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Old 12-11-2009, 10:04 PM   #63
greenfoam
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Originally Posted by StormyKnight
I guess it would be 1l/100km for any car, but when you start with 5 or 6l/100km, the extra 1l is a lot!

In relative terms you can run the car @ 100km/h on 5 or 6 times the fuel require to run an airconditioner! Thats not bad economy is it!

Depends on how much torque the engine has, I bet the air con affects the diesel Fiesta alot less, it hardly changes the fuel use on a V8 at all but the Fiesta has a few litres to spare on bigger cars anyway
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