My TDI said it was 108*F when I pulled up to the office a few minutes ago. The vents were blowing ice cold air Amazing to think people used to live without cool.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Mixed blessing when you think about the actual costs and effects. However, Americans do seem to lead the rest of humanity when it comes to attempting climate control.

Actually, a lot of folks STILL live w/o cool...even in places were 100 degrees is the pre-dawn temp!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I'd agree... Flushing toilet is in there too...

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All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to stand by and do nothing.

Too many people tip toe through life, never attempting or doing anything great, hoping to make it safely to death... Bob Proctor

'95 S320 LWB
'87 300SDL
'04 E500 wagon 4matic

I hardly ever use the AC at home or in the car; prefer the nice warm breeze. And thanks to global heating; crazy hot summers seems to be something of the past in Los Angeles.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Come visit me... I have spare warm breeze .. free... 102,103 for the next week....none of that pesky rain to worry about either.. any day.. call me...
As to THERE... wait till the El Nino, La Nina switches before you relax...

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1980 240d ,

chain elongation, cam marks reference:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=10414

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/305365-9-degrees-chain-stretch.html

evap fin cleaning:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=156207&highlight=evaporator

A/C thread

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/297462-c-recommendations-mb-vehicles.html

Thank you , thank you, thank you, Mr. Carrier.

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"Life is tough...it's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne


Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD

I'm looking forward to moving to cool and breezy SoCal in a few months. As for cold AC, you can't beat Duracool.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/tjts2/017.jpg?t=1311374399

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AlC is nice, but really this summer hasn't been to bad without it, so long as I drive north before 1 pm and drive south after 5, so that the sun is always on my passenger side or above me....Otherwise it gets pretty hot here driving in Phoenix without A/C.

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1985 300D (CA, 173K)

Dynamite Biodiesel Co-op, Phoenix,AZ

Thank god for a/c or else more people would probably live here.

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1984 300D, 228k, Light Ivory, Java MB-Tex

i don't know about top five maybe 10.top five in my opinion.1.beer2.the wheel3.guns 4. internal combustion engine 5. electricity

Nice to have in a car, but overrated. I don't have any working in my wimpy VW 1.6 daily drivers or 240D. Just gotta find a route that keeps the air flowing and the sun off you. The missus has to have it in her old cars or she won't play.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

One's opinion of A/C obviously varies with your local weather and climate.
Our local electric company has a deal where, for permission to OCCASIONALLY remotely turn off your house A/C, they give a nice rebate on your bill. Over the past 5 years, I rarely noticed when they cycled us off. When they did, it was for an hour or so. Pretty good deal!
Until yesterday, with the temp ( not the stupid heat index, but real temp) hit 105, and they shut off about 1/2 a million homes' A/C. Mine was off for 4 hours. I came home from a day in the field, anticipating a relatively cool house. No comforting blast of cool air as I opened the door greeted me. Went out to eat to enjoy the cool; not the food.

Today is likely a repeat. May have to change my mind about that "deal".

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

I'm pretty damned grateful for it, too. Anybody remember that movie Mosquito Coast that starred Harrison Ford? I was thinking about that last night as I stood in my garage, attempting to build the doors to go on the bottom of my new barbecue. I gave up when I realized I couldn't keep the sweat out of my eyes any longer.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

According to the "2000 Year Old Man" the greatest inventions were Saran Wrap ("You can make a sandwich and it clings ... you can look right through it.") or Liquid Prell shampoo (compared to a heart lung machine, if you drop a Liquid Prell bottle, it doesn't break).