FYI, there is no button on the dash with “AC” on it.
Now how do you know that the air conditioning hasn’t been serviced in 22 years?
You say you don’t use the air conditioner because you don’t know how to turn on the air conditioner. If you don’t use it, how would you know that it needed servicing?
Or do you just take it in for service on a regular schedule whether it needs it or not? If so, I apologize, but then I have to wonder why you didn’t ask the air conditioning technician how to turn it on when you took it in for service.
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Then you may need to construct a new AC unit. Look around you. Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?
After reading all of the excuses thrown out by the OP, I relent. I agree with him. He should just stay home.
LATHE? I’ve never done woodworking…
You may be interested to know that I described the situation to my doctor when I saw him today. The 108-degree temperature as I got on the freeway to head home Monday afternoon; my feeling of exhaustion when I finally arrived home, in Gardena, approximately an hour later; lying down for an hour an a half after that. He said this was heat exhaustion. (I had also smacked my bare right foot into a chair rocker on Sunday. The doctor thought it might have been a broken bone making my foot hurt (and of course I had had that foot on the accelerator, driving on Monday), but the doctor sent me for X-rays and, thankfully, there was no fracture, just a bad sprain; he told me to put ice on it. (At the age of 67 a broken bone doesn’t heal very fast. I’ve never had a broken bone in my life.)
Dude, for half of what the doctor visit cost, a mechanic could figure out your ac for ya.
True, but the mechanic couldn’t evaluate my condition after the triple-digit-temperature drive home, or the potential bone fracture in my foot.
Did the doctor ask why you didn’t use the a.c.?
No, he didn’t bring the matter up. I think he was more concerned about the possibility of a fracture in my foot, because I did not show any permanent effects from Monday’s heat ordeal.
I’m 70, with a heart condition, spinal stenosis, diabetic neuropathy and PAD. And until I get a new car, I’m driving one without A/C. But you won’t hear me whine like a big baby about driving 120 miles in the heat. Man up.
Archie’s being sued for sexual harassment and he needs to get a deposition from Jughead.
Um…I know the thread is beyond this point, but has it ever occurred to you to just press the buttons until you get cold air? It’s not like there’s an “ejector seat” button or a “flying car” button or a “fire laser-cannon that’s in the trunk” button*. Just hit the buttons on the dash from left-to-right, top to bottom. Sooner or later, cold air will start blowing out.
You can even do it while the car’s parked in your driveway. Then use nail polish or something to mark that elusive button so you never lose it again.
*Although, I would buy that car, if there were.
AC stands for air conditioning IN ENGLISH, NOT GERMAN. Do any of the controls have words or letters on them? What language are they in?
Anyway . . . in every car I’ve ever driven, I could figure out the climate controls by just looking. Cars are designed to be driven by morons; everything is made as easy as possible. This isn’t rocket surgery.
…I somewhat disagree, the higher tech (read expensive) you go, the more it has to be “your” car to figure out the controls…many “climate control” systems only come on when you turn on the fan…let alone setting the temps. Once learn, its easy peasy…
Sidetrack: I care for some expensive cars and one, the cheapo one, Audi A8 has the worst designed radio EVER:smack:…(without the manual, just weird layout, and with the manual its like programming an old bad VCR haha)its got SO many options to do this and do that, and save this for your channels etc…the other cars , I’m too scared to drive em!!! On one, the mirror changed back to the setting used by for previous driver, before I realized what was wrong and I bumped the garage:eek: Man…talk about tail between legs…sheesh Had a perfect record before that too…cept for my cars…haha
My 2 toyotas on the other hand:D…they each have the same hold/vent/controls even though they are 20 years in age difference. (you know the ones, diagram for air on your feet, or air in your face)
Those are Aston Martin buttons.
We just bought a new (used) pontoon boat. The labeling for the dozen or so switches is worn away. Through a process of trial and error I have figured out the horn (duh), live-wells, stern lights, bow lights, accessory power, etc.
There is one rocker switch I’m still stumped about, so I emailed the seller. She owned the boat for six years, but never figured out what that switch does either.
Somewhere, there’s a person wondering why their garage door has been going up and down randomly for the last six years.