Fuel Economy and Air Conditioning

[petrified.rabbit]

with the windows down, 80-85 mph, mostly highway (>80%) I got 32 mpg with my last tank.

the '11 has a slightly taller 5th gear, so you should be able to do better.

ac does take up to 15-20 hp.. on a bigger engines its less of a drain.. keep in mind there are a lot of factor to fuel economy than just engine size, epa estimates, etc.

[RiderOnTheStorm]

...ac does take up to 15-20 hp.. on a bigger engines its less of a drain.. keep in mind there are a lot of factor to fuel economy than just engine size, epa estimates, etc.

If what you're saying is true, that could be up to a 20% performance loss on this vehicle which would take 35 mpg down to 28 so that makes sense.