I apologize if this has been talked about in another thread. I couldn’t find it in a search (I found zillions of posts that contained Tesla, and could figure out how to narrow it down to only include those with “glass roof”), but maybe I am searching wrong. Someone who has a Tesla says it can get v…

I put ( does a glass roof get hotter in a vehicle than a metal roof ? ) in a search engine and got the answer.

Sun load on any car will be higher in the south. And the more glass you have, the hotter is gets! Nearly 200 degrees in some cases. The Tesla glass roof is a design choice by stylists not an engineers (or environmentalists) choice. Just makes the AC load that much higher. Darker cars get hotter th…

I’ve become aware now that color and glass matters. My current Toyota Venza is nominally Silver (but more light gray than mirror-finish metallic), and gets quite hot around Washington, D.C. in the summer. Some of my prior vehicles were white, and had sunroofs or moonroofs (which I can’t add to the V…

Panoramic glass roofs have become common with luxury vehicles. The Lexus RZ electric vehicle comes with a panoramic roof in some trim levels, they do not come with a factory sunshade. Accessory sunshades are available for $400; some owners have made their own sunshades. The Lexus has a selectable o…

Yeah, my Model 3 is hot when I get into it after parking in the sun. So was every other car I’ve owned. Hondas are bearable when you enter if you roll the windows down 20 or more feet from the car. Press the window down button twice and hold it until the windows and sunroof are completely retracted.…

[image] grunes_183031: I bought the Venza used, and the air conditioner doesn’t work very well. But Toyotas are so expensive to repair, that I mostly drive in the summer wi Most dealers will send airconditioner work to a dedicated shop so find a shop and have it repaired . Toyotas are expenc…

A trick I learned after moving to Florida is to install vent shades. These are plexiglass pieces fitted to the top of the windows that allow the windows to be open a couple of inches while it is raining but still not let water in. If you park your car with these and open each window 1/2 inch, the r…

I remember getting into cars 30 years ago that were 10-20+years old at the time that in the summer when customer dropped off their vehicles and left the windows up tight that almost NO MATTER what vehicle is was, most would be in the 130-140+ temps inside the vehicle… Tint your windows and or at le…

[image] Tesla glass roofs and the greenhouse effect? General Discussion Panoramic glass roofs have become common with luxury vehicles. The Lexus RZ electric vehicle comes with a panoramic roof in some trim levels, they do not come with a factory sunshade. Accessory sunsha…

[image] grunes_183031: Some of them are reasonably cheap, relative to the cost of a Tesla. Are they in common use? Are you thinking of a Tesla ? From your other posts you are heat sensitive so even why care about the glass roof because you are unlikely to buy a vehicle with one . A dedicate…

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Most dealers will send airconditioner work to a dedicated shop so find a shop and have it repaired . Toyotas are expencive to repair ? Where do you get that ?

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