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Does climate control increase fuel consumption
If I put auto climate control on 99% of the time will I use more petrol than if I turned it off ? To assist you I drive a Ford Mondeo Ghia X Manual gearbox (year 2002) an average of 40miles per hour and drive short trips 5 days a week.
Asked on 6 March 2014 by Simon Bennett
Answered by
Honest John
On short trips it will use more fuel with the a/c on but not enough more to worry about.
Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.
Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.
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