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minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWait, so you can’t use the air? You know, one of the major comfort features in a car? What a ripoff.
minus-squareMotavader@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoYou can use the AC is fine and you get pretty close to the rated mileage, but the heated air is a bigger drain.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNewer models come with a heat pump now, so running the heat should be just as efficient as running the AC.
minus-squaregadget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoRunning the heat can be energy draining because you don’t have a hot engine to draw air from. Using the heated seats is much more efficient but of course less comfortable in cold weather.
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh ‘Run the heat’ means using the heater! I was so confused. I thought this was referring to driving fast or running from the cops or something.
Wait, so you can’t use the air? You know, one of the major comfort features in a car? What a ripoff.
You can use the AC is fine and you get pretty close to the rated mileage, but the heated air is a bigger drain.
Newer models come with a heat pump now, so running the heat should be just as efficient as running the AC.
Running the heat can be energy draining because you don’t have a hot engine to draw air from. Using the heated seats is much more efficient but of course less comfortable in cold weather.
Oh ‘Run the heat’ means using the heater! I was so confused. I thought this was referring to driving fast or running from the cops or something.