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Old 04-28-2009, 02:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Obviously they all steal mpg: the power for them has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is the gasoline being burned in the engine.

The exception might be heater & defroster. They use waste heat that'd otherwise go to the radiator. It's the fans that use power: with proper intake/vent arrangement, without fans running they might even help mpg a tiny fraction.
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