I a native CA human.

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Joseph  Fortino
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---- mike miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
> Why do you want AC?  You obviously live somewhere like Germany or Britain
> where they don't need it.  Try doing without in the southern or southwestern
> parts of the US.  Gives real meaning to the term:  Smells like a goat.
>
> Mike
> Sacramento, CA  moving over 100 next week.
>
>
>
> > From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
> > Reply-To: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
> > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:28:51 -0700
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: insane AC idea
> >
> > my factory setting are roll down the windows, if road rage persists
> > roll up windows and crack the wings.. ;)
> >
> > I wonder why one would want to have ac on an older van, maybe euro
> > van.. but a vanagon..
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph  Fortino
> > fortino1@onebox.com - email
> > (510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax
> >
> >
> >
> > ----         Joe Reed <joe.reed@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Mark Drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:04 PM
> >> Subject: Re: insane AC idea
> >>
> >>
> >>> Anybody know offhand what the BTU rating is of the factory A/C
> in
> >> the
> >>> Vanagon? If so, please give model year and source of the info if
> >>> available. I am thinking that 6000 BTU is only a small fraction
> of
> >> the
> >>> factory A/C capacity.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>
> >> I'm sure you're right -- but the factory a/c is dead in this one,
> and
> >> as we
> >> all know the rear-positioned vents barely cooled the front anyway
> under
> >> the
> >> best of conditions...and this has the advantage of being right behind
> >> the
> >> driver's head. Since I almost never have passengers, that's right
> where
> >> I
> >> want it!  :)
> >>
> >> But most importantly, assuming all this "run while mobile" stuff
> completely
> >> fails (and it probably will never pass long-term readiness testing)
> >> the
> >> point would be that you can't run the factory a/c while parked without
> >> the
> >> engine running. The worst-case scenario here is that I get an a/c
> unit
> >> that
> >> will work fine where I tend to camp -- which is in the Appalachians,
> >> not
> >> Bryce Canyon -- as long as I run a cord from my host's cabin.
> >>
> >
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