when starting out cold, you wont have a TCC till it reaches operating temp, but at least get it into OD and thatll help too. Assuming the speed limit in your area will let you do that of course.