Well, the winter gas is here!
 

My gas mileage has dropped almost 2 mpg in the last 3 fillups. You can tell from the smell it's the winter gas as well. Every vehicle I've owned seems to drop around 2-2.5 mpg in the winter and we haven't even hit the real cold air yet.

yup... been noticing the same thing, goddamn alcohol

And then another couple MPGs once E15 takes full swing.

I wish my Saturn had a larger tank. I'm getting to the point where I'm getting less than 200 miles on a full tank

Yea, my average has gone down by about 1.5 mpg in the last 2 fillups. Blended fuel FTL.

- Justin

**** winter fuel. I'm poor enough, I don't need to be spending more $ than I already am.

winter gas?

Yes. There are seasonal fuel blends.

i assume winter gas is bad then?

Due to the mix of ethanol and other additives most will see a noticeable drop in fuel economy when using this fuel.

- Justin

do oil companies do that on purpose? i work at a gas station and knew the gas smelled dif i though it was just me, guess not.

You work at a gas station and don't know the difference? :rofl:

Kidding of course. Yes, they do it on purpose.

Another reason your MPG drops is that winter fuel has a higher octane, or so I have been told.

If anyone else has noticed the sticker for the octane rating says "minimum rating" :wink:

No ****, I filled my leaf blower with GT100 two weeks ago. There's your octane.

hey i just pump the gas. people think the attendents know everthing, like why prices go up and we must be rich we really just only pump the crap

Mine went down 1.8 but yeah same thing here.

I though something was wrong in the trusty 3rd gen went below 19 city on the last fillup.

not only does it go faster....it costs more too :banghead: