"Petrol prices" vs "Air conditioning"

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Can you afford to use your air conditioning?

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Postby EVL GSXR » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:29 am

:D :lol: :D :lol:
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Postby mr pad » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:33 am

aliluya wrote:hmm .. i just did that in my car, and it's same revs if i have ac on or off, with stereo on or off, with everything on or off ...


Nah hes right. See its because you drive a bmw, its able to actually defy the rules of physics. :roll:
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Postby spencer » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:37 am

oh shit I forgot it was a bmw, dam magic german engineering that defys physics
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Postby riddles » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:19 pm

My aircon makes the revs jump 200rpm and if I give the power steering a twist it jumps 300 odd.
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Postby mr pad » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:25 pm

riddles wrote:My aircon makes the revs jump 200rpm and if I give the power steering a twist it jumps 300 odd.


You should get a beema then.
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Postby cheese » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:20 pm

im sure mine gives it another 500-1000rpm hahah

i bet if i had a beemer, having the aircon on would actually save fuel and possibly reduce the effects of cancer and general devestation throughout the world.
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Postby aliluya » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:22 am

either way it doesn't affect me .... so it doesn't bother me ... hah
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Postby cheese » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:32 am

aliluya wrote:either way it doesn't affect me .... so it doesn't bother me ... hah


ahh the 'i dont even care!!" bailout. works everytime
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Postby pervert » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:46 am

Haha, no better way to save yourself looking like an idiot than to say that you don't care... :lol:
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Postby aliluya » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:41 pm

The thing is i don't actually care if i look like an idiot, happens most the time in real life.
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Postby aliluya » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:43 pm

cheese wrote:i bet if i had a beemer, having the aircon on would actually save fuel and possibly reduce the effects of cancer and general devestation throughout the world.


Wow, could that much happen from just owning a BMW? hmm, i should try and get my friends to change to bmw's then ...
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Postby cheese » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:17 pm

aliluya wrote:
cheese wrote:i bet if i had a beemer, having the aircon on would actually save fuel and possibly reduce the effects of cancer and general devestation throughout the world.


Wow, could that much happen from just owning a BMW?


no, not really, but it seems you believe most the things you read :P
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Postby aliluya » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:01 pm

yeah some times ...

and after more research i got the full facts.

The many articles that i search up said that it uses less petrol to use AC while driving on the motorway than it is to drive with the windows down.

Shut your Windows.
Shutting all your car windows while driving will make your car more aerodynamic. This will improve your car's fuel efficiency. Driving with them open drastically reduces your fuel efficiency, far more so than putting the air conditioning on when motorway driving. An open window can increase fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent. For a person who spends RM100 a week on petrol, 20% savings could mean saving RM20 a week, which adds up to RM80 a month. That is money one could pay towards his/her bond or be money saved for a rainy day.
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Postby mr pad » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:04 pm

aliluya wrote:yeah some times ...

and after more research i got the full facts.

The many articles that i search up said that it uses less petrol to use AC while driving on the motorway than it is to drive with the windows down.

Shut your Windows.
Shutting all your car windows while driving will make your car more aerodynamic. This will improve your car's fuel efficiency. Driving with them open drastically reduces your fuel efficiency, far more so than putting the air conditioning on when motorway driving. An open window can increase fuel consumption by up to 20 per cent. For a person who spends RM100 a week on petrol, 20% savings could mean saving RM20 a week, which adds up to RM80 a month. That is money one could pay towards his/her bond or be money saved for a rainy day.
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Ummm Duh.

Re-read that tip, its $&#$% stupid. "Money saved could be used to go back to school and study basic physics"

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Postby solberg Fan » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:21 pm

CozmoNz wrote:
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aliluya wrote:and i've actually read an article that says using AC doesn't use more petrol ....


Haha, really? Did Cozmo write the article? :lol:


oh come on, how was that called for

i know that aircon runs off the powersteering, so SHUTTUP.


A/C runs off the power steering...?? 8O
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Postby Erelyes » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:13 pm

DJ SW20 wrote:Neither. Try opening a window.


At highway speeds etc, you're often better off using the aircon every so often and leaving all windows up.... open window = turbulence

Also kids if you want to save petrol... remove roofracks unless actually in use... chew up extra gas too
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