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Old 07-21-2019, 07:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
jcp123
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Beater Echo - '00 Toyota Echo
90 day: 42.67 mpg (US)

Hondizzle - '97 Honda Civic DX
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90 day: 46.55 mpg (US)

Shaggin Waggin - '14 Chrysler Town + Country
90 day: 22.56 mpg (US)
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20% doesn’t seem out of order, really.

I believe that a/c drag increases more slowly than engine output as you go from smaller to larger vehicles, so smaller vehicles tend to take more of a hit than larger ones. My Echo and Civic both take pretty big hits, similar to yours, where my wife’s Town + Country, at roughly 2.5x the displacement, interior volume, and engine output, barely even registers a drain, probably on the order of under 10% (I don’t drive it enough to really know). Granted, it’s nearly two decades newer, so that probably helps vs my Japanese beaters.
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