It's All Your Fault F8L!

Yep, I'm loving the extra mpg. Overall, the weather is definitely warmer than when I drove w/ the 17's but ironically I was getting slightly better (on 17's) when it was colder 49-50 than most recently about 47-49 when it warmed up to about the current temp we have. Oh yeah, almost forgot, we did have a few rain storms recently(on 17's) that affected mpg.

 

Trust me, it's a good thing u don't have 15's or you'll be conflicted like me to go comfort & effecient or look good & perform.

U must be both excited & frustrated that your car is so near yet so far away.

The tires I'm running w/ my 17's are 225/45/17 Continental Pro Contact Extreme DWS.

 

If the 17's on the plus haven't changed, they are pretty awesome lookin wheels:rockon:, not sure the exact color name but in person it looks like a wet, kinda shiny(in a good way, not chromy) gunmetal. Lets call it a hybrid-liquidmetal.

 

No, they are not LRR but Discount Tires labeled them as "fuel economy" tires & they are rated & reviewed in most part positively especially for 17 & bigger tires.

 

Well, after having that big jump in MPG(about 7-8 higher) after the change back to stock initially, I don't know if u saw my other recent thread, but the dealer overfilled my car w/5 quarts of oil which I drove about 1k recent miles, including a trip to Vegas. The trip avg. 49 mpg. which I can't complain about considering the speed I was traveling. But after my tank from Vegas had finished off & I refueled is when I noticed a slight sluggishness & low mpg where I was struggling to get over 40 mpg.(which was surprising & a first) is when I realized something was not right after the 10k service. Also, got a ugly passenger side door ding @ the casino I was staying in Vegas so the last couple of weeks occurences have not been memorable. Since, I have raised current tank to 51 mpg calculated & corrected oil level myself ending on some positives.