# To air condition or die?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236 "2008-05-20T12:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236/21 "2008-05-20T23:42:44Z")

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In 1954 Tom McCahill tested the 1954 Old 98 with all equipment, including A/C with the coolinf unit in the trunk. He said “this rig is more comfortable than Cleopatra’s Nile barge”. That same year I was hitchhiking and got a ride with a scientist with allergies in Pontiac with A/C. He bought the car for medical reasons. It was scorching hot that day, and I promised myself I would have it some day. It took till 1976, however when I bought a Ford Granada coupe with the 351V8 engine and air. It was a gas hog, but comfortable and we enjoyed or road hpolidays from then on.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236/22 "2008-05-21T00:57:34Z")

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“You need to quit worrying about the environmental boogie man. I promise, he’s not going to eat you and he’s not under the hood of your car.”

Chuckie’s in the trunk. No fooling. 80

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236/23 "2008-05-21T01:00:57Z")

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My favorite was when McCahill described a Pontiac wagon as handling “like a hippopotamus on a wet river bank”.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-air-condition-or-die/14236/24 "2008-05-21T01:02:37Z")

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Your parents and grandparents didn’t have AC on all their cars. Were they just tougher than you? 😉

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