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      11-30-2011, 05:33 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Tom K. View Post

I'm reminded of my 1973 Plymouth Fury which featured an A/C compressor which was designed to always be engaged whenever the motor was running. As A/C dropped the 400ci engine's fuel mileage from about 11 to 8 mpg, I wired a switch to turn it off. At least our modern cars have that switch.

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Yep, reminds me of and having all GM cars (the compressor kicked on with the Defogger/defroster), Then going to Acura cars for a while in the 90s: you could run the defrost/defogger all day long on them to no avail....until you hit the AC button, thus the compressor.
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