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04-30-2006, 10:03 PM
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granny just passed me
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Staying cool without AC
Was just wondering if anyone has tips on staying cool without air conditioning. I guess tinted windows, parking in the shade, and driving a white car would help.
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04-30-2006, 10:12 PM
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*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Yeah, my black interior
Yeah, my black interior doesn't help. I leave my windows all the way down during the day and then blast the air when driving. Doesn't help at all, but I don't care if I overheat after school, *shrug*
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04-30-2006, 10:32 PM
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granny just passed me
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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when it is +90 out I will
when it is +90 out I will just have to deal with it. They did a mythbuster on white and black cars. I think there was a 5 degree difference.
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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04-30-2006, 10:37 PM
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I should be WORKING now
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Eastern Ontario
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get a wood bead seat
get a wood bead seat cover.
seriously.
i've never had a/c (though i do live in ontario where i can normally count the number of 90+F / high humidity days each year on all my fingers and toes).
i actually call it my "air conditioning", as in, "it's hot today, better get out the air conditioning."
the thing is it keeps you from sticking to the seat, and lets some air flow behind and underneath you. i find the sticky back is the worst part.
we'll see how it goes this summer - this will be my first year with a BLACK car. and these metros have a high glass area:interior volume ratio, so they heat up fast. (way faster than my old accord anyway)
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04-30-2006, 10:37 PM
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*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Well, all I know is my car
Well, all I know is my car is much hotter than my mother's car, and that the screwdrive I left on my seat yesterday burnt a mark into my hand.
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04-30-2006, 10:38 PM
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*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:and these metros have
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and these metros have a high glass:interior volume ratio, so they heat up fast. (way faster than my old accord anyway)
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That might be my issue, actually. Tons of glass, very little room (though very comfortable). |
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04-30-2006, 10:43 PM
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granny just passed me
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Yeah it turns your car into
Yeah it turns your car into a greenhouse svo
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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04-30-2006, 10:44 PM
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*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Eh, I suck.
Eh, I suck.
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04-30-2006, 10:49 PM
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3 pedals>*
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I never use the AC, at all.
I never use the AC, at all. The only time I use it when I give somebody a ride, they start complaining and I have to turn the AC on. If I didn't have the AC on the trip to vegas and drove 65mph I would of hit 40mpg for sure.
People that are fat or not trained get very hot and have to use the AC. I don't go to the point where I sweat or I'm extremly cold but I have ways of warming up quick and cooling off without cracking the window or using the AC. Pumping up tires at 1am in the morning made it easier for me against the cold. I changed my breathing techniques so I don't require a lot of oxygen. I know this because I can have my room's window closed for months and never get dizzy. The only time I open it is to get the new air in. I haven't run my AC for like a year unless somebody is in the car with me and they want oxygen.
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04-30-2006, 10:50 PM
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3 pedals>*
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Also I sweat a lot less and
Also I sweat a lot less and I can take higher temps much easier.
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04-30-2006, 11:49 PM
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Baby Killer
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I don't need windows or AC.
I don't need windows or AC. I can sprint around a track at full speed in 90 degree weather without sweating, odd it may seem. I'm actually rather fond of warm weather, and even when it's 100 degrees out, I am still quite comfortable wearing a leather jacket with winter lining.
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05-01-2006, 12:12 AM
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I am a banana
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 1,481
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silver roof?
I have tinted windows, and it seems to help, I've also been thinking about getting one of those silver winshild cover deals, I also have a glass pop out sunroof, and I'm not sure if that alows in enough more sun that it counteracts having it open, but I do tend to leave it open while parked, and have thought about getting some silver mylar (space blanket) to keep the sun out in the summer, with the windows cracked and the sun roof cracked it gets pretty decent air flow, my old civic hatch back had rear windows that would hinge open, like mini van windows in the back, and that helped alot for air flow, put the vent on low, crack the rear windows and that car never got to hot.
I can't belive that it's only 5 degree differnt for white compared to black cars, walk thru a parking lot, and feel the hoods, the black cars can burn you, I've thought about painting my roof silver...
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05-01-2006, 01:28 AM
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Driving on E
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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You need to get a swap
You need to get a swap cooler from an old VW Bus 
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05-01-2006, 01:35 AM
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Sweet my own title
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Surrey B.C
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open a little bit from your
open a little bit from your left window and your right REAR window, if done correctly the air flow should be very smooth accross the vechile and areodynamics won't be boched as opposed to having all four windows down.
i have a coupe so i can't use this trick 
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05-01-2006, 10:55 AM
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ECO-Driver
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Pflugerville, Tx
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Window block/shade for the
Window block/shade for the windshield keeps the heat down. When I was a kid my uncle had a 1966 Mustang with out AC. He had a little tray that was about 8x4x2 that he just dumped ice in and then had a fan blow across the top of it. It actually worked pretty good for those in the front seats. Of course it was a one shot deal it worked for about 30-40 minutes and then you would need to find more ice.
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05-01-2006, 11:33 AM
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Flying Under the Radar
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Raliegh, NC
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Re: open a little bit from your
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Originally Posted by philmcneal
open a little bit from your left window and your right REAR window, if done correctly the air flow should be very smooth accross the vechile and areodynamics won't be boched as opposed to having all four windows down.
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Luckily I have a rear window that goes down. I can leave the front windows rolled up and the vacuum from the rear of the car pulls air thru the dash vents. A nice quiet breeze.
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05-01-2006, 12:06 PM
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I should be WORKING now
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Eastern Ontario
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Re: open a little bit from your
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Originally Posted by krousdb
I can leave the front windows rolled up and the vacuum from the rear of the car pulls air thru the dash vents. A nice quiet breeze.
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stupidly, the rear quarter windows on the blackfly (or on any 1995+ suzukiclone for that matter) don't open. the previous gen cars had the latches that would pop those windows outwards a couple of inches at the back edge.
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05-01-2006, 03:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Kansas City Area
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1950's A/C
I heard stories of trips in the family truckster back in the 50's: Get a cooler full of ice and have a fan blow air over ice. I guess it worked to a point. Water misting and the evaporative effect of cooling works well also. No idea how to implement it...
RH77
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05-02-2006, 11:05 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Newnan, GA
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In the summer I always crack
In the summer I always crack my windows (if the forecast isn't for rain). This lets out SO much heat so that the inside is more bearable at first. I also try to keep a white shirt or something to that effect in my car to cover my shift knob (it's metal) - in the past it has been so hot it was nearly impossible to drive.
I still do run my AC though. I consider it a necessary evil down here in the humid south.
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05-02-2006, 01:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newport RI USA
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cooling
The Metalic Silver/ Gray Geo with it's massive sloping windshield would get hot and radiate into the cabin so I would run water in the washers and spray the glass down to cool it and the aero was soo oo oooo slick that I would have to hold my hand out the window to deflect the air in.
My Rabbit although sunbright yellow was a toaster in the bright sun as well but it had the cold air vents in the dash that really worked well and VENT WINDOWS YEAH! of course they used the vent windows to break into the car. $79 each replaced them twice.
Silver was almost as bad as black and now that I finally have a white vehicle again (65 Rambler was white) I noticed already how much cooler it is in the sun - NOT just 5 degrees cooler btw A LOT COOLER.
Read somewhere that some high school kids made a Peliter Effect AC system for a car that worked really well. Those are the solid state junctions that make hot on one side and cold on the other when DC current passes throught them. They connected several maybe 5 to 10 of them and it cooled the air very well. Hard to believe that they could cool that much but I guess it could work - may have to try something with the ones that I have.
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05-02-2006, 01:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newport RI USA
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VW
OK how does that VW cooler work?? Is it an air scoop and exhost in a single unit??
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05-03-2006, 08:15 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Newnan, GA
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Re: VW
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OK how does that VW cooler work?? Is it an air scoop and exhost in a single unit??
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I know a guy that had something that looked like that on a VW bug. He said you put ice in it and there was a string he pulled to make it "blow" cool humid air on him. He said it was invaluable in AZ where he lived.
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05-03-2006, 08:43 AM
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I am a banana
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Western Wisconsin
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Re: VW
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Originally Posted by JanGeo
OK how does that VW cooler work?? Is it an air scoop and exhost in a single unit??
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it's a swamp cooler, it has a water resivor, and a spong, and it cooles thru evaporation, if you live someplace that is dry they work really well, if you live someplace humid, then they don't work as well.
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05-03-2006, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newport RI USA
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VW Cooler
Ahhh like a wet t-shirt in a breeze - got it. Leather jacket on a hot sunny day on a motorcycle many people couldn't understand why I would wear one and what they didn't understand was that the leather holds moisture and releases it on the inside cooling itself and you as air flows down the neck of the jacket. It also insulates you from the hot sun.
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