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A/C on vs. Windows down

A/C on vs. Windows down

  • A/C on

    Votes: 11 22.0%
  • Windows Down

    Votes: 24 48.0%
  • Both

    Votes: 9 18.0%
  • Neither

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Bacon

    Votes: 3 6.0%
  • Loco sucks

    Votes: 3 6.0%

  • Total voters
    50

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
21,673
7,359
Colorado
Windows down around town; windows up AC on on the highway. I like to hear my engine around town.
 

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
6,379
1
Oz
"Are you wearing a onezie?"
"No, they're my new pajamas. My roommates got 'em for me."
"You mean your parents?"

Grandma's Boy rules!
Next year they're getting me rims for my car bed.
 

jekyll991

Monkey
Nov 30, 2009
478
0
Belfry, KY
I used to have a/c on all the time, but after the a/c compressor on my celica started going down ( it felt like I tapped the brakes slightly when I turn it on while moving) so I got used to windows down.

Now I drive with my windows down for the sake of hearing the intake/turbo of my GTI on back roads..
 

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
Staff member
May 23, 2002
21,117
6,066
borcester rhymes
Unfortunately that test has so many variables. If your engine is turning at 3200 RPM and making lots of power, the AC compressor is going to be relatively minor of an impact. If you're at 1200 it's going to be a big power draw. How efficient is the system? How are the windows designed? What if you have those sill protectors?

I think it's a push, unless you do it yourself on your own car the way you drive.