Most of us are accustomed to use the air conditioner in our cars. Many of us, like I did, may have had unpleasant experiences like driving for a job interview or a date in sweltering heat, if of course your car had no air conditioner.

It is not a wonderful experience to present yourself to a board of interviewers or your new sweetheart after you had driven 2 hours in high temperatures. It is instead wonderful to be driving away in a comfortable environment and arriving at your destination spick and span.

Important considerations need however to be taken when air conditioners are concerned. Humans are mostly creatures of habit. We have certain habits that we learned from the past and continue to behave in certain ways that may not be in our long term interest.

Here I am talking about the impact your air conditioner may have on your fuel consumption. Proper use of your air conditioner may save you hundred of dollars annually and take that extra load from your engine. Unfortunately most of us do not know certain basic principles in the usage of their air conditioners.

You know it is a luxury device that can make life so much easier in the heat of the day, but do you think about how best you could use it?

After your car has been parked in the heat for a while, it is usually extremely hot when you start it and turn the AC on to cool it down. The best strategy is to start the car and drive the first couple of minutes without the AC and with the windows open. This has mainly three benefits:

•This will air the car and get the heat out before you roll up the windows and enjoy the cooling.

•Your car will also enjoy it because it does not have to start under the extra load

•The AC does not have to neutralize the heat so much before starting cooling the air.

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