i used to drive at least an hour each way on empty country road at night to work (fast and rarely stopping) a day and 1 to 3 times a week 4 hour motorway trips twice a day and was getting 65 to 71 mpg
i moved house and changed jobs and now drive about 2 minutes each way 1 or 2 times a week for groceries (i walk to work now) and every 2 weekend a month a drive 30 minutes on empty country roads and my mpg has dropped to about 50mpg
i do have maybe 2 tires with slow air leaks and now that i don't drive as much i am not as diligent in putting air in tires as i used to be.
so maybe there are more than one factor at play here?
does this change seem normal-ish?
i reckon the engine rarely gets to the normal operating temperature...
there is a store I like better about 30 minutes away so that could easily replace my shopping destination 2 minutes away if that will improve things... or would it be a false economy?
i moved house and changed jobs and now drive about 2 minutes each way 1 or 2 times a week for groceries (i walk to work now) and every 2 weekend a month a drive 30 minutes on empty country roads and my mpg has dropped to about 50mpg
i do have maybe 2 tires with slow air leaks and now that i don't drive as much i am not as diligent in putting air in tires as i used to be.
so maybe there are more than one factor at play here?
does this change seem normal-ish?
i reckon the engine rarely gets to the normal operating temperature...
there is a store I like better about 30 minutes away so that could easily replace my shopping destination 2 minutes away if that will improve things... or would it be a false economy?