do you lose gas mileage in winter?

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

In most of the country, gas stations use oxygenated gas in order to light your catalytic converter off faster during the winter months. There is usually a decrease in gas milage from this type of fuel.

Link to info.

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

Link to info.

http://www.epa.gov/OMS/fuels.htm

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Gasoline

http://opinion.fartoomuch.info/poorgas.htm

 

[23jumpman23 10+ year member]

Yea i went from 18 to 14 It is teh suxx!

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Also, if you start DRIVING ur car after it has cooled down (cold engine start) - the car has to dump alot more gas into it than if it was already closer to operating temperature.
I see alot of people do this, they just start their car in the morning, everythings cold - and they just speed off, white exhaust flaring and all. Its funny because those are the people who end up paying more down the road in gas AND possible engine repair.

I recommend everyone lets their cars get to operating temperature before driving in the winter. :]

I used to do that, but not accelerate fast, just turn on the car and go. Now I wait about 30 seconds and take off. Newer cars actually don't require you to warm up the car all that much. As long as you don't drive like an *** and go easy on the pedal (with newer cars) you don't need to warm it up for minutes like with older ones.

 

[Bigpimpin91 10+ year member]

After the post about cold starts I feel bad now.

I just start that ***** and take the **** off.

Idling is a waste of gas to me.

I got shitty mileage on my last tank.

Averaged 19 in the Fall area.

Now it's 16.

I did Use 4WD, excessive idling, and a shit load of excessive revving to get the tires spinning for the hell of it.

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

How long do you guys warm up your cars?

 

[theking 10+ year member]

yea i used to get like 20-21mpg doing 60 with ac off during summer now i get like 18-19 with ac off doing 60. In the summer i get better gas mileage at night when the air is cooler

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

http://www.epa.gov/OMS/fuels.htm
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Gasoline

http://opinion.fartoomuch.info/poorgas.htm

Meh. Not all areas have those requirements, which is why I never heard of it. I'd like to know what areas have that.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

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[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

How long do you guys warm up your cars?

i remote start mine about 10-15 min before i actually leave.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

the coldest here is like 70 degrees.. lol.

warm up? no such thing! plus with gas prices pretty low now a days who cares!

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

How long do you guys warm up your cars?

i do it for like 10 mins or longer if it gotta scrap all the windows and shit.

 

[aturcotte127317 10+ year member]

also i dont know if it was mentioned, but the fact of tires slipping and you goign no where, but it still uses gas... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[MAY03TBLT 10+ year member]

I get better mileage in the winter.Here in California we use 10% ethanol in our summer gas, which hurts mileage.

Lucky! We're stuck with crappy ethanol all year round:crap:

90% of the drop is due to the winter formula that they use for our gas

agreed

 

[CrispedUp 10+ year member]

when you guys remote start, does it shut off automatically after like 20 minutes, because mine does.