Saturday, November 15, 2008

Can switching off the airconditioning save fuel in the car?

Yes it can depending on driving circumstance. If your just driving around town then yes as it less strain or drag on the motor. If you on the high way or free way then no as the turbulence that would be created by having the windows down create more drag on the car causing it to use more fuel.
Even tho I don't know if the saving would be negotiable with in town driving.

Guess what? The most recent Car and Driver Magazine just ran a test on fuel economy with a car that had air and a sunroof. They ran three tests at various speeds. At each speed the best fuel economy was had by running with the windows closed. The next best was at the same speeds with the sunroof open. Third was the windows rolled down. The worst fuel economy was recorded by running air conditioning.

no it wont save enough gas for you to actually notice on the newer vehicles ,today's cars are built a lot better and use less as when using the air conditioner,so turning it off and rolling down a window doesn't help save you enough gas to even notice,there's been so many test done on this to prove that it doesn't help that its ridiculous,what the test actually did do was prove that its cheaper to run the air than to roll down a window.

no, they said using a/c or rolling down your windows are the same thing, also, removing heavy items from your car, keeping air pressure in your tires will. Stepping on you gas pedal will waste your fuel.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ofcourse, it will. Air-conditioning consumes a lot of power and fuel as well. Switching it off will obviously save fuel
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Sebastian said...

air conditioning uses battery right? So im just confused if switching it off can save fuel? I don't think so. Maybe if were going to off it, we can save energy or battery.

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