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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Moving air DOES have cooling properties. The moving air helps evaporate the sweat, which provides the cooling. Otherwise, fans would be worthless. Thomas E. Potter Technical Specialist II Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 E-mail: tom.e.potter@williams.com -----Original Message----- From: ICBM Webmaster [mailto:icbm@icbm.org] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:21 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Hot weather driving Trouble is, if the temp gets too hot the air coming from the wing windows isn't worth it, like using a hair drier on HOT during the summer to keep yourself cool. Yeah, it's blowing air but it doesn't have any cooling properties! Drove across Idaho/Utah/Wyoming/Colorado as well as Arizona/New Mexico/Texas during heat spells and for me it was best to keep them closed (and ragtop closed to keep the sun out).-- Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing http://www.icbm.org/ ... > As you say Jim, highway driving isn't too stressing for the engine, and > of course the vent wings are great for forced air-flow to the occupants. ... ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>