Cold Weather is killing us!

just think,though, even though the prius takes a mileage hit...if you were driving the old stuff, and were getting 15mpg, now your getting 9 or 10mpg...we wouldnt hear any body complaining...just seen a "stupid" down the street warming up his 78 bronco and idling away letting the heater defrost the ice on window...he was there for 30 minutes...now i know that ol bronco(used to have one yrs ago) would only get 10mpg on a good day and a 40 gal tank wouldnt last long...so you know, today that bronco with a holley 4bbl carb will only get 6mpg in weather like this...besides all the garbage out of the tail pipe as well...as im typing, the ol rust bucket just flew down the street, with no muffler...and moisture/gas streaming out the back...and the dumbing of america continues...............

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(wb9tyj\";p=\"50533)</div>

Don't they have laws regarding mufflers?

 

The weather here has dropped to the 50s and 50s and my MPGs dropped from 49 average to 47 average :-(

 

Everybody is taking a hit. I have dropped from 52-53 to 49-50 and we have mild weather changes in the PNW. We and in the mid 40's in the am and low 50's in the pm. I checked my air pressure?! How many people measure their gas millage by tenths?

 

I agree... I check my tire pressure and its normal... Cold weather is bad! At this point I lost at least 2mpg to 4mpg

 

The cold weather effect is MUCH more noticeable in the Prairie provinces and North West Ontario, in addition to the Dakota's, Minnesota, etc. I took a double-whammy thanks to lows of 20's F, and construction forcing me to take a very inefficient slow stop-n-go, with the ICE running most of the time. Try 34 miles per U.S. gallon! A person at the office with his 2004 Dodge Hemi truck reports 5 MPG in the same conditions, so maybe I shouldn't complain too much.

 

I hope my Prius doesn't take too big of a hit when I get to Toronto from Washington DC in a year or two, have to wait and see!

-m.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(priusham\";p=\"51057)</div>

I know... Its the 'Icy Road Warning Light' not the ambient temperature causing the drop in mileage!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

My gas mileage dropped 10 percent in the two tanks following my 5,000-mile oil change. I called the Toyota service manager and he said the "problem" was oxygenated gas, which apparently we in New Jersey have to use during cold weather. Does this make sense? If it's so, why do we have to use oxygenated gas?

Puzzled (and maybe mad) in New Jersey

:cussing:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hdrygas\";p=\"51036)</div>

Pretty much anyone getting less than 20 MPG.

 

When I get gas tonight, it'll be at 52MPG, 560 miles, but then again we've only had 5 or 6 mornings of below freezing here yet, and I refuse to use the heater unless absolutely necessary.

-m.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ScoopBergen\";p=\"51189)</div>

Because it is cleaner and winter traffic is much worse than summer.

Too bad everyone didn't have a PZEV hybrid. Then that wouldn't be necessary.

 

Hey it's been a little warmer this week!!! my last tank was an even 50.0 mpg yeee-ahhhh

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jchu\";p=\"51158)</div>

If I cover the icon over with black tape, my mileage will go up?? (heads to basement to find electrical tape).
It has been a little warmer the last couple of days, high about 50. I managed to get my current tank avg up from 45.0 to 45.7 today. I have about 300 miles on it at the moment. But I don't track by tenths. ;-)

 

I love my Prius... although I did see a drop in MPG... I got gas today... 45MPG when I got my book out to fill in the numbers.. I missed the WHOLE month of October with the need for gas...WOO-HOO... really ticked the little lady at the station as I had to gloat... think she is almost sold on getting a Prius...says she has three Prius customers.. althought she doesn't see us often..

Bob Andersen

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BobA\";p=\"51232)</div>

Regular, but not frequent. Just the way we like it.

 

Temps back into the 60s today...with rain...MPG creeped back up into the low 50s today, a pleasant surprise, now if only the precipitation would take a hike...