acdii Report post Posted April 15, 2014 With gas prices back on the rise again($4.09 this morning for 87), use of remote start/warming up is a discretionary expense. If you are anal about getting as high MPG as possible as some are, then following the tips of no heat, using seat heaters is the option to use, but if, like me, you are perfectly content getting between 38 and 43 MPG in the car, using heat, then go for it. :) After driving hybrids for the past 7 years, on the same route 5 days a week, I tend to have a feeling of what I can expect to get without too much work, and from day one, when I got that first hunk of*** now known as the Blue Devil, I fully expected 38-43 MPG, sad to say, never happened, but the one I got to replace it, one I ordered and thankfully my dealer changed the color from Blue to Black, has met my expectations fully and exceeded it at times. Here's the thing, I know if I were to get Anal over MPG I could get 47 in it, but I am not, I just drive it and enjoy it, and that's really what it is all about, enjoying the car. Besides, where else can you find a 5 passenger sedan that looks this good, drives this good, that gets 38-43 MPG? Be happy and enjoy the car. 1 corncobs reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolder Report post Posted April 15, 2014 Whaddaya mean, "Don't warm it up?" Seems to me that's a personal choice. If my long-past-retirement-age bride is still willing to get up at 4:30 am to drive 25 miles over a mountain to see patients, and FoMoCo provides us with a cozy car with heated leather seats, I'll cheerfully spend a tad on gasoline while I clean the windshield to make the start of her commute a bit more comfortable.We bought the Silver Bullet to enjoy it, not to claim bragging rights on a high mpg number.To each his own, I reckon.I am not an advocate of not warming it up if it's cold outside. It's not necessary to warm it up for other reasons and to start getting over 45 mpg requires unusual driving attention. I actually advocate pushing the "Auto" button on the HVAC unless you have the time to fiddle with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites