He probably gets in the car after it's turned into an oven under the sun. I avoid that as much as I can but I try to get some airflow going and get the hot air out of the car by driving it. I may drive for a mile or so with the windows down before turning the A/C on and rolling the windows up. But I do not run the AC with the windows down for more than a few seconds.
Can you run the ac with the windows down?
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Nonsense.
I often run the AC with the windows down for a minute or two when getting into a hot car. Gets the AC up to speed and having the windows open cools the car off quite rapidly. Can't imagine that would hurt anything.
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It still keeps the cab semi cool with the ac and windows down compared to down with no ac
No. Yes.
Place I worked at had an old GMT800. The AC still worked amazingly, but the blower only worked on max speed. So we’d turn the AC on and open the window to “adjust the temperature” lol
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All I needed to see ..... "WS6" got me JEALOUS and forgot all about A/C or windows etc....
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Wife makes me want to pull my hair our every time I see her with the A/C cranking and at same time she has the temp knobs set on 78deg or so! I keep trying to explain it to her , it is like running the A/C heater (there is none really) at same time.
You can run the a/c driving backwards if you desire without damage..
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Just to feel the wind in my hair and idk. It just seems relaxing sometimes to have a window down. I actually don't put them all down
I get that, besides I already have 1 brown and 1 white arm anyway
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Lmao, no all my limbs stay inside the vehicle. No shattered arms here my friend
I used to run it all the time when I had the targa top off my 05 C6 Corvette. The A/C still worked great when I sold it 18 years later. It doesn't hurt anything to run the A/C with the windows or top down. Think of all the police vehicles that just sit with the A/C on and it's 100 degrees or more with no air flowing when the vehicle is stopped.
Do an experiment. If you have a digital mpg gallon indicator, drive with the windows up, then drive with the windows up and the AC on, then drive with the windows down with no AC, then with the windows down and the AC on.
See if you notice any difference.
Driving with the windows down and the AC on will mimic a hotter day.
See if you notice any difference.
Driving with the windows down and the AC on will mimic a hotter day.
I don't think the OP was concerned with fuel economy, when he wrote "hurt"?
It's totaled.
