[V8] ATTENTION....or, WOW!! IS THAT WAAAAAAAY COOL, OR WHAT?

[Kneale Brownson]

Comeon up to Summit County, Ed.  It's only hot if you're out in the 
sun.  I do have to admit to A/C use rather than the Al Gore version 
(open windows for windblown hair) with the S8 around Breck in the 
summer, but it's an almost-black car.
'

Ed Kellock wrote:
> But those two times, you REALLY need it.  
>
> I'm with Roger and have my own strong opinion about A/C.  I often see it as
> a delete on projects like this, and even more surprisingly, on cars simply
> undergoing a "freshening" of some sort or being "cleaned up" for a revival
> from a period of low popularity in the fleet or resurrection from disuse
> and/or neglect.  
>
> Maybe it's just me, I even fathom how people live in Phoenix or Vegas, no
> slight intended, and I don't even really like summer in Colorado Springs
> anymore.  It's in the 50's in the morning these days and I have a box fan in
> the bedroom window all night.  I use flannel sheets year round and have a
> window A/C unit twice the size spec'd for the room.  
>
> Prior to the start of its now near 3-year long timing belt job,  I wouldn't
> drive the CGT on any warm day because the A/C was not working.  It didn't
> help that one or both window regulators was usually inop either.
>
> I would really like to learn about the demise of the A/C in this V8 C4
> Avant.  Was it out of eagerness to get it on the road and enjoy it or was it
> due to lack of space or interest or funds or ingenuity to bring a difficult
> detail to fruition.  Again, no slight intended but I get that maybe it would
> have fit but making it operation seemed like more trouble than it was worth
> at the time.  
>
> I mean, I feel like my 93 V8 is half-assed right now because I had to pull
> the sunroof relay so I couldn't open it because it wants to open further
> when I tell it to close.  If I was doing an engine conversion, I'd really
> want a whole and complete car when I was done.
>
> If I find myself living in Chicago in the nearish future, a trip to Mpls to
> retrieve a car would be far from the furthest I've drive to do so.  After
> all, it would be easier to start a new collection than move my current one
> across county.
>
> Ed
>  
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> kneale at coslink.net
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:15 AM
> To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ATTENTION....or, WOW!! IS THAT WAAAAAAAY COOL, OR WHAT?
>
>
> No A/C?    It's a white car in cool Minnesota, Roger.  You probably "need"
> A/C twice a summer.
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Roger M. Woodbury rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:29:52 -0400
> To: V8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] ATTENTION....or, WOW!!  IS THAT WAAAAAAAY COOL, OR WHAT?
>
>
> Wow.  Very nice car, with great stuff.  And the price is very right.  If I
> had $2500 to throw at a car right now, I would point the V8 toward St Paul
> and go for a drive.  
>
>  
>
> Oh, but..no..wait.  Automatic Transmission?  None?  Well, that's OK for this
> car, and I could live with it.   It would be expensive for me to do so,
> however.  It would mean that the house and barn and kitchen were built, and
> I would have to shell out the really big bucks for another Dyson.  But as a
> "man toy", a five speed works quite well.
>
>  
>
> But the real killer is that the A/C has been removed, and I wonder why that
> is?  I wonder if the V8 positioning doesn't allow for the oem compressor to
> fit.  I am not sure why else the a/c would be removed, unless just out of
> sloth.  With this extensive work, the deletion of the a/c..
>
>  
>
> But still:  $2500?  Hmmmmmmmmm.
>
>  
>
> Roger
>
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