When to Unblock

We've got pages and pages of conversation about how well the C likes the warmth and the advantages of grill-blocking during cold weather.

Have we come up with an agreed outdoor temperature at which we should UNblock the grill? I don't have an Xgauge to monitor temps. Personally, I figured I'd just wait until it got warm enough for me to want to start using the window shade. Any other thoughts?

A week of 70+ degrees? Wait for 80s?

 

I have only the lower section blocked on my C2. Recent days have been a low of 50 and a high of 75. I am on the road early morning (50 degrees), late morning (65 degrees), and evening (70 degrees).

You're saying I should remove the blocking now?

 

If it were snap-on and snap-off, I'd go for the on in the morning off in the afternoon option. It's still low 50s in the mornings, but I'm managing 60 MPG. I'll probably give it another week, just to make sure the weather holds. Mine are only wedged in, so it really isn't a big deal to add or remove them.

 

Well, I'd best remove them before I go to the post office today. It's already 74°F.

 

Gotta love the warm weather.

During the winter, I struggled to get 50-55 MPG on my daily trip to the post office (7.4 miles one way)... today, without any extra effort, I got 90.8 MPG on that same trip!

 

Vegas is in a valley, so it really isn't flat at all. My routes, though, are mostly very gentle ups and downs, nothing terribly steep. There is one block I drive which does require accelerating into the red if you want to go more than 15 mph - but it's only one block and whatever MPGs I lose are easily made up. I can glide during about 1/4 of each of my trips, otherwise my C just likes me very much. Speeds are 25-45 MPH on my routes, with heavy traffic and lots of lights. Today's trip from post office to work (7.4 miles) got me 82.1 MPG in low 70s weather.