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Old 06-02-2009, 10:48 PM
PaulDexler PaulDexler is offline
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Re: airflow?

The day I collected my SVX from its previous owner in August of 2007, we were in a long heat wave, with temperatures in triple digits all up and down the West coast. It was 103 when I left Solana Beach at noon and launched northward on I-5. A much needed lunch stop put me put me into Oceanside at 1:30, with traffic building up. The P.O. warned me that the A/C did not work, so I lowered all the windows, tilted up the sunroof, and was on my (not so merry) way. Lots of air moved through the car. It was all hot air, but at least it was moving, so long as I was moving. Long stretches of not moving while passing through downtown Los Angeles were unpleasant, to say the least. But I got it home, and the following week the A/C was fixed, and it works to this day. So yes, lower ALL the windows, and tilt the sunroof, and you will at least have air moving through the cabin.
Paul
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