What are you cold weather drivers getting for mileage? It's on average 15deg here right now and I'm getting 20mpg, about 50/50 city/highway. It's a noticable drop lately. Fresh plugs and oil as well. About 318miles to a tank, I used to get around 400.

Mileage usually drops a little bit around here when it gets cold but not that much.

 

18-19, I shift at 3k+.

 

I get 15-21 MPG.

Sucks!

 

I get about 20-22 mpg, I once got 400+ miles in one tank but it was 100% highway traveling from El Paso to Austin. It crazy that my 99 Z28 gets more mpgs

 

I guess I cant complain too much, my last vehicle got 12mpg no matter where you were driving.

 

Cold air = less mpg

Hot air = More MPG

 

car runs better with colder air ya know.....lol

 

with COOLER air they do, but there is a point where it becomes too cold. Doesnt necessarily make them run bad, but not as efficient.

And it's not always the engine that causes the drop in mileage in cold climates. Cold transmissions, diffs, seals, ect play a part in it as well.

I'm talking cold, like below freezing cold. Not your Carolina 40deg means everything shuts down cuz the world is coming to an end cold lol


I was just curious as to what others got in colder climates, because if I was getting lower than everyone else then I would start looking into why, but since I'm avg with everyone else I wont think about it too much.

 

Winter fuel blends also play a role in MPGs, but mine hasn't dropped off as much as it did in my old Maxima I'm getting around 18-19 where in the summer I usually get around 20-22, where in the max I went from 22 to 18 in the winter months.