Lost 6mpg

[crazyrog17]

the gears are set up to handle the small tires on the freeway. they'll just spin 'em faster and you'll still be getting more mpgs because you're travelling farther with fewer RPMs.

harsh starts are where the gas is dumped out the tail pipe. you might feel like a jerk to the people behind you, but take off a little slower from the lights/stopsigns.

[Evil D]

So i took some advice and changed my driving habits....shifting at a lower RPM (i don't have a tach, i shift at 10/20/30) and coasting to a stop instead of down shifting. Well, i lost 6mpg on this tank vs. the last one where i didn't do any of that. This to me makes no sense at all, so am i missing something or can 6mpg be blamed on hotter weather? I don't know if it's really been that much hotter, at least not enough to justify that much loss. Another thing is this tank had no highway miles at all....do these cars actually get better mpg on the highway even with 12s going 65mph? If so then that's another surprise because i figured with such small tires and going 65 that it might not get as good mpg on highways.