Geremy13 Report post Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) Still HOPE for my CAR,,,,,, So today had to see a client at 5.1 miles away. 82 degrees outside. Time to leave, hit the button on the remote to lower down all 4 windows from my office. (WOW., it worked and nothing stolen). Left the windows down for the first mile then rolled up the back 2 and opened up the sunroof. (Oh, also, no AC.... just ruffed it with vent only.) temp rising to 86 degrees but wind blowing thru the windows is bearable.) A few stop signs and a few stop lights. Arrive= 43.1Coming back= 61.3 total trip there and back = 10.2 miles = 52.2MPG.... YEAH!!!! Damn it's hot though........ (also, my tripmeter doesn't actually represent my true tanks of gas MPG.) BUT,,,, it put a smile on my face! Now, tomorrow, I would like to do the same test with my wife in the car to get her used to HOT in the car, no AC.... try to convince her that I want to bring back memories of when we first got married.... Try to duplicate the results... and then, turn the AC on to whatever makes her comfortable and run the same run again. This would definitively establish differences in the AC vs no AC on my long 5.1 mile commutes to clients,,, which is aproximately 46.97% farther than I have to travel to work from home. :) Edited August 10, 2013 by Geremy13 1 acdii reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acdii Report post Posted August 16, 2013 When I was a kid, our car did not have AC. It had 4-55 AC, you rolled down all 4 windows and drove 55 MPH. Driving the new Fusion brings back those memories, now if only it were a wagon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites