Fuel Economy and Air Conditioning

[petrified.rabbit]

i have the best luck with bp and sunoco.

temperature does have a lot to do with mileage. but even when it is warm still but winter fuel is still in the pumps, MY aveo gets 270-280 mile per tank, instead of the 300-320 it gets with similar temperatures and driving when i know it is summer blend.

disclaimer: i loose the same amount of mpg with sheetz and getgo gas (two local popular discount brands), regardless of time of year. we do not have a shell locally, but one is opening, i am interested in seeing the resulting mileage.

[subachad]

My Aveo ran a lot better after 1000 miles. Then again, I also had opened up the airbox and swapped out the rear muffler by then too which not only helped power, but MPG as well.

With my scanner plugged in, I get an "immediate MPG" result of about 47MPG at 70MPH. Thats probably high but for the purpose of this test I was only testing against myself. Turning on my A/C would drop it to 33, this was done over a 17 mile stretch of highway multiple times on multiple days with the same result.

I should also point out I have a hatch so fuel economy takes a big hit at speeds above 70mph

chad
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