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Old 04-25-2011, 02:52 PM   #6
John Firestone
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The German automobile club (ADAC) needed another 0.2 l/100 km (less than 1 mpg) with the windows open, between 80 and 100 km/h. Using the A/C to modestly cool the car from 28 deg C to 22 was 2 to 10 times more costly in town.

Their test vehicles were a Ford Fiesta 1.4, a Mazda 6 2.0 MZR, an Opel Vectra 2.2, an Audi A4 1.8 T and an Audi A4 2.0 TDI. Using the AC was between

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