# Car's A/C comprssor blew.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-a-c-comprssor-blew/726752>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-a-c-comprssor-blew/726752 "2015-08-01T20:43:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-a-c-comprssor-blew/726752/1 "2015-08-01T20:43:32Z")

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$850 bucks.

Might be able to get it fixed Wednesday, but more likely Friday/Saturday.  
And here I was, hoping to stay on budget this month.  
Oh, pisspots.

☹

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-a-c-comprssor-blew/726752/2 "2015-08-02T00:50:04Z")

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Well, you could go with 460 air conditioning (4 windows, 60 miles per hour) until the budget improves. It won’t kill you and as long as the belt didn’t get thrown it’ll keep indefinitely.

If you’re determined to have air conditioning, though, that sucks, but these things happen.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-a-c-comprssor-blew/726752/3 "2015-08-02T14:18:19Z")

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Tomorrow, it will be 97 degrees.