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Old 01-19-2015, 02:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Yeah issue is the trip to work the temp gauge isnt even near the warmed up line

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Old 01-19-2015, 02:49 PM   #12 (permalink)
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So ... you could get an EV and preheat it on the charger?
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Old 01-19-2015, 06:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Well the price of gas vs preheating the car with a block heater prob wont pan out well since half of the miles is the trip from work back home. I was thinking of taping more off my grill off only issue I see is tape residue on a painted surface especally duct tape.
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You can use orange spray cleaner (I use GooGone) to get the residue off. Blocking the grill doesn't really help much for warm up time, though. The thermostat doesn't open up until the engine is warm, so the radiator doesn't do anything until that happens.
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Old 01-19-2015, 07:06 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Should also consider that winter blend fuel kills MPG as well.
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Should also consider that winter blend fuel kills MPG as well.
The fuel itself makes some difference, but not much. The colder weather is the real killer. I notice very little difference when temps are above 40F if I avoid short trips.
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21°F this morning with a 25 mile commute to Washington DC & still yielded a respectable 47.7 MPG with only mild hypermiling employed. (~53 MPG in warmer months) Cold weather & winter gas don't kill MPG nearly as much as short trips.

Short trips are a killer in cold weather. A block heater would be about the only thing that will help with any trip under 10 miles in the cold.
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When it's below zero, I have trouble getting 20 MPG on the three mile commute to work. When it's in the 80's, I get over 35 MPG.

I did some tests with the block heater, and could not measure a difference in mileage.
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Your tire pressure will drop as well. Bump that back up to where it's supposed to be, and your economy should improve slightly. But yeah, the short trips in the cold are just going to murder your fuel economy. Either find a way to heat up the engine before you start it, or just live with the crappy FE.

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