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June 07, 2008
A More Efficient Update
This week has been even better than last week's experiment. I actually got 100 miles more to my tank than I used to get. When I filled up this afternoon, the trip odometer read 476 miles driven. Oh, AND as I was keeping an eye on how many miles I'd driven added to how many miles the computer said I had left, it hovered around 530 and even peaked at about 550. The 476 was actual miles and I had just about driven the car dry, but the less I get stuck in bad traffic and the less I use my A/C, it could be even better. If I could drive purely on the highway without having to stop at all, I might just be able to get that 530 or more. Who knows?
I've been keeping A/C use extremely limited which has been difficult with the weather being so hot and humid. Don says that wouldn't make much of a difference, but I don't know. At first I didn't think that slowing down like that would make that big of a difference and look how much it got me. I can save a whole tank of gas and $70 a month! Instead of having to fill up every 4 business days, I can go a whole week. Not to mention I'm getting between 29 and 30 miles to the gallon. Amazing!!
LOL, it occurs to me it's like the MasterCard commercial:
BMW: $35,000
Tank of gas: $68.00
Getting 29 miles to the gallon while having the Ultimate Driving Experience: Priceless
Posted by Amy at June 7, 2008 09:59 PM
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Well, I know for a fact that using the A/C does take away power from the engine because when I had my Honda Prelude, it wouldn't accelerate as well if it was on. So it must mean that it uses some gas.
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at June 8, 2008 08:15 PM
The Today show keeps having these experts on how say that running the A/C causes as much gas usage as rolling down the windows does, due to the aerodynamics being messed up. Granted, I haven't actually tried it out yet. And I don't drive enough to make any experiment valid.
Just what I've been hearing.....
Posted by: Andi S at June 7, 2008 10:32 PM
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