When the weather is hot or if you live in Florida like I do, is it OK to put groceries in the trunk? My husband says the trunk is ventilated like the car but I believe the passenger compartment would be cooler since that’s where the AC is. Who’s right? If car type matters I drive a 3series BMW. Than…

What kind of groceries do you want to put in the trunk ice cream? Seriously do not put any material that you intend to eat in the trunk for any (over 5 min )Trunk temps will climb to temperatures deadly to humans in a matter of minutes (depending on outside temps) Children die every year by being ac…

IN my car the trunk gets air from the cabin and then it goes out. I suspect this is a typical design. There will be significant flow into the trunk if your AC is in the fresh air mode and no int recirculate (max). The trunk will be warmer than the cabin because it gets the chilled air last.

My perspective is from living in AZ and i was considering worse case (car is parked)

Or, actually putting a thermometer in the trunk so that you can compare trunk temperatures with interior temps?

You are not getting intelligent answers, f.tucker, because no one really knows the answer and they won’t admit it. I too have wondered about the same thing for years. I have no scientific evidence to back up any theories, but here are my methods that have served me well over the years. There based …

the thermometer idea is a good one. it certainly would give an accurate account. thanks!

We have warm summers and cold winrers. When shopping for groceries at Costco some miles away we put the groceries in the trunk in the winter, so the ice cream does not melt, and in the car in the summer with the A/C on so the ice cream does not melt. We have a Toyota, but have done this with all our…

I usually put all cold foods up front as you suggest except when the hubby is with me. He thinks there’s nothing to worry about and noticed that when I buy freshly ground coffee we can actually smell it in the passenger compartment from the trunk which makes him think there is adequate ventilation …

Since the trunk doesn’t have any windows, it doesn’t get as hot as the passenger compartment from a greenhouse effect. So initially, the trunk is probably cooler than the passenger compartment.

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JayWB June 8, 2008, 4:59am 5

Given any thought to opening your trunklid and feeling how warm the stuff inside is?

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