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Normal for car to be unbarable without AC on?

Old 07-30-2007, 01:51 PM
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Default Normal for car to be unbarable without AC on?

I was just wondering if you guys consider your F-body's cabin temp to be rather hot if you don't turn the A/C on or at least crack the windows. I have been driving my accord around and am used to just cracking the passenger window for a slight ventilation.

In my camaro I have to either roll down both windows and drive on the highway, or turn the A/C on full blast. Why do they get so hot? If i was ever brave enough to drive it in the winter, I sure as hell wouldn't need to turn the heater on lol.
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If you have T-Tops yes it does get rather hot... i always have to have at least the windows down if not the A/C. If you are a hard top i don't think it would be near as bad.
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Try Having T Tops And Leather Interior...
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Its not that bad, I can go with just the windows down, and dont have A/C yet, need to put it back on, but its worth it knowing I have a kickass car
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Originally Posted by ReFtheMC
Try Having T Tops And Leather Interior...
+1...and black or charcoal leather interior
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Yeah... t-tops and black leather will kill you in a matter of seconds without the windows all the way down, or the AC all the way up.
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Generally speaking, I'm going to guess that people from the northern states will say that it's just fine, the people from the Midwest will all answer differently, and the people from the south will agree that it's hot in the cabin without windows cracked and AC on.
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I absolutly must have the AC on during the day, is has been extremely hot here the past few months.... evening i can roll with the windows down and night also, but yes i have to start my car, open all the doors to get hte heat out in the afternoon. I also have leather and T tops so this must play into it.
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Originally Posted by ReFtheMC
Try Having T Tops And Leather Interior...

amen thats how mine is, when i get in it's like opening an oven... seriously.... a huge wave of HEAT just blast out at you and you have to wait a minut to get in, then roll windows down and A/C on full for like 5 minuts befor even thinking about putting windows back up
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I don't have A/C and Florida Humidity sucks
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i have t-tops and leather charchol interior it was 109 one day **** THAT put the t top shades in made it alot better air conditioner wasnt working at the time btw
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I have T-tops and tan fabric interior. I haven't put the a/c back in since I swapped the motor. As long as it's not raining, I do T-tops and windows down. But it sucks when it's warm and rains.
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window tint helped me out alittle, but there is no getting away from the sun baking everything through the T-Tops unless you put the T-Top shades up to block it. but there is no getting away from humidity though no matter what you do.
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i live in FL keys, tell me about it.. although when i was in NC this past week i was riding with the windows up talking on the phone when i realised i hadn't even thought about how hot it should be, it was great... no heat in the middle of the day with the windows up
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I generally just drive with the windows down, sometimes t-tops off. The only tme I use A/C is when its raining.
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t tops and charcol leather hear. It sucks, on several occasions my gf has got in the car and burtn herself. I would never drive the car in stop and go traffic, screw that, but i always have the windows down... I have ac, but never use it other then makeing sure it worked when i got the car.
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If I keep my t-top shades on in the summer and use a windshield cover, I can drive home with them down fine. I prefer to since I like to hear my own exhaust (and smell it I guess), but I don't like my AC dripping near my headers, or whatever it is I hear it hiss on when it drips.
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It gets hot in Texas, a car is practically useless without A/C.
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umm...trust me you need heat i drove my camaro without heat in two winters and it got hot as hell in the summer but stayed ice cold in the winter
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i dont have A/C and i live in florida i have black leather and t-tops and i have no problem with just having the windows down. and twice already i was wearing a longsleve shirt at 2 in the afternoon about 2 weeks ago. and that was a big mistake.

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