It is interesting that the digital range would adapt as if I were to take a long trip with mostly freeway driving, it would auto adjust towards the predicted 27 MPG / EPA rating. Perhaps the Hard Reset partially erased the memory of all the idling? For if it erased all the idling, it would go to 300+. I wonder if multiple consecutive Hard Resets would get it back to 300+?
I was also going to check how many gallons of gas are burned just idling the car continuously for many hours, filling up the tank right before and filling up again right after. Do you think this would reveal anything? I've checked several times and I lose about 4 miles of digital range per hour of idling but I'm not sure how that translates to gallons burned.
The tires are all stock size and all four were replaced two weeks ago with all-season tires replacing a very worn set of snow tires which might help mileage slightly as snow tires are made of softer rubber and might decrease rolling resistance.
Do you think a road trip to Las Vegas and back from Phoenix would help?
Thursday, July 21st, 2022 AT 8:08 PM