Wondering why people complain that Yaris' cant get good mileage?! - Toyota Yaris Forums

07-07-2010, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by yarrr

On the freeway, having windows down creates drag which hurts your FE than having the A/C on.

This is inaccurate. In both testing with our SGII's and as proven in the 3rd season of the Mythbusters television show, windows down is always more efficient than a/c at any speed.

In fact, with the SGII it is nigh impossible to read the drag hit of having the windows down, but turning on the a/c at any speed is an instant large and sustained hit to FE.

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