paid2fish

First- sorry its normally 310 mpg and is now 260 mpg (not 160 mpg). I knew cold weather driving would decrease milage but am surprized its so much. We will be making a trip home to NC in a few weeks and will get a tune up (too cold to do it myself) and have the timing belt checked. I will pay close attention to the milage on the trip and compare. Average daily drive is 12 km. Moving back is not an option as my wife is Canadian and we plan to relocate here perminantly in the near future. Thanks for the comments, Ed

I am visiting cold cold Canada for most of the winter, coming from North Carolina. I have expirienced about 20% drop in milage (was 310 miles per tank, now its at 160) since we have arrived Canada. We have put winter tires on it and the car idles some mornings to warm up, but 20% fuel economy loss seems excesive. We only bought the car 5 months ago and have had no other problems. Can anybody give me an idea of what could be wrong? Thanks, Ed PS- we love the car!