This is my second summer without AC. Personally I don't need it as the summers don't get hot enough here on Lake Erie and up in Ithaca.
I still want to fix it though. Wrenching is a hobby of mine, albeit an expensive one. If I had $600 I would gladly buy the parts and fix it up.
I'm going to Los Angeles in the spring. I plan on fixing it for fun when the money comes up. That might be a winter project