AC vs. Windows

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Bah, A/C is stupid.

Saw this (the recent pic of Yarrows car reminded me, he used it on his mk1
with great results) and have decided to get one:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/pix/swampcooler2.jpg

I know it looks funky, but if it works, nice and easy to install only when
needed.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1988 Audi 90 Quattro
1990 Corrado TDI
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)

Allyn said:
>> Just watched Mythbusters.  Although the computer told them that AC was
>> more economical than running with windows down, when they did the
>> test, the results were the other way.   Two vehicles, each with 5
>> gallons of gas.  Running around a track at same time at 45mph.  One
>> windows up, AC on full; other windows down, no AC.  AC car ran out of
>> gas first.
>>
>> So, in retrospect, I've been saving gas all these years.
>
> i watched that episode, and i wasnt impressed at all. any real scientist
> must have been laughing out loud watching that show. in the computer
> tests,
> they used the same vehicle for both tests, which were done very close with
> no interruption. this was good, though there were a few variables present
> (warm-up enrichment, etc). in the second test, they brought in a
> completely
> seperate car, which adds a completely new variable to the test. to verify
> those results, they should have at least redid the test - swapping which
> vehicle ran a/c / windows down. i'd bet the same one runs out of gas
> first.
> the second test being run at 45 vs. 55 further complicates things. it
> could
> be possible for the windows to outweigh the a/c only at >= 55 mph.
>
> Al
>
>
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