Mileage Change Thoughts

[mikellmikell]

Driving to work my mileage has been 40-43 MPG but now the samer route I'm 50-53 MPG. I take a different route home and it hasn't changed. What has changed? Fresh pavement for about half the way to work. So if smooth roads manes that much difference in Michigan why aren't they fixing more of them?

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[Clarkdonbran]

Too many variables

 

[mikellmikell]

Too many variables

Not really. I take a different route home and it hasn't been freshly paved and my mileage hasn't changed .

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Too many variables

Amen on variables. Just over a month ago I had 23E09 reprogram power train done on mine and my mpg went up around 5. Maybe that helped maybe it didn't. My 12v dc monitor is now peaking 15.5-15.6 whereas before it was 15.1.but day time high temps are mostly below 80°F now. Also had to add air to tires to 36psi at 50°F but at 70 starts getting over 40psi. Who knows. Smooth roads won't hurt.

 

[2lbgill]

Driving to work my mileage has been 40-43 MPG but now the samer route I'm 50-53 MPG. I take a different route home and it hasn't changed. What has changed? Fresh pavement for about half the way to work. So if smooth roads manes that much difference in Michigan why aren't they fixing more of them?

Michigan has the worst roads in the Country and Marquette County in the UP is worse than that. I get 44-46 mpg on them.

 

[Montana]

Your mileage?

Too many variables.

 

[Timothyd]

Driving to work my mileage has been 40-43 MPG but now the samer route I'm 50-53 MPG. I take a different route home and it hasn't changed. What has changed? Fresh pavement for about half the way to work. So if smooth roads manes that much difference in Michigan why aren't they fixing more of them?

How many miles do you have? Perhaps your vehicle (and you) are learning.

 

[mikellmikell]

How many miles do you have? Perhaps your vehicle (and you) are learning.

Nearly 30k miles and the same route every morning. Just fresh pavement. Same old pavement on the way home. different route

 

[05FordGT]

I've been 46-47 mpg now I'm down to about 44.x on my XLT Lux Hybrid. The temps have dropped from when I got it a month ago (low to mid 40s bow when it was in the upper 60s and low 70s). Also, taking the TP yesterday for over 2 hours total (1 each way) didn't help much either. I'll see where it is this week as it's mostly city and town driving.

 

[UrbanDweller]

I bet part of it is ambient temperature.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

I bet part of it is ambient temperature.

This

If I run the air, it only lowers MPG slightly.
If I run the heat, it lowers MPG a lot more than A/C does.

YMMV

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