Does anyone know what kind of fuel economy you get when you have the car idling?

 

same question!!!

 

yes. 0 mpg when idling. can you clarify your question?

 

0 miles traveled / xxx gallon = 0 mpg

 

lol gallons per hour? i've kinda wondered this too though my G seems to drink gas at idle for some reason....

 

if your talking about the MPG counter in your NAV then you get 0 lol

 

same idk why

 

OK, I'll bite. How did you come to this conclusion? Do you let the car idle for hours on end?

Now, for some useful trivia. Yes, it's better to turn the engine off if you plan to sit for more than a minute (the time varies per car, of course, but a minute is very conservative). The extra energy used by the starter to get the car going again will be less than the energy wasted by having the car idling. This supposes that you aren't sitting in Death Valley and need the A/C. Oh, and don't do this at a red light! But, waiting in line for your Double-Double, or for your buddy to "just run into the store for a second" qualify.

 

sometimes i get stuck in situations where i am sitting in my car for maybe like 20-30 minutes ( gotta love 5% tint) at a time and i feel like i can watch my gas guage go down....

 

speaking of IDLE. does anyone notice that the car twitches every here and there. Never from a cold start cause the car idles above 1000rpm. but once it gets about 700-800... does your car twitch every here and there??????

 

my car idles at 1500 is that high?

 

Are you planning on air conditioning the house with your car or something?

 

yes. check it again. should be right under 1k rpm after you warm in up.

 

my car idles at 1100-1200...I sometimes eat out for lunch and stay in my car with the AC on probably for 45min or so and I don't see the gas gauge move at all...

 

My car idels at about 600-700 hundred Rpms. Seems a little low...