Anyone else experience decrease in MPG after installing lowering springs?
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12 E350 4Matic Sport
Anyone else experience decrease in MPG after installing lowering springs?
Put on a set of H&R lowering springs and noticed a 3-5 MPG drop overall. Seems a little drastic no?
I thought if car lower to ground = improved aerodynamics thus better MPG?
04 C240 4Matic
I thought if car lower to ground = improved aerodynamics thus better MPG?
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Last edited by Crna Mechka; Feb 2, 2016 at 02:21 PM.
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you're likely just driving more aggressively after the install... really doubt that you're losing up to 5mpg from a 1.5" lowering of the car... maybe a bad tank of gas?
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I drive a Toyota Hybrid...
get an alignment done as well, straight everything out
