Fuel Efficiency

I got the spring issue of MyFord in the mail and as usual went through it cover to cover. There are of course a lot of interesting things in there if your a Ford person and possibly even if your not.

However the one thing that caught my eye that I wanted to share was about fuel efficiency. It had the usual suspects about the way you accelerate and break, engine speed, and excessive idling. However the one thing I hadn't really thought of, but makes perfect sense, was driving with your windows down on the highway. Yes we all love to do it from time to time, but according to this article, if you are traveling faster than 50 mph, close your windows. Even if you have to turn the air on you'll get better fuel efficiency do to the amount of increased aerodynamic drag having the windows down causes.

Think about this next time it's one of those days where you could go either way with regards to turning on that air conditioner, I know I will.