Ac vs non ac mpg drop???
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Ac vs non ac mpg drop???
Hey guys leaving tomorrow morning thinking 4am for a 950 mile leg of my road trip....
what kind of drop can I expect when I kick my AC on.. i get 31mpg cruise control at 65
more money I save on gas the more money I can spend on monty cristo samiches at disneyland..
wondering if its worth leaving maybe an extra hour or 2 earlier for non AC drive time down in CA.. planning on 15 hour drive..
last min food for thought....
what kind of drop can I expect when I kick my AC on.. i get 31mpg cruise control at 65
more money I save on gas the more money I can spend on monty cristo samiches at disneyland..
wondering if its worth leaving maybe an extra hour or 2 earlier for non AC drive time down in CA.. planning on 15 hour drive..
last min food for thought....
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Hey guys leaving tomorrow morning thinking 4am for a 950 mile leg of my road trip....
what kind of drop can I expect when I kick my AC on.. i get 31mpg cruise control at 65
more money I save on gas the more money I can spend on monty cristo samiches at disneyland..
wondering if its worth leaving maybe an extra hour or 2 earlier for non AC drive time down in CA.. planning on 15 hour drive..
last min food for thought....
what kind of drop can I expect when I kick my AC on.. i get 31mpg cruise control at 65
more money I save on gas the more money I can spend on monty cristo samiches at disneyland..
wondering if its worth leaving maybe an extra hour or 2 earlier for non AC drive time down in CA.. planning on 15 hour drive..
last min food for thought....
950 miles at 28 mpg x $3.65 gal = $123.83
Total savings for no AC = $11.98
Monti Cristo at Disneyland =$24.99
If you're that tight on the budget you can get 3 Churros for your $12 savings. Life's full of choices hope you make a good one.
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In all honestly, I would much rather be comfortable and potentially lose a mile or two per gallon than try to safe a few pennies on gas.
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HAHA thx guys
1-5 MPG is cool beans.. my ford v6 only gets 18mpg on a good HWY day and 14 in city with AC
i think i am good to go ... i just didn't want a 20% drop looks like im set..
already spent $1200 on amusement park tickets and other entertainment
saving $50 on AC would be cool but it looks like it is not going to be an issue
1-5 MPG is cool beans.. my ford v6 only gets 18mpg on a good HWY day and 14 in city with AC
i think i am good to go ... i just didn't want a 20% drop looks like im set..
already spent $1200 on amusement park tickets and other entertainment
saving $50 on AC would be cool but it looks like it is not going to be an issue
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I got 31.3 MPG's calculated on the way down to Florida when I didn't have AC on. (First few hundred miles it was dark and cool out) then we got to Alabama and it was H.O.T. So the ac went on. I didn't actually calculate this time, but the DIC had said 30.5 for the first half, but went down to 30.0 once the ac went on.
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And anyway, (1) it's going to be near 90 here the rest of the week, and (2) you won't be getting anything close to 31MPG in the traffic the last 100miles either.
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I haven't tried a comparison on my C5's, but I purposely tried testing the difference on my C4 ('94 M6) on my 100 mile per day commute to work.
On my C4 it was 3 mpg worse with the AC on than with the windows open.
On another note, I also found that driving in the rain caused about 2 to 3 mpg drop in highway mpg also.
On my C4 it was 3 mpg worse with the AC on than with the windows open.
On another note, I also found that driving in the rain caused about 2 to 3 mpg drop in highway mpg also.
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There is never enough of a drop to justify being warm and uncomfortable. If this is a concern of yours, maybe you should be driving something else, like a Chevy Spark. Me, I'll close the windows and put on the A/C, that's what its for.
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i went last year from my house in pueblo co to Albuquerque, NM which is about 348 miles one way, and only used 3/4 of a tank of gas..i had the a/c running most of the trip down there as well, that was before i was S/C of course..but i still had long tube headers..corsa exhaust. vararam intake with power duct..
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