Thread: Fuel Milage
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Old 03-11-2011, 10:46 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by Pete_89T2 View Post
Another factor to consider with mileage, besides the mix of highway/city driving is the length of each of your trips (i.e., run time). If a large percentage of your trips were made doing short runs (city or hwy driving), where you spent most of your time getting up to operating temps, it will drag your average mileage down.
Hmm...I'm averaging 11-12mpg with Lucy. No O2, possibly bad thermo, and rusty BAV/IAC. Mostly trips back and forth to class. The college is 10 mins away and it's almost all 'city'. I keep RPM between 2 and 3 thousand. Nowdays I just let her idle a couple minutes to warm the oil and go.

Guess I know why my mileage is so bad.
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