quote of the year..

[5lab]

Friends of the Earth said that motorists should be forced to sacrifice their luxuries for the sake of the environment.

Tony Bosworth, the group’s transport spokesman, said: “Is air-conditioning really necessary when you could just wind the window down? And there’s no way you could describe electric windows as essential.”

in case ya didnt know, its more economical to turn aircon on than open a window in most cars

[Howard]

Bwa ha ha... They must be joking

[Skii]

I'd like to sacrifice a freind of the earth for the sake of the environment

[Stoo]

Quote of the year = my sig

[Auran]

I'd like to sacrifice a freind of the earth for the sake of the environment

You wouldn't get much meat off him / her to eat tho

Of course if you cut out their still beating heart would they transform into a "bleading heart liberal"

[Fox]

I really wish people who don't have aircon/do not understand it would shut the hell up about opening windows.

Air Conditioning systems chill and condition the outside air, before releasing it into the cabin. Opening a Window does none of these things - opening a window takes hot, sticky, smoggy air from outside the car, and puts it inside.

Thankyou.

[Donny John]

Yeah, but it wastes loads of fuel having the A/C on, I know, I have it my 323F

[5lab]

donny - it wastes more opening a window

i actually prefer 'fresh' air to 'aircon' air - even if its been thu the car vent system - i find aircon air too 'dry', so i always leave it off when driving a car with it

[Konan555]

I just hate it when someone shoves the aircon on to get a cool breeze AND opens the window......gerrrrr

[[exit]]

Yes, thats just pathetic!!! What a waste of fuel!!! -TW4T

[[GSV]Trig]

These the same people that want us to drive 62mph everywhere as it'll save fuel...

Suits me my cally'll do that in 2nd

[5lab]

driving at 60-odd does save a lot of fuel tbh.. mine does about twice the economy in 60 that it will at 90

[[GSV]Trig]

Mine returns ~35mpg at 90...
62mph in 2nd would get me about 10 lol...

[rajagra]

These the same people that want us to drive 62mph everywhere as it'll save fuel...

We'd save more fuel by reducing speed bumps, traffic lights, and all those barmy traffic management schemes that are designed to slow traffic down artificially.
But they wouldn't care about that. Cars are bad. Bad, bad, bad. And we should be flogging our own backs with branches for the sin of wanting to drive.

[Rave]

Well as with most things, there's two sides to the story. At motorway speeds, it's probably true that using aircon uses less extra fuel than opening a window. Around town though, especially in heavy traffic, that's definitely not true. Pop on the aircon when the car is idling and see the engine stutter- engines are not running at anywhere near peak efficiency at idle speeds and I'm sure that the AC would increase fuel consumption considerably.

Anyway my car doesn't have AC so it's all a bit irrelevant to me anyway. I must say that I always appreciate it a LOT in Spanish hire cars though.

[5lab]

We'd save more fuel by reducing speed bumps, traffic lights, and all those barmy traffic management schemes that are designed to slow traffic down artificially.
But they wouldn't care about that. Cars are bad. Bad, bad, bad. And we should be flogging our own backs with branches for the sin of wanting to drive.

granted, but the other solution to slow cars down is speed cameras. and everyone winges even more about them