View Poll Results: How hot to turn on AC???
65-70
4
7.41%
70-75
5
9.26%
75-80
5
9.26%
80-85
5
9.26%
85-90
10
18.52%
No AC, I only wish
5
9.26%
AC is for wimps, gimmee the window crank
20
37.04%
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What temp. before resorting to AC
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 845
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From: Bakersfield Ca.
What temp. before resorting to AC
My wife is apt to turn on the A/C before I do. But when it gets hot enough to where it feels like I'm sitting in front of a blow dryer with the windows down, the A/C comes on.
Before we took our trip to Colorado last summer my wife insisted we get the A/C compressor fixed. Actually we had to have it replaced. Glad I did. The Arizona painted desert sure looked nice while driving in that cool mini van.
Before we took our trip to Colorado last summer my wife insisted we get the A/C compressor fixed. Actually we had to have it replaced. Glad I did. The Arizona painted desert sure looked nice while driving in that cool mini van.
Elder User
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 948
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From: McAlester, OK
What temp. before resorting to AC
Ha! Who needs air conditioning? There's nothing like the feel of a real breaze on your legs as provided by a cowl vent, and vent windows for a breaze in your face. ACs are too cold anyways, and there's never a setting that "just right" no matter how hard I try.
Lead Driver
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 8,140
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From: Oak Harbor, OH
What temp. before resorting to AC
My 82 15 pass Club Wagon never had air. So I would open all the windows, I only had the vents under the dash, so we would go 65 or so down the freeway, poor old van.... May she rest in peace. Anyways, if you couldn;t get cooled off you didn;t go anywhere.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Connecticut
What temp. before resorting to AC
Many vehicles ago I had a used 1981 Plymouth Reliant K-Car that was handed down to me from my older sister. It was a 4 door sedan with dark blue vinyl interior that seemed to have an amazing ability to catch and retain heat. It had no A/C and that year design ('81) had no rear window cranks. So you couldn't put the rear windows down. It was like driving around in an oven during the summer.
Just one more reason why I go the A/C route whenever I feel even the slightest bit warm.
Just one more reason why I go the A/C route whenever I feel even the slightest bit warm.
Elder User
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 858
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From: Kentucky
What temp. before resorting to AC
One of the reasons I own a truck is so I can roll down the windows and slide the rear glass open on warm days. Its really nice driving home from work on warm summer evenings. Unless the wife is with me, then I have to use a/c ("that wind is messing up my hair!").
Posting Guru
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,301
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From: Dededo, Guam
What temp. before resorting to AC
My A/C is busted. I am low on freon. I have to change it over to R-134. However my 3 windows handle the job nicely.
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Elder User
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 714
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From: Georgia
What temp. before resorting to AC
Let's see...I'm from south georgia, I turned 22 this year and my Bronco is the first vehicle I or my parents have ever owned that had AC...so I'm pretty much used to the heat....
I vote for "gimme the window handle"...and agree with BobbyL--I only turn on the AC when it gets further into the triple digits (~105 or so...)
I suppose that's why I hate vinyl/leather seats so much...
I vote for "gimme the window handle"...and agree with BobbyL--I only turn on the AC when it gets further into the triple digits (~105 or so...)
I suppose that's why I hate vinyl/leather seats so much...
Senior User
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 364
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From: Tucson USA
What temp. before resorting to AC
I ripped the A/C when I picked up my 73' last October. I can't afford to run it and keep it operational....That's saying something when our summers reach 115 degrees. (I don't care if it's a dry heat...Go sit in an oven and tell me about dry heat).
=)
-Patrick
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-Patrick
Senior User
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 320
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From: outside of HoustonTX
What temp. before resorting to AC
To me the outside temperature is irrelevant to whether I turn on the AC. It's the temperature inside the truck that matters.
Last edited by SHartman; Apr 22, 2003 at 08:30 AM.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 5,860
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From: Metro Detroit (Redford)
What temp. before resorting to AC
Never had AC until I got my latest truck a couple years ago. I like driving with my window rolled down. Will use the air if I am sweating or on the freeway where the window down is just too noisy.
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