Summer gas?

57 mpg is excellent!!!

you will find that the cost for air conditioning is much much smaller than the cost of cold weather.

at max cold, you would have to be driving 75+ to get to the low 40's.

 

I think I have the perfect commuting situation.

First of all, I park in heated underground parking, so the car is at room temp by morning. When I think of how low my fuel economy got over winter, I can only imagine if I had parked the car outside overnight. Same as heater performance.

Second, once I leave my condo, I hit Bishop Grandin Expressway and can keep it right at 70 km/h for almost 9km. IMHO that's the perfect speed for maximum fuel economy. At steady velocity, the MFD will settle down to 3.5 with temps +13 C.

My GMC Sierra never got more than 16 MPG (Absolute best I could record) under similar driving situations.

Jay

 

it gets warm enough for summer fuel up there??

OR

summer in canada?? is that an oxymoron?

 

No - I'm not running synthetic. Have often thought about it though...

I think one difference may be that I leave a bit earlier in the morning (out the door by about 5:45). This morning, for example, the temps fluctuated between 35-45 F on my drive to work. Mr Snowflake popped up quite a few times...

 

David:

:lol:

Ole Mr. Smarty Pants has hit another home run.

Jay

 

actually we maybe on summer gas now in my area. i have 207 miles on the current tank at 54.5 mpg. but then again, it was 65º F here. or about 18º C i believe. in fact at times when the sun was shining in, i opened the windows as not to have to turn on a bit of air...

 

winter fuel simply has additives to lower the freezing level of gas. the additives do take up space but do not burn. so your "gallon" of winter gas doesnt have a gallon of gas in it hense to lower mpg figures. difference runs between 8-14% depending on location.

contrary to popular belief, nearly all regular unleaded gas is the same across brands with 95% of the gas being fungible (def; a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation) keep in mind that this applies locally only. if you live in an area like mine, (we have E-10 required year-round) your formula may vary regionally

 

It's quite likely that our summer formula fuel started 1 April. My mileage jumped from 52MPG to 57MPG this past week.

 

I can't imagine New Hampshire going to summer fuel so early. We're still due at least one more decent snowstorm!

That said, I recently had my first 500-mile tank, at 51.8mpg! Mostly Easter travel, highway and country roads driving, but the last hundred miles or so were my daily commute:

• So I'm quite tickled with anything over 50mpg!
  
  I think the temperatures have more to do with my mileage jump than any formulation change, since my fillup for the Easter tank was on March 25.

 

I think summer gas might be here in the DC area. I averaged over +61 MPG on the way to work yesterday (+50 miles) and +59 MPG by the time I got back home.

 

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Where did you buy this possible tank of summer gas? I travel through Nashua daily and I'm due for a fill-up!

 

looks like its beginning to start. i remember all the proud posts of various conquests of the EPA figures.

love this time of year!!

 

We must have it here in Boston too. Started the day at 53.9 based on about 150 miles of surburban commuting during this first spring-like week. Had to drive to Worcester and back on the Mass pike today, so I though I'd lose a bit, but I kept the cruise at 65, and right now I'm sitting at 56.7!

Personally, I think the crucial variable is the morning temperature...the warm-up this past week has been very fast with a morning temp of about 40-43F. The cusp is right about in there.

Other factor: after cold winter of reading these posts, we all have an education!