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Originally Posted by Nerys
OK I REALLY hate hot and humid but Ryo-Oki LOVES it. I mean REALLY REALLY loves it.
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SO is there anything we can do to SIMULATE this?
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I've observed two effects with my Prius: - lower air density - several years ago in a winter drive to South Carolian and back, the temperatures ranged from 15F -> 40F -> 18F and the highway fuel economy followed the change in air density as a function of temperature.
- warm-up effects - engine, transmission and tire warm-up takes about 5 minutes until things plateau. Warmer weather reduces the warm-up by starting a few degrees higher and with lower heat loss during the warm-up interval. Tire pressures are also likely to be higher from heating.
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