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BQ Auto -16Auto Q & ADear Q & A: My son just bought a new Saturn Ion. It has air conditioning, but when he took me to lunch the other day in sweltering weather, I asked him why we were riding with the windows open and experiencing the heat and road noise instead of using the air conditioning. He said he was doing it to save gas. Is that a sensible thing to do?  — Mom Cyn Dear Mom: Turning that compressor pulley under the hood to operate the air conditioner does require some engine power, as your son evidently believes. But the added draw of modern auto A/C systems is so small, fuel economy-wise, that he could easily compensate for it, and more, by driving a little more carefully to save fuel on start-ups from stoplights, and exerting easier pressure generally on the gas pedal while the air is on. Turning off the air conditioning to save significant amounts of gasoline is one of those old tales that have survived from the early days of automotive A/C, when big,...
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