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I drove the Silverado for twenty minutes today to the mechanic who will repair the fuel leak. On the way I was able to try out the Torque app on my cellphone with the new bluetooth adapter in the truck.
The drive was mixed hills with curves at 35-40, and one couple mile long level and straight stretch at 50 mph.
Overall trip mpg was ~17. Realtime mpg was quite interesting.
The trip mpg started dropping below 17 on the 50 mph straightaway, and this was strongly reflected in the real-time reading.
Trip mpg actually then recovered and increased to 17.6 by the time I got to the driveway -- this on the 5 mile up-mountain section!
Pretty obvious then that aerodynamics are holding mpg back even at relatively low speed of 50 mph.
Really looking forward to deleting that outside sun shade at the front of the cabin to see what that does, as a first step.
Also looking forward to getting the truck back for lots of planned changes.
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