Preface: I'm also a "Mechanic" (self-certified).
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Originally Posted by Mike
Driving with your lights on does not decrease your fuel
efficiency. On any vehicle the alternator is turning at the same relative speed as
the vehicle's engine. That means that it's going to continue charging the battery
and shunting the excess voltage back into the alternator.
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What about the voltage regulator? I drive with my lights on all the time for safety reasons. For most of your responses, they need to be backed up by fuel-flow rates. This has already been done here and through other sites.
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the warmer the tires, the more they stick, causing a decrease
in mileage.
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Source? In fact this is the opposite. Some research will show otherwise.
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To be honest, Cold Air Intake systems usually increase mileage because
of the cold air, the warmer the air the more of it has to pass through to get the
same effect as a smaller amount of cold air, and the amount of fuel injected depends
on the amount of air passing through. So down to about 30 degrees or so it's
actually more efficient to drive in the cold than the warm.
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My shop manual (and collected data) show otherwise. So is the cold air specific to Edsels, Hondas, or Jaguars -- or ALL cars. Source?
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You also seem to like turning the engine off.
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Yup.
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While that does save gas to coast it
also takes an approximate fuel/air mixture of 8:1 for a cold engine and a mixture of
10:1 for a warm engine, compared with pedal to the metal acceleration of 12:1 ratio
and optimum cruising ratio of 16.7:1.
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This ratio lasts for how long? When does the idle consumption equal the restart consumption? You'll be surprised to find out.
I nearly rest my case, your honor.
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faster because oil is not circulating as designed.
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We don't coast in gear...
The rest requires a healthy search of real data instead of what appears to be assumptions.
RH77