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Posted: 7/25/2016 9:57:55 PM EDT
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Crack the windows a smidge to allow the hot air to escape.
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Posted: 7/25/2016 9:59:41 PM EDT
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I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? I take my windows out and doors off. That way it's no hotter than ambient. |
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Posted: 7/25/2016 10:07:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you shitting me  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/27/article-2165728-13D0D445000005DC-803_634x423.jpg This is how Mayor Bloomberg does it. Are you shitting me It's a pretty slick solution to keeping an all black vehicle cool without having to run up hours on the engine and AC. |
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Posted: 7/25/2016 10:18:33 PM EDT
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Can you rally hate on it? Really though? It's a pretty slick solution to keeping an all black vehicle cool without having to run up hours on the engine and AC. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/27/article-2165728-13D0D445000005DC-803_634x423.jpg This is how Mayor Bloomberg does it. Are you shitting me It's a pretty slick solution to keeping an all black vehicle cool without having to run up hours on the engine and AC. You're right, God forbid Bloomberg has a couple drops of sweat form on his forehead while the car takes a few minutes to cool off after the vehicle is started. It's only the tax payers money keeping an empty car cool. |
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Posted: 7/25/2016 10:21:30 PM EDT
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those weathertech window deflectors help a lot
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Posted: 7/25/2016 10:39:27 PM EDT
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Can you rally hate on it? Really though? It's a pretty slick solution to keeping an all black vehicle cool without having to run up hours on the engine and AC. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/27/article-2165728-13D0D445000005DC-803_634x423.jpg This is how Mayor Bloomberg does it. Are you shitting me It's a pretty slick solution to keeping an all black vehicle cool without having to run up hours on the engine and AC. If I thought I could get away with hacking into the electrical on the light pole at work, I would do this. I want somebody to make an aftermarket sunroof replacement that is solar panels and fans to vent the car without letting rain in. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 1:55:25 AM EDT
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Bite me   It's 8pm and its 84 degrees lolQuote HistoryQuoted:
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A hot day... . I say, a REALLY HOT day in summer here might reach 70 degrees. We just stay hydrated , and cope. Bite me It's 8pm and its 84 degrees lolOur daytime temps got DOWN to 98 degrees today. ...you pussies. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 1:58:32 AM EDT
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Seems like you would need to hang ten of those things to even begin to feel a difference. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Seems like you would need to hang ten of those things to even begin to feel a difference. The point of using these is that they keep the temperature down while you are away from the vehicle. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 1:59:14 AM EDT
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Pretty sure those were proven to be BS and don't work Quote HistoryPretty sure they haven't. Especially when combined with window shades. eta This combo worked well for me until some idiot opened the passenger window and lost it while on the freeway. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 1:59:32 AM EDT
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Our daytime temps got DOWN to 98 degrees today. ...you pussies. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A hot day... . I say, a REALLY HOT day in summer here might reach 70 degrees. We just stay hydrated , and cope. Bite me It's 8pm and its 84 degrees lolOur daytime temps got DOWN to 98 degrees today. ...you pussies. Fuck that. If I had to use AC at night even on a single story house I'd be out the door, that would be my limit. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 2:04:48 AM EDT
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Fuck that. If I had to use AC at night even on a single story house I'd be out the door, that would be my limit. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A hot day... . I say, a REALLY HOT day in summer here might reach 70 degrees. We just stay hydrated , and cope. Bite me It's 8pm and its 84 degrees lolOur daytime temps got DOWN to 98 degrees today. ...you pussies. Fuck that. If I had to use AC at night even on a single story house I'd be out the door, that would be my limit. Weak sauce. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 9:41:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: VAT  What is a 'Value-Added Tax - VAT' A value-added tax (VAT) is a type of consumption tax that is placed on a product whenever value is added at a stage of production and at final sale. VAT is most often used in the European Union. The amount of VAT that the user pays is the cost of the product, less any of the costs of materials used in the product that have already been taxed. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 9:44:07 PM EDT
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I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? I drive a 4runner and always keep it covered with a four-layer waterproof/breathable cover under the hot sun for hours. I have a reflective windshield sunshade covering the entire windshield plus a dash cover and also cloth seats. I also keep all four windows plus the hatch glass cracked by about 2 - 3 inches. I park in a secured lot so I can do this. Even with all of that, the car is still warm when I come back to it later in the day. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:23:50 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:27:00 PM EDT
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The point of using these is that they keep the temperature down while you are away from the vehicle. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Seems like you would need to hang ten of those things to even begin to feel a difference. The point of using these is that they keep the temperature down while you are away from the vehicle. No, really? Jesus, I thought they were magazine loading devices. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:29:51 PM EDT
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I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? Reflective windshield shade + tinted windows |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:37:42 PM EDT
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Silver window shades, and crack your Windows a couple inches.
They make solar fans that vent your car I think... |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:50:50 PM EDT
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I'm doing one of my cars right now. Putting home depot aluminum bubble insulation above the headliner, and under the carpet.
Works very well. 
Heat from asphalt and exhaust will heat soak the chassis. This helps prevent the transfer into the cabin. |
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Posted: 7/26/2016 11:53:03 PM EDT
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White vehicle. Window tint. DARK MOTHERFUCKING TINT Vent visors. Windshield tint strip. Folding windshield shade. And then for funnzies (actually, for my stereo install) Dynamat sound deadening and insulation. DAMN took half a page for someone to suggest tint? |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:02:18 AM EDT
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Park in Alaska. I was there last week and it was 80 and humid. Sucked. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:04:11 AM EDT
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Weak sauce. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A hot day... . I say, a REALLY HOT day in summer here might reach 70 degrees. We just stay hydrated , and cope. Bite me It's 8pm and its 84 degrees lolOur daytime temps got DOWN to 98 degrees today. ...you pussies. Fuck that. If I had to use AC at night even on a single story house I'd be out the door, that would be my limit. Weak sauce. In portland we have plenty of hot days in the summer but except for a few days a year in my ranch style house I can always open the windows at night and the house will eventually cool. I hate AC, I have on everything I own but I don't want to live a life with the windows always closed on everything I own running AC to live a life of comfort. YMMV |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:07:41 AM EDT
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/27/article-2165728-13D0D445000005DC-803_634x423.jpg This is how Mayor Bloomberg does it. His vehicle is more dangerous than ISIS. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:12:07 AM EDT
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Yeti sticker
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:14:39 AM EDT
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DAMN took half a page for someone to suggest tint? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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White vehicle. Window tint. DARK MOTHERFUCKING TINT Vent visors. Windshield tint strip. Folding windshield shade. And then for funnzies (actually, for my stereo install) Dynamat sound deadening and insulation. DAMN took half a page for someone to suggest tint? The type of tint matters more than the darkness of the tint. I will out up a 50% madico's wincos over any 5% cheap ass tint any day of the week. Cheap dye based tint<metaliic tint<Ceramic tint<Wincos. And I've owned all of the above, including ceramic tint on my porsche and tahoe, and wincos on my infiniti and escalade. Night and day difference. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:16:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? Remote starter. Start your AC a few minutes before you get in. Works for me.  |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:22:26 AM EDT
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Pretty sure they haven't. Especially when combined with window shades. eta This combo worked well for me until some idiot opened the passenger window and lost it while on the freeway. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Pretty sure they haven't. Especially when combined with window shades. eta This combo worked well for me until some idiot opened the passenger window and lost it while on the freeway. 
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:33:40 AM EDT
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Pretty sure they haven't. Especially when combined with window shades. eta This combo worked well for me until some idiot opened the passenger window and lost it while on the freeway.  https://youtu.be/KOdWdfe-xJsExactly. They don't work. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:41:50 AM EDT
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Remote starter. Start your AC a few minutes before you get in. Works for me.
http://www.viper.com/SmartStart/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? Works for me.
http://www.viper.com/SmartStart/ This is what I do. The sun reflector in the windshield is just to keep the sun from cracking the dash and degrading the steering wheel material. Remote start with the AC and cooled seats or heat and heated seats makes life so much better. Window tint is nice too for keeping the cab cool and the blinding morning sun out of your eyes. Mines past the legal limit but I've never been stopped for it. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 2:27:39 AM EDT
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No, really? Jesus, I thought they were magazine loading devices. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Seems like you would need to hang ten of those things to even begin to feel a difference. The point of using these is that they keep the temperature down while you are away from the vehicle. No, really? Jesus, I thought they were magazine loading devices. They didn't work so well for loading magazines. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 11:39:28 AM EDT
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I use the Vent Visors so I can leave my windows cracked. Helps a lot. This. I have those and a custom fitted, insulated windshield cover. It helps quite a bit. Something else that helps a lot is having the side windows tinted. I am really close to saying "screw the rules" and getting the sides on my truck done. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 11:45:25 AM EDT
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Remote start |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 11:50:31 AM EDT
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Why don't you just pull out your cell phone and start the car so the AC can blow for a few minutes, like the rest of us who drive modern vehicles? My last pickup had an app for that. I miss it. The current only has key fob remote start. When a black vehicle with leather seats sits in >100F ambient temps parked on black asphalt, it gets very toasty. The windows are tinted, and I put a reflective windshield screen in for long parking. Soda cans in the cab still get very hot to the touch. Wish I knew what kind of tint the previous owner had applied to the front windows. It's my 4th black vehicle in a row. 
Painful skin gets significant around 111F applied heat. First degree burns begin near 118F. Second degree burns begin in the area of 131F. [1] These are thermal images I took of my last pickup on a hot day: 
[1]http://www.nist.gov/fire/fire_behavior.cfm |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 11:52:30 AM EDT
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Reflective windshield shade, and crack the sunroof and a couple of windows. The interior temp always feels the same as ambient to me when I do this.
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Posted: 7/27/2016 11:55:53 AM EDT
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reflective car cover
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:01:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:03:33 PM EDT
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I have a simple thing I do, park under some shade trees.
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:05:59 PM EDT
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leave the windows cracked.
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:13:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm doing one of my cars right now. Putting home depot aluminum bubble insulation above the headliner, and under the carpet. Works very well. http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/400/46/46a88e7d-9105-4e0f-81ca-07de3b9d9011_400.jpg Heat from asphalt and exhaust will heat soak the chassis. This helps prevent the transfer into the chassis. I got a roll of 4ft x 25ft and made a custom windshield shade to go around my dash cam. It works great, and the stuff is easy to work with. Next step is side window shades. Also put it over several windows in my apt that were doing nothing but letting the sun increase my cooling bill. The scraps are going to be made into cozies for my camping cook set to let stuff stay warm off the stove. For $45 or so, it was quite useful stuff. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 12:14:55 PM EDT
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vent visors...so you can leave you windows open an inch or two,.. and not worry about rain
tinted windows windshield cover . |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:39:21 PM EDT
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I have a simple thing I do, park under some shade trees. Sadly most parking lots are totally devoid of trees and if there are a few the employees usually get those spots prior to opening. It's like that in any new development be it residential or commercial. Why do people hate trees and shade so much? 
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:40:38 PM EDT
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in-channel window visors (no cheap tape-on). tinting. trees.
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:42:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My last pickup had an app for that. I miss it. The current only has key fob remote start. When a black vehicle with leather seats sits in >100F ambient temps parked on black asphalt, it gets very toasty. The windows are tinted, and I put a reflective windshield screen in for long parking. Soda cans in the cab still get very hot to the touch. Wish I knew what kind of tint the previous owner had applied to the front windows. It's my 4th black vehicle in a row. Painful skin gets significant around 111F applied heat. First degree burns begin near 118F. Second degree burns begin in the area of 131F. [1] These are thermal images I took of my last pickup on a hot day: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/E436F302-F385-4C7F-9B81-A02345C585E3_zpsmocexenj.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/9095C524-A5B4-4DBA-8665-8CAC0922D9D3_zpszf0ymt8d.jpg [1]http://www.nist.gov/fire/fire_behavior.cfm Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why don't you just pull out your cell phone and start the car so the AC can blow for a few minutes, like the rest of us who drive modern vehicles? My last pickup had an app for that. I miss it. The current only has key fob remote start. When a black vehicle with leather seats sits in >100F ambient temps parked on black asphalt, it gets very toasty. The windows are tinted, and I put a reflective windshield screen in for long parking. Soda cans in the cab still get very hot to the touch. Wish I knew what kind of tint the previous owner had applied to the front windows. It's my 4th black vehicle in a row. Painful skin gets significant around 111F applied heat. First degree burns begin near 118F. Second degree burns begin in the area of 131F. [1] These are thermal images I took of my last pickup on a hot day: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/E436F302-F385-4C7F-9B81-A02345C585E3_zpsmocexenj.jpg http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t151/sleepdr/9095C524-A5B4-4DBA-8665-8CAC0922D9D3_zpszf0ymt8d.jpg [1]http://www.nist.gov/fire/fire_behavior.cfm |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:45:21 PM EDT
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Tinted windows, garage, or both. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:47:14 PM EDT
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Menards has this stuff. I got a roll of 4ft x 25ft and made a custom windshield shade to go around my dash cam. It works great, and the stuff is easy to work with. Next step is side window shades. Also put it over several windows in my apt that were doing nothing but letting the sun increase my cooling bill. The scraps are going to be made into cozies for my camping cook set to let stuff stay warm off the stove. For $45 or so, it was quite useful stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm doing one of my cars right now. Putting home depot aluminum bubble insulation above the headliner, and under the carpet. Works very well. http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/400/46/46a88e7d-9105-4e0f-81ca-07de3b9d9011_400.jpg Heat from asphalt and exhaust will heat soak the chassis. This helps prevent the transfer into the chassis cabin. I got a roll of 4ft x 25ft and made a custom windshield shade to go around my dash cam. It works great, and the stuff is easy to work with. Next step is side window shades. Also put it over several windows in my apt that were doing nothing but letting the sun increase my cooling bill. The scraps are going to be made into cozies for my camping cook set to let stuff stay warm off the stove. For $45 or so, it was quite useful stuff. $45 seems like alot. I picked up IIRC the same size for $9 at home depot. Did drivers side half the daily driver. No measurement on cabin temp reduction, but the difference by feeling the carpet after heat soak and parking on hot asphalt is significant. My exhaust gets brutally hot and transfers heat right to my feet. Carpet stayed ice cold after a few WOT runs and a 30 minute cruise. A/C is way more efficient because it's no longer cycling burning hot air from the carpet around. |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 1:52:05 PM EDT
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Menards has this stuff. I got a roll of 4ft x 25ft and made a custom windshield shade to go around my dash cam. It works great, and the stuff is easy to work with. Next step is side window shades. Also put it over several windows in my apt that were doing nothing but letting the sun increase my cooling bill. The scraps are going to be made into cozies for my camping cook set to let stuff stay warm off the stove. For $45 or so, it was quite useful stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm doing one of my cars right now. Putting home depot aluminum bubble insulation above the headliner, and under the carpet. Works very well. http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/400/46/46a88e7d-9105-4e0f-81ca-07de3b9d9011_400.jpg Heat from asphalt and exhaust will heat soak the chassis. This helps prevent the transfer into the chassis. I got a roll of 4ft x 25ft and made a custom windshield shade to go around my dash cam. It works great, and the stuff is easy to work with. Next step is side window shades. Also put it over several windows in my apt that were doing nothing but letting the sun increase my cooling bill. The scraps are going to be made into cozies for my camping cook set to let stuff stay warm off the stove. For $45 or so, it was quite useful stuff. I think I'm going to give this stuff a try as well as tint my windows. Can't park in the shade, no trees situated right even though they're nearby, can't crack the windows because I come out to a truck filled with spiders and assorted fauna (plus no vents so rain is a concern). You know, someone should invent something like a screen you could roll the window up on. Maybe with a built-in rain deflector. Man, that would look sooo trashy!
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Posted: 7/27/2016 3:48:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI'm going to buy one of these for my Koenigsegg One:1 |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 5:30:11 PM EDT
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I’m talking about when it’s sitting in the parking lot in the hot baking sun. The reflective windshield shade really helps, throwing a white towel over the steering wheel helps from grabbing hold of a branding iron, but when you first open the door it’s still like opening the door of an oven - just set at 250 rather than 500 degrees! Does anyone have any tips or devices? You need to block the other windows, too. I started using cut up windshield shades on the side windows facing south and it made a HUGE difference, even when the temp hit 107° last week. Amazon has a full set of window shades for a mere $14 that I'm probably going to order. https://www.amazon.com/GHB-Folding-Silvering-Reflective-Window/dp/B01FX4DXUG/ |
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Posted: 7/27/2016 5:53:05 PM EDT
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Sadly most parking lots are totally devoid of trees and if there are a few the employees usually get those spots prior to opening. It's like that in any new development be it residential or commercial. Why do people hate trees and shade so much? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have a simple thing I do, park under some shade trees. Sadly most parking lots are totally devoid of trees and if there are a few the employees usually get those spots prior to opening. It's like that in any new development be it residential or commercial. Why do people hate trees and shade so much? Amen. I fucking HATE the removal of trees everywhere and anywhere that sees development. Not that hard to keep them, it looks nicer, but I suppose they'd rather not deal with trimming, the hazard from falling branches after an ice storm, and the leaves falling. |
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