Date:         Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:15:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
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 RE:
>
> As the fat heat-intolerant owner of a non-AC Vanagon who often drives
> alone, I've come to rely on the blast effect of the quarter-windows;
> and I was some dismayed to find that mother VW has become too
> concerned for my safety to allow me to open the darn things to a
> blast position.
>

That's the only thing I found wrong when moving from an '85 to my '90: Can't
open the wing windows far enough to get 'ram air cooling'.  I've been told
this can be corrected by tearing the window apart but haven't tried that.
Yet.

But a spray bottle of water and soaking my shirt down really does work,
helps a lot during hot weather driving.  And a lot cheaper than having the
non working AC fixed and recharged for the few days a year that I need it.