Rick James Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 A lot has happened to my ‘93 Loyale 4wd FI in the past few weeks and I’ve just noticed a dramatic drop in gas mileage. Probably the biggest change is the Nokia Hakapallitas snow tires. I was getting 27-29mpg around town and 30-32mpg highway and now just barely see 24mpg around town and 26 highway. Please tell me this is normal. I did a search and found one guy getting the same mileage with "sticky snows" but just want someone to say "you put snows on , ya lose gas mileage"…..or not. maybe that wasn't so hidden..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkiller Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 maybe your gas stations have switched over to an ethanol blend...that might tend to reduce your mpg.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86subaru Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 i have heard before, going from summer gas to winter gas, my mpg has also gone down in my 88 turbo a/t full time 4wd wagon, 24-25 city to 22-23 city, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahDL88 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 your winters may be wider, which would also contribute to the drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 your winters may be wider, which would also contribute to the drop. Or different diameter, requiring that you calculate in the % difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 A lot has happened to my ‘93 Loyale 4wd FI in the past few weeks and I’ve just noticed a dramatic drop in gas mileage. Probably the biggest change is the Nokia Hakapallitas snow tires. I was getting 27-29mpg around town and 30-32mpg highway and now just barely see 24mpg around town and 26 highway. Please tell me this is normal. I did a search and found one guy getting the same mileage with "sticky snows" but just want someone to say "you put snows on , ya lose gas mileage"…..or not. maybe that wasn't so hidden..... Its the snow tires. They have a much more agresive tread, and differnt compound, so they have more reistance to roilling, and will cause a rather dramatic loss in gas milage. If you really want to check put the other tires back on and i bet it will go back up. nipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Its the snow tires. They have a much more agresive tread, and differnt compound, so they have more reistance to roilling, and will cause a rather dramatic loss in gas milage. If you really want to check put the other tires back on and i bet it will go back up. nipper Yeah, I'm afraid I agree with nipper here. But do check that they are inflated as high as they will allow. I always run mine at 35 (or whatever the max listed on the tire is), and it helps a bit compared to the usual 28. Little harsher ride though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley willis Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 that and they wear in the middle a bit quicker. mine are more worn in the middle than on the sides, but it's nothing major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick James Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 Its the snow tires. They have a much more agresive tread, and differnt compound, so they have more reistance to roilling, and will cause a rather dramatic loss in gas milage. If you really want to check put the other tires back on and i bet it will go back up. nipper Thanks for all the replies. This year I went with a spare set of rims and have a designated winter and summer set up........so I may actually do the switch like you suggest. I've got almost 1000 miles on my new Hakas and it's driving me nuts thinking of the wear while we don't have any snow. The dump from a few weeks ago melted. Have to do a highway trip for big bird day.....I'll be damned if I put more wear on these babies without snow. Of course, that's when a storm will hit, on the way back. Maybe I'll be real anal and drive around with the Hakas in the back and whip em out when I need em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 'Tis the snow tires. I noticed a fairly dramatic drop when I switched from my old all-seasons to my Yokohama snows, and another drop when I went to even more aggressive Hankook snows. Sadly, my wagon is lucky to get 22 MPG these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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