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The AA has done an interesting survey to check common roading myths. Like: Does driving with a load or with air-conditioning on really use more petrol?
It found:
- Air-conditioning off saved a rather whopping 8.68%
- Using fuel-efficient tyres - saved 4.71%,
- Incorrect tyre pressures - used 7.76% more,
- Added weight and drag - used 11.11% more and Poor driving style - used almost 20% more.
Its test cars were a 1.6 litre Peugeot 207 XSP, a 2-litre Nissan Qashqai and a 2.5 litre AWD Subaru Outback. Each was an automatic.
The circuit of just under 200km around the Coromandel Peninsula included a mix of easy open road motoring, a fair amount of steep, twisty gruelling hills and some low-speed town driving.
You can read the test results at the AA site
2 Comments
I have to commute 60 km’s every day, but South Canterbury is a flat plain with very straight roads and busy but flowing 100k hour traffic. Our Opel uses 700km per tank which is great compared to our old 300 km tank Subaru!
A few more savings like this and they’ll be paying us to drive.