I agree with Jeff.

I don't buy vehicles with AC. Don't like it, don't use it. Even when I
borrow the SO's car (which has AC), I turn it off and put the damned windows
down.

If whomever had wanted us to have air conditioning, it would have made us
with a compressor.

tim in sometimes hot san jose

>From: ruth christensen <populuxe@EXECPC.COM>
>Reply-To: ruth christensen <populuxe@EXECPC.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: door for westy above-bed storage
>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 1980 15:48:47 -0600
>
>jeff,
>sure you wanna tear out all that a/c stuff?
>when i was searching for a vanagon westfalia i wouldn't buy one w/o a/c.
>
>of course 9 out of 10 "needed freon".  i can tell you a compressor is
>about $450 bucks---but look around, i see them used.  you can have it
>converted (cheap) to the new refrigerant, which so much cheaper you can
>recharge it yearly.
>in wisconsin you cant buy any refrigerant retail,so your pretty much at
>the mercy of an a/c dealer.. i projected this into the cost of my westy
>when i bought it so i didn't consider it a big deal--i didn't get a
>vanagon to do things on the cheap or i would have just kept my 74 dodge
>sportsmobile(just like westfalia(with propane funace)for those
>interested in non vw camper vans with a poptop).
>if you've got a westfalia, don't you like the fact your can take a trip
>anywhere?  anytime? i do.
>i'm outside or in a hot non a/c truck all summer at work and when i'm
>off work with a little vacation time i'm not gonna cook in my westfalia.
>
>it's the heat  and  the humidity,
>chris c

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