Bad Gas Mileage

[someguy]

There doesn't appear to be any visible fuel leak under the hood. If there were, I would probably smell it while driving.

I'm wondering if the problem is very poor aerodynamics. The first two days I used the ScanGauge it was very calm outside and I was apparently getting close to 40mpg's. Today I was driving into a strong headwind and it was reading closer to 31mpg's. It's windy a lot where I am (Manitoba). I guess that could explain the very poor gas mileage. What a sh*ty car. :P I'm not sure how GM stays in business.

[2010AveoLT]

There doesn't appear to be any visible fuel leak under the hood. If there were, I would probably smell it while driving.

I'm wondering if the problem is very poor aerodynamics. The first two days I used the ScanGauge it was very calm outside and I was apparently getting close to 40mpg's. Today I was driving into a strong headwind and it was reading closer to 31mpg's. It's windy a lot where I am (Manitoba). I guess that could explain the very poor gas mileage. What a sh*ty car. :P I'm not sure how GM stays in business.

its because they REPLACED the Aveo this Year with the MUCH SUPERIOR Sonic (Its Still Called Aveo outside of the North American Market).

[Thymeclock]

I'm wondering if the problem is very poor aerodynamics. The first two days I used the ScanGauge it was very calm outside and I was apparently getting close to 40mpg's. Today I was driving into a strong headwind and it was reading closer to 31mpg's. It's windy a lot where I am (Manitoba). I guess that could explain the very poor gas mileage. What a sh*ty car. :P I'm not sure how GM stays in business.

So you are getting 40 MPG and have come here complaining about GM, and that this is a s***ty car?

Go complain about such things to GM. Or go complain on the Ecomodder list. As with most cars, you could cover your Aveo with coroplast, trying to improve aerodynamics, and it wouldn't make any difference. Aveo owners know that the Aveo is far from perfect. It's a cheap, econobox car. But it's not a POS either. It is what it is.

You might consider complaining to God about the wind in Manitoba. Or, you might consider moving to a less windy place...