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|    Re: Drop in gas mileage    |
|    24 Jan 24 08:12:24    |
      From: scientist77017@gmail.com              On Friday, January 19, 2024 at 3:40:30 PM UTC-6, AK wrote:       > On Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 9:32:06 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote:        > > On 1/13/2024 7:03 PM, AK wrote:        > > > I moved from a relatively flat area (Houston) to Central Texas close to       Austin.        > > >        > > > My gas mileage has dropped from 20 mpg to around 16 mpg.        > > >        > > > I would like to find out why. I have a 2009 Mazda CX-7,        > > >        > > > The engine is running fine. I do live in a very hilly area.        > > >        > > > Thanks.        > > Hills maybe but are you driving more city streets and less        > > expressway? That's a big change too.        > > --        > > Andrew Muzi        > > a...@yellowjersey.org       > I found that my tires were at 22 p.s.i .        >        > I filled them to 32 p.s.i.        >        > I anticipte an increase in my my miles per gallon.        >        > Andy       > > Open every day since 1 April, 1971              After airing my tires to 32 p.s.i., my mileage went up to 20.2 mpg from 16 mpg.              Andy              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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