Cold making my Audi (95 90q) very fuel thirsty

[scott thomas]

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It was found last year that RFG pollutes more than they thought. MTBE
shows up in drinking water.
On Long Island, that's a big problem, since our drinking water
(ground supply) is so polluted to begin with. Our saving grace is how
good it tastes :/
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From: Huw Powell <human747 at attbi.com>
Sent: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:13:29 -0500
To: John Stanton <jjs3rd at ix.netcom.com>
CC: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Cold making my Audi (95 90q) very fuel thirsty
> Anyone seeing drastic fuel consumption increases 15% in the recent
North
> East cold snap?
I've been seeing it for several winters now?
I primarily blame reformulated gasoline, which apparently has less
energy available per gallon, and explains why it was about six years
ago
my coupe started getting approximately 15% worse fuel economy in
"winter" - ie about october to april - so it wasn't all about "cold".
There are also factors you can't avoid - longer rich running while
warming up; more fuel perhaps wasted "warming up" the car for comfort;
more fuel wasted "spinning the wheels," whether accidentally or
intentionally (!); longer hours of darkness, higher heater fan speeds
and more defroster usage, entailing higher electrical demand... etc,
etc.
My 90Q got about 26 mpg or so consistently in the 'summer', and
struggles to get 22 in the 'winter'.
I still think RFG is the primary culprit, but that could just be
paranoia...
--
Huw Powell
http://www.humanspeakers.com/
http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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