do you use ac in the car

[SatCam]

I always try to avoid using air conditioning in the car unless it's absolutely necessary. There's nothing more satisfying than driving around with all the windows down and the wind blowing in your face. Air conditioning is boring and wastes gas and I really only use it if Im going over 75 and keeping the windows down is impractical.

I think it all stems from the fact that my parents raised me and my siblings to keep the thermostat at 65 in the winter, the windows open in the summer and stop opening the refrigerator everytime we're hungry. I really feel guilty every time I turn on the ac

[lleeder]

How was your Bar Mitzvah?

[west milly Tom]

I try to keep it off too, but doing 65 in a pickup with the windows down is almost deafening.

[underdog]

My climate control is set to 68 or 70 all year round.

However, I'll put the windows down driving home at night once I get off the highway, if its a comfortable night.

[Gvac]

You waste a lot more gas driving highway speeds with the windows down than you do running the AC.

Just sayin'.

[SatCam]

I try to keep it off too, but doing 65 in a pickup with the windows down is almost deafening.

If you have the a/c on doing 15 is deafening... nothing gives me douche chills more than a small car driving around with a loud ac fan going

[lleeder]

How can you make phone calls with the windows open at 75?
AC vents can also be pointed up your shorts leg to cool down a sweaty ballbag!!!!

[SatCam]

You waste a lot more gas driving highway speeds with the windows down than you do running the AC.

Just sayin'.

thanks mythbusters

[oh_kee_pa]

im sorry...
I like to be comfortable... not hot...

you really like to be sitting at a red light in 90 degree weather w/ no ac?

[Chimee]

im sorry...
I like to be comfortable... not hot...

you really like to be sitting at a red light in 90 degree weather w/ no ac?

I just stick my head out the window.

[Dougie Brootal]

turn on your ac. thats why heterosexual white males invented it.

savages.....

[ToiletCrusher]

Of fucking course I do.

What is this, the 50s ??

[Death Metal Moe]

I use it when it's hot. I've had so many shitty fucking cars over the years it's nice to have working A/C in a car.

I'm using it when I need to.

[Foster]

when I'm looking at new cars the first thing I do is turn on the AC to see how cold that thing can get.

[Gvac]

How can you make phone calls with the windows open at 75?
AC vents can also be pointed up your shorts leg to cool down a sweaty ballbag!!!!

This man speaks the truth.

My old Jeep Cherokee had a vent that pointed right at the nutsack. It was fantastic.

Prevented what I call the "velcro effect" when your balls stick to your inner thighs because it's so humid.

[biggestmexi]

NO A/C.

I will ride home in hot 80+ weather with windows up and the vents a blowing.

Saves me gas and doesnt rob my HP.

If it was my car only i would take the A/C compressor out.

[lleeder]

This man speaks the truth.

My old Jeep Cherokee had a vent that pointed right at the nutsack. It was fantastic.

Prevented what I call the "velcro effect" when your balls stick to your inner thighs because it's so humid.

We should have a nutsack cooling competition.
I wonder who would win.

[ToiletCrusher]

We should have a nutsack cooling competition.
I wonder who would win.

Surface cooling or core cooling?

[lleeder]

Surface cooling or core cooling?

Surface.
No ice lasers permitted.

[ToiletCrusher]

Surface.
No ice lasers permitted.

I'm out.

[biggestmexi]

Surface.
No ice lasers permitted.

Liquid Nitrogen.

you never said anything about keeping them.

[sailor]

without reading all the way thru, i'm pretty sure they use the same gas either way. i run the a/c if it's as low as 68. fuck the heat. (not you chris)

[STC-Dub]

My AC isn't working so I am not using it which is great with 100 degree days!

[jennysmurf]

But driving with the windows down messes my hair all up! :thumbdown:

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Some of us don't live in the NE where you might be able to get away without it. It is always miserable hot and humid out here (in summer) in this dust-bowl. I can get away without using it in mornings most times though, but afternoons, fuggaboutit.

Help, someone please rescue me!

[JerseyRich]

This man speaks the truth.

My old Jeep Cherokee had a vent that pointed right at the nutsack. It was fantastic.

Prevented what I call the "velcro effect" when your balls stick to your inner thighs because it's so humid.

It doubled as a face dryer...

Just sayin'.

[beachbum]

If my ac quit working I would set my car on fire and walk away.

[Reynolds]

NO A/C.

I will ride home in hot 80+ weather with windows up and the vents a blowing.

Saves me gas and doesnt rob my HP.

If it was my car only i would take the A/C compressor out.

If it was legal, I'd weld steel plates over all the windows in the car, set the a/c to 60, and break the knob off.

[keithy_19]

But driving with the windows down messes my hair all up! :thumbdown:

It's sexy when a girl has her hair all messed up because of the wind.

[~Katja~]

It's sexy when a girl has her hair all messed up because of the wind.
I thought you live in NJ...

[PapaBear]

Yes. Sometimes even with the window open.

[A.J.]

States: no.

Middle East: yes.

[Hottub]

Almost never. Unless it's raining. Then I am forced to.

[Heather 8]

Yes. Sometimes (my husband will tell you always) in the winter, too.

[Farmer Dave]

Of course its on. And its not robbing any horse power from my big ole diesel pickup. If I thought it was I'd just reach over and turn my power chip up a notch. I have a bigger carbon foot print than Anthony.:thumbup:

[zildjian361]

Of course its on. And its not robbing any horse power from my big ole diesel pickup. If I thought it was I'd just reach over and turn my power chip up a notch. I have a bigger carbon foot print than Anthony.:thumbup:

big ole diesel pickups rule my dude:thumbup::laugh:

[TheGameHHH]

How was your Bar Mitzvah?

thats fuckin funny.....i cant believe everyone passed over it like you never said it Lleeder. Bravo!

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

Just look at me.....Does it look like I use the AC?


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[Misteriosa]

But driving with the windows down messes my hair all up! :thumbdown:

thank you! it takes a while to get my hair just right :o

i turn the a/c on full blast as soon as i get in the car and roll the windows down. gotta get all that hot air out of the car. as soon as the a/c starts throwing cool air, then i roll the windows up and put it on low :)

[Contra]

I was taught to use "260" air. Besides my old ass Jeep Cherokee
Doesn't have the AC hooked up so I couldn't even if I wanted to.

[dickydean]

I once put a remote starter in my car so I could have it nice and cool or warm depending on the season. A couple of weeks ago I left my 'big truck' running over 24 hours while I was home to keep everything cool in the 104 degree heat here in TX. I've ordered an aux power unit that will do th job only using 0.15 gal per hour instead of the 1± I'm using now.

[SatCam]

Just drove home with the all the windows down on the highway doing 80.........i felt alive

[Coach_Mac]

I feel like that question was in a foreign language. I don't even know what you're talking about.

[earthbrown]

mythbusters did an semi-scientific study.

2 cars, same year make and model. Filled the tank, and then drove, the car with the AC on only stopped like 1 mile or one lap behind the other.

I would imagine you might see a .25-1mpg drain using the ac, some have also argued that in cars with superior aerodynamics, you could actually lose MPG more with windows open, as it causes drag.

I have an older car with ac, and there is a 1mpg loss from using AC, in my new car i cannot tell the difference.

I use it, to make myself as comfortable as possible.

I dont care about the environment, I drive a tractor trailer that gets 4.5mpg, it idles all the time, and AC is ice cold. I also further pollute by driving the truck at 75mph everywhere I go, It usually runs 24/7 in the real cold of winter.


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[OJ Simpson]

Of course I use AC in the car. Al Cowlings drives me around all the time.

[TripleSkeet]

During the summer, every time I get in the car I turn my AC on to almost full blast, and then open my drivers side window.

[ecobag2]

Of course I use AC in the car. Al Cowlings drives me around all the time.

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[ecobag2]

I do.

I enjoy it a lot.

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[SatCam]

During the summer, every time I get in the car I turn my AC on to almost full blast, and then open my drivers side window.

ugh im sure your engine loves you. if I ever use the a/c its after the engine has warmed up and I never go more than 1/3 of the way up the dial


does that make me an ac elitest? probably

[keithy_19]

I thought you live in NJ...

There aren't sexy girls in NJ? There's no wind in NJ?

I'm confused...

[~Katja~]

There aren't sexy girls in NJ? There's no wind in NJ?

I'm confused...

Jersey hair and wind don't mix, silly!

[keithy_19]

Just drove home with the all the windows down on the highway doing 80.........i felt alive

I was on the Parkway going a modest 70 with the windows down and music playing. It is a nice feeling on a nice summer day.

[keithy_19]

Jersey hair and wind don't mix, silly!

You're right...but the girls I hang with spend most of their time in NYC. So, I guess they get a pass, cause they don't have Jersey hair.

[~Katja~]

I use AC occasionally, mostly on really hot and humid bad allergy days.
This evening I came back from the store with my windows down cause it was a nice breeze and great air.

[styckx]

During the summer, every time I get in the car I turn my AC on to almost full blast, and then open my drivers side window.

AC with the windows down rules

[TripleSkeet]

ugh im sure your engine loves you. if I ever use the a/c its after the engine has warmed up and I never go more than 1/3 of the way up the dial


does that make me an ac elitest? probably

It makes you a waste of AC.

For the record Ive always done this, Im on the third car Ive had thats over 100,000 miles and Ive never had an engine problem. (Knock on wood)

[styckx]

Running AC with your windows down doesn't do anything except.. Um. Nothing. The AC runs the same whether your windows or up or down. Maybe a tad more drag from the window down?

Turn the shit on high, roll down all the windows! Doesn't hurt your engine at all. Silly folklore.

[biggestmexi]

Of course its on. And its not robbing any horse power from my big ole diesel pickup. If I thought it was I'd just reach over and turn my power chip up a notch. I have a bigger carbon foot print than Anthony.:thumbup:

not with his Super snake now.

[RAAMONE]

always...even sometimes when its kinda cold out...i have this thing where i have to be cold...i dont know

[Sarge]

I always have it on when I'm driving on a highway, or I'm at work. I try to leave it off if I'm just driving on local streets.

[Jughead]

Ford vans have some A/C problems .....I love people who drive ford vans...:wub:

[Devo37]

i don't use the a/c unless it's really hot out. i prefer getting fresh air having the windows down.
also, i use it less often when i'm driving home (where i can take a cool, refreshing shower when i arrive). i don't want to show up at work or at a social occasion stinking of driving sweat.

[Jughead]

YES the filtration in these newer cars help my allergies......Plus it needs to be used all year long to some degree to lube the compressor from what I have been told.......:smile:

[SatCam]

Running AC with your windows down doesn't do anything except.. Um. Nothing. The AC runs the same whether your windows or up or down. Maybe a tad more drag from the window down?

Turn the shit on high, roll down all the windows! Doesn't hurt your engine at all. Silly folklore.

I meant running his ac full blast when his engine is cold. had nothing to do with the windows being down (that would make my mom cry, though)

[TripleSkeet]

Running AC with your windows down doesn't do anything except.. Um. Nothing. The AC runs the same whether your windows or up or down. Maybe a tad more drag from the window down?

Turn the shit on high, roll down all the windows! Doesn't hurt your engine at all. Silly folklore.

Yea I never understood that. Even as a kid my mom would yell at me "Put up the windows the air is on!!" and Id just look at her and say "Since when do we have a thermostat in here???"

[biggirl]

fresh air sucks

[PapaBear]

Yea I never understood that. Even as a kid my mom would yell at me "Put up the windows the air is on!!" and Id just look at her and say "Since when do we have a thermostat in here???"
Some cars DO have a thermostat. And, even they don't, you still have to run the AC higher with the window open. That doesn't bother me, though. I still have it open at least a few inches, if not all the way.

[sailor]

wouldn't you want the windows up just to get cold from the a/c?

[OGC]

I use the AC mostly at highway speeds. I love having the windows open and the wind blowing through what's left of my hair.

[bigredd]

Hell yes! I've always been a big fan of better living through modern science. If it's above 75 outside my AC is running. Living in Arkansas, that's every day between April and October.

[Bob Impact]

What am I a savage? I demand all air I come into contact with be conditioned.

[Holey Mike MFD]

My chick thinks she's gonna have a few extra dollars to throw around if she doesen't run the AC.But when I'm in the car the AC comes on and we drive 2 miles and she tells me I'm running her gas out so I'll put gas in her tank. But fuck it I'm a fancy gentleman I'll pay for AC god damn it.

[Bob Impact]

If it's a reasonably new car you aren't going to notice the difference.

[boosterp]

NO A/C.

I will ride home in hot 80+ weather with windows up and the vents a blowing.

Saves me gas and doesnt rob my HP.

If it was my car only i would take the A/C compressor out.

At 240 something HP I think I can spare a few.

Of course its on. And its not robbing any horse power from my big ole diesel pickup. If I thought it was I'd just reach over and turn my power chip up a notch. I have a bigger carbon foot print than Anthony.:thumbup:

My 96 Bronco with the 5.8 in it may have you beat, although my next investment is a Powerchip.

There aren't sexy girls in NJ? There's no wind in NJ?

I'm confused...

Doesn't their hair already look wind blown?

I use AC occasionally, mostly on really hot and humid bad allergy days.
This evening I came back from the store with my windows down cause it was a nice breeze and great air.

PA has good air?

Some cars DO have a thermostat. And, even they don't, you still have to run the AC higher with the window open. That doesn't bother me, though. I still have it open at least a few inches, if not all the way.

Just about any car made from the late 70s to now has a thermostat, it cycles the electromagnet clutch on your compressor. Most are preset for 65 if I recall correctly.

[Chigworthy]

I guess it's probably bad to leave the dial pointed at A/C when the vehicle is shut off completely, too? What a bunch of Sallys. I have my A/C blasting when I'm driving at 3 A.M.

[Jujubees2]

The first new car I bought was a Hyundai in 1986 when I was in grad school in Houston. It was $4995 and when I bought it the salesman asked me about a/c which was another $800 so I said no. He thought I was crazy but the old Dastun that I drove didn't have a/c either so I didn't miss it.

Currently I only use a/c when on the highway.

[topless_mike]

Prevented what I call the "velcro effect" when your balls stick to your inner thighs because it's so humid.

you call it Velcro Effect i call it Batwings...

[King Hippos Bandaid]

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[high fly]

I use the air conditioner occasionally on the hottest days, but most of the time I just roll down the window.
The same is true with my house. I live out in the country in an old farm house that is surrounded by mature oak trees that are 60 or 80 feet tall. They shade the house almost all day so I can open the windows and let the breeze in and it is fine most of the time...