OpTi

any good winter driving tips?

5spd92SE

Be sure to have good snow tires, maintain good tire pressure and make no sudden movements while driving.

Be smooth on every input to your vehicle. Gas, steering, etc.

Practice in an open abandoned parking lot with snow on how to get out of skids and stop.

Greg's2kGLE

When going down hills, don't just rely on your brakes. Downshift into a lower gear to use the engine to slow the car down.

Just take your time and enter turns slows.

mlocke

Don't set your e-brake in sub-freezing temperatures.

Nore474

I live in NEw Jersey and it gets pretty cold

is anyone else getting horrible gas milage
No Lie I think I am getting less then 13 miles per gallon, and I have been driving extremly slow under 3k RPM the whole time

I use Getty Super 93 Octane
Do Gas Companies put extra Oxygen in the gas?
I have no idea what it is but at half a tank I get a little more then 100 miles

any suggestions?
perhaps new spark plugs?

ILoveMyMax

whipit around all corners.

CRMax

I've got a good one for everyone driving those huge 4 wheel drive SUVs.

"Interia is not your friend"

SonicDust187

iTrader: (11)

The reason you get such bad mileage is because gasoline companies add alcohol to the mixture during winter time. This allows the fuel to burn at cold temperatures.

Anuj

i get near 20mpg driving local on Exxon 93 (even now in the winter) I go to the one on allwood road

Dave B

Sounds like you do a lot of stop and go driving and numerous cold engine starts. A cold engine runs extremely rich therefore fuel mileage can become dismal. It's not uncommon for a standard V6 to burn ~1 gallon of fuel within the first 5 miles of a cold engine start.


Dave

Anuj

...but we don't have a standard v6..it's a VQ

StygianMax

iTrader: (8)

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I've always pulled my hand-brake when parked in the winter in Toronto Canada and never had any problems.

....and doing donuts in the winter is awesome!!

5spd92SE

You were lucky then. Rarely do your rear-brakes freeze, but it can happen. I mean seriously, I live in Phoenix and they freeze all the time!

That goes for windshield wipers too now that I think about it. (Put them in the up position when parked)

Nore474

so I should warm my car up for a while before driving it, yes I do a lot of city driving

Axel

iTrader: (3)

No, if you start your car after it's been sitting in the cold for a while, don't just start it and leave it for 5 minutes to warm up. That's bad for your engine. It needs to warm up under load. Just start driving and don't go over 3000 RPMs until your engine is warm.