
I've religiously tracked my fuel economy for the past ~6 years using Fuelly. Inspired by RamblinEagle13's post today, I finally exported the data and plotted it using Libre Calc. As with RamblinEagle13, I live in the Northeast U.S. Fuel economy for my truck really seems to be highly temperature dependent. Snow/4WD isn't a factor because 1) I don't have 4WD, and 2) the fuel economy starts dropping well before any kind of snow fall. My driving is fairly consistent year-round. The one-off very high peaks in the summer would be a long road trip of sustained highway driving. I drive slow, typically around 60, which is why you see peaks of 30+ MPG. My fuel economy drops rapidly over 60 MPH.
Posted by AmericanLocomotive
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That kind of consistency with a manual is very impressive.
Winter blends are ass for gas mileage. I would love to know the science behind their purpose.
This is really fascinating and got me thinking since I’ve been tracking my MPG over the past few years. Plotting it out, I have the same winter trend that you do. Around 27 MPG in the summer and 20 MPG in the winter. For context this is for a 1999 Toyota Camry in the Kansas City area.
https://preview.redd.it/exxornoif6ag1.png?width=807&format=png&auto=webp&s=e26fb1ff6a5ad083e8ef4946742b837b1bb24928
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