What have you done to your P5 today?

Messed with my exhaust for a bit last night trying to get the rattle to stop. Still haven't got it to stop hitting the crossmember completely yet. Might try to take the midpipe off and bend the hangers there to drop the whole system a bit..................
 
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It's 46F here. with wind chill, 41F. MISERABLE!!!

I don't know many people who live in the northeast who hate the weather more than I do. As soon as I can possibly leave this area I am leaving.. which means in three years, when I'm done with my 5 year program at RIT. If they trick me into getting my MS or Ph.D with them I'll kill 'em.
 
Kansei said:
yeah but you have an automatic.. and a turbo. Was 26 a normal fill-up for you? That's not that bad at all!

My last fill up (Wednesday) I got 23.5mpg!! WTF, been averaging just over 26 all summer. I have had the wider (205) tires on for a week but got the alignment done Saturday and nothing was out of whack....could it really be due to that?! Although I have been warming the car up a few minutes before leaving for work and running the defroster (front and rear).....I hate winter.
 
Kansei said:
yeah but you have an automatic.. and a turbo. Was 26 a normal fill-up for you? That's not that bad at all!

ya, so i should get worse than you....ya, i took did the math the last 3 fill ups...avg was 26...with some boosting here and there (peep)
 
I'm dumb founded I average about 21-23 mpg on a mostly stock engine. But then again I do a lot of stop and go driving, and when I go it's usually floored :D
 
RedHotP5 said:
My last fill up (Wednesday) I got 23.5mpg!! WTF, been averaging just over 26 all summer. I have had the wider (205) tires on for a week but got the alignment done Saturday and nothing was out of whack....could it really be due to that?! Although I have been warming the car up a few minutes before leaving for work and running the defroster (front and rear).....I hate winter.

letting the car warm up is a killa for gas milage, i start my car get buckled in, drop in the nano and phone into the holder, turn on the tunes then pull out...drive moderately (no flooring it) for a few miles and the car is good to go....i hate winter too! (pissed)
 
bazooka joe said:
ya, so i should get worse than you....ya, i took did the math the last 3 fill ups...avg was 26...with some boosting here and there (peep)

Damn, I get 26/27 with no boost....(sad1) :confused: (bang) (protest) :( (scratch) (sad2) All these emotions.....head gonna explode....
 
bazooka joe said:
letting the car warm up is a killa for gas milage, i start my car get buckled in, drop in the nano and phone into the holder, turn on the tunes then pull out...drive moderately (no flooring it) for a few miles and the car is good to go....i hate winter too! (pissed)

I have started doing that....I take it easy until I get to the highway (about 3 miles). But still, I filled up Wed.night and the tripometer is at 67 miles and my fuel gauge is at 3/4....WTF!
 
a223818 said:
Installed a new air horn to replace my old air horn.

http://www.thompson-automotive.com/Air_Horn.html

Very nice and compact.

Mark, As far as MPG goes I have to beat the crap out of mine to get 27.

hahaha.....before i went turbo the best i got was 32, my avg best was around 29, most of my driving is a mix of hiway and back roads, but the hiway is usually stop and go, at least on the ride home..

if your only getting 21 you made need a tune up??
 
I had 215/40/17s on when I got 36mpg.. and a bike standing on my roof rack!

Winter doesn't love these cars :P I totally blame VTCS, I've been getting crap mileage since switching from the MP3 ECU back to the Protege5 ECU.
 
aMaff said:
**** snow. I'll punch snow in the face

(alright)
such a tone... geez..
I drove mine with the gas light on... the filled him up, did the math, and got 27 mpg
 
bazooka joe said:
hahaha.....before i went turbo the best i got was 32, my avg best was around 29, most of my driving is a mix of hiway and back roads, but the hiway is usually stop and go, at least on the ride home..

if your only getting 21 you made need a tune up??

21? Where did you see that? 27 is my worst. Typical is 31-32 with highs of 34 at times.
 
RedHotP5 said:
at 67 miles and my fuel gauge is at 3/4....WTF!

yeah, that's about where I was last tank. This tank 87 at that same point. *shrugs*. I can't wait until I get a standalone so I can tune to the max to keep the A/F ratios pretty efficient. less gas consumption, less emissions too :D
 
bazooka joe said:
if your only getting 21 you made need a tune up??
It has had a tune recently, but the biggest thing is it never sees the freeway unless I go out of town, that's a rarity. Tucson only has 2 freeways (I-10 and I-19) and they both go around the south west side of town, I'm on the north east. The way to get around down here are the major roads, they are three lanes with a stop light every 1/2mi -1mi. On a good day it takes me 10 min to drive across town, I also deliver so that should account for a lot.
 
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