For folks wondering about the gentleman's lack of A/C in his Dak: My wife
and I were in Phoenix last year when it was 110 degrees with 5% humidity.
We were in our white '89 4-door Integra w/dark tinted windows and flip-up
sunroof. We ended up driving with all windows and sunroof open, rather
than with the A/C on, because the A/C didn't give us that humidity-reducing
comfort that we get when driving in humid NJ. It's so dry in the Phoenix
area, that many homes use evaporative coolers (*swamp coolers*) instead of
A/C. Those coolers are really nothing much more than humidifiers that put
moisture into the air, and you get the cooling effect from that.
Evaporative coolers were available for cars years ago (you hung'em in the
window) for use in these low-humidity conditions, but I think they're no
longer available. The bottom line is that, IMHO, I was glad I was driving
a white/4-door(all windows open wide)/flip-up sunroof car, instead of a
dark/rear-windows-don't-open/no sunroof vehicle in Phoenix. Besides, the
speed limit on the open highway is 75MPH!!! Gotta love it!
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> From: John Lull <lull@acm.org>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Which payload option to buy?
> Date: Friday, September 05, 1997 1:41 PM
>
> On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 09:33:19 -0700, you wrote:
>
> > Phoenix, AZ (and no A/C)
>
> You *ordered* it that way? And people call *me* crazy!
>
> Seriously, the only reason we even started looking at new trucks is
> that my Toyota P/U has no air -- and it's just too hot in LA during
> the summer.
>
> I don't believe I've seen even one dakota on the lots here without
> air.
>
> Regards,
> John
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