Re: [T3] Darksider

[Aaron Clow <volswaggen@yahoo.com>]

--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:

> AC was was always dealer installed, or later. Some
> people want it for its 
> novelty or because they live in hot climates, but
> it's very hard on the engines 
> and the cars were never designed with the AC in
> mind, so there are lots of 
> drawbacks.

I was wondering how a car with under 90hp would behave
under the relatively heavy load of an old A/C
compressor... I couldn't imagine it would be anything
but a serious drag on the engine...

> while MT cars were 
> bought and driven and worn out. Thus there seem to
> be a lot more AT cars 
> available today. Several have come my way and they
> have served very well. 
> The AT seems to be very durable.