Timeline for Is it more efficient to drive with the windows down or the AC on?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 8:15 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 8, 2017 at 18:57 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @agentp - You should roll out there and do that ... I'd definitely be interested in the results! | |
| Sep 8, 2017 at 17:33 | comment | added | agentp | interesting both SAE (above post) and mythbusters used big suv's / v8 sedans. Do the experiment with something highly fuel efficient and aerodynamic and I expect you will see far more sensitivity and so convincing results. | |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 18:49 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @Hobbes - Could be. The OP was asking for objective data, so I provided. | |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 14:56 | comment | added | Hobbes | Mythbusters' testing was limited to low speeds (45/55 mph). In my car, driving with all 4 windows down, turbulence (and as a consequence, drag) rapidly rises from ok to very uncomfortable when accelerating through that speed range. So we might both be right: open windows use less fuels at low speeds, AC is more efficient at high speeds. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 21:27 | history | answered | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |