last fill-up with gas worked out to 14 MPG. Damn, I thought, all city driving had been averaging 17-18 mpg and combined with highway, I was getting 24 MPG, consistantly. Mine is a white 2004 LTD auto coupe with about 27 K on the odometer and I still love it!

Anyway I noticed that the W/S switch was set in the Winter position (probably when I got my last inside/outside car wash). So for the last 134 miles the trans had not been using 1st or 4th gear. I am surprised I never noticed this for such a long period of time even though it was pretty much slow, stop and go, city driving.