Does it take more gas to start the car than to idle for a few mins?
01-06-2012, 02:15 PM
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Does it take more gas to start the car than to idle for a few mins?
Ok so this is something I've heard for some time now and I wanna know if it's true or a myth. Does it take more gas to start a car than it does to sit idling for a few mins with the a/c on? I just figured I'd go ahead and get an answer.
01-06-2012, 02:41 PM
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No, I think it's something like 6 seconds worth of idling on a modern car is all that ti takes from research I read.
01-06-2012, 07:03 PM
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I'd really like to test it. Brand new cars, especially those with stop/start technology, use barely any fuel to start: like 187sks said. For something like a late 90s to early 00s economy car, however, it is unclear.
I tend to turn my car off if I'm going to be idling for more than a half a minute or so.
I tend to turn my car off if I'm going to be idling for more than a half a minute or so.
