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Old 07-31-2010, 05:30 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I can see the difference in my scangauge. My a/c robs my car of nearly 9mpg at 55mph on the highway.

I have never exceeded 38mpg driving my highway run to work, whereas when manually cycling the a/c on the same drive I average over 46mpg.

On small engines its a big deal ..

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