Yay for air con... boo for fuel economy! \o/

mattyprice4004 · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:09

Who else is wrapped up in the lovely world of air con on these horrible sticky days?

It's the first time I've had it working properly in a car, and damn its good!

Bahh, balls to global warming, lets all be cool instead. Turns out I'm doing 25mpg with it on though...

Hands up, air con lovers!

Howard · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:11

*Hand up*

Don't really care about the economy though, it's nice to have it on when driving to/from work

Janesy B · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:12

What is this air con you speak of?

mattyprice4004 · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:13

Some work of the devil that removes around 5mpg from your fuel economy but gives you severe frostbite.

Howard · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:18

Doesn't affect my fuel economy that much :confused:

mattyprice4004 · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:19

Probably because it saps a fair bit of power, so I boot it more than usual.

paradigm · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:22

I never turn my aircon off, ever, in either car.

LSPIII · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:24

I've tried my car with and without the climate control. Makes sod all difference to my mpg. Then again, I only average about 27 anyway

gt_junkie · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:28

Janesy B said:
What is this air con you speak of?

You can count me in that group too.

Don't think my poor ickle 1.25l engine would cope.

gt

Liquidfox · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:30

Lovely in the Focus, never really noticed that much difference either

Firestar_3x · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:31

Peasants have NO aircon.

Poor People ONLY have aircon.

Normal people have Climate Control.

That is all, it might drop my mpg by about 1 having the CC on, big deal, tbh you need to stop posting moaning about your mpg, perhaps you should have though about this before buying a turbo petrol car?

GinG · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:32

Everycar I have had with aircon, never noticed the difference in mpg ever.

Prophet · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:32

I have my climate control on all the time in the Mondeo. Still average around 40MPG driving mostly too and from work in rush hour.

I'm that used to it now it doesn't feel right when I turn it off.

digitalwolf · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:33

It doesn't seem to be making an impact on the mpg in my Clio 172.

Driving along I turn it off and drop the temp down on the climate. Sitting in traffic it is a god send!

GinG · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:34

Firestar_3x said:
Peasants have NO aircon.

Poor People ONLY have aircon.

Normal people have Climate Control.

That is all, it might drop my mpg by about 1 having the CC on, big deal, tbh you need to stop posting moaning about your mpg, perhaps you should have though about this before buying a turbo petrol car?

I dont know what there is to moan at anyway...25mpg is respectable! Its those people who get <20 mpg I sympathise with

Scania · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:34

GinG said:
Everycar I have had with aircon, never noticed the difference in mpg ever.

With a 14 litre HGV the difference is about 0.5 MPG

Given they avarage around 8 MPG, thats quite a bit.

Firestar_3x · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:34

Actually just to add, unless its above 25Degrees or below around 20 or so i actually prefer to have all the windows down (unless i'm on the motorway) or driving much above 60mph, but yes Climate Control is a godsend much above this and when sat in traffic etc.

West · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:36

I <3 my Aircon

GinG · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:36

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
With a 14 litre HGV the difference is about 0.5 MPG

Given they avarage around 8 MPG, thats quite a bit.

Thats not a car though

..and 8mpg

Mr Jack · 26 Jun 2009 at 14:37

Another on the it makes no difference to fuel economy column.