My Car doesn't have Air Con - is there anything I can do to stop melting?

bledd · 2 Jul 2010 at 10:31

wear really thin socks and loose boxer shorts, this will help no end

Blackhawk47 · 2 Jul 2010 at 10:38

Dolph said:
It's a mini, stop filling up the rust holes thereby creating ventilation.

Fair enough I do have a few little bobbles of rust coming in the usual place which needs a little attention but its not that bad.

EDIT: and main problem with the air vents is that on a hot day - especially on the motorway, "it just turbo charges warm air into my face".

Spamalot · 2 Jul 2010 at 10:58

bledd. said:
wear really thin socks and loose boxer shorts, this will help no end

For some reason that really made me

Pervert

semi-pro waster · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:04

Take an cooler box filled with ice cubes along with you, as you're driving along put an ice cube down your back every mile or so (adjust distance based on personal preference) and you should feel much cooler.

Alternatively if opening the windows isn't doing enough for you then you may have to accept that there's not much that can be done about it without some serious effort or changing your car to something with air conditioning.

Clarkey · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:11

Blackhawk47 said:
Yeah I do that already but when on the motorway it is a dodgey to drive with the windows down.

Why

Janesy B · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:15

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markweatherill · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:15

DiamondMark said:
I think red with the flag is the best on those cars, if i wasnt 6'4 18 stone i would have one of those little things put away for prosperity.

If it was a really mint example you could keep it for prosperity.
Otherwise you'd just keep it for posterity.

bledd · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:23

Spamalot said:
For some reason that really made me

Pervert

Pics?

Hxc · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:27

Blackhawk47 said:
Fair enough I do have a few little bobbles of rust coming in the usual place which needs a little attention but its not that bad.

EDIT: and main problem with the air vents is that on a hot day - especially on the motorway, "it just turbo charges warm air into my face".

How bloody hot is the air on the motorway? Even on a hot day air from the vents tends to be cool when going past you at a rate of knots! Unless on the MPis the vents are hooked up to the always-blowing-hot blower unit.

RiPz · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:29

- Get entire air con system from another car scrap yard
- bolt on to mini using fan belt pulley for power
- ...
- Profit?

EDIT - fit a supercharger while you are at it ?

Blackhawk47 · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:32

Hxc said:
How bloody hot is the air on the motorway? Even on a hot day air from the vents tends to be cool when going past you at a rate of knots! Unless on the MPis the vents are hooked up to the always-blowing-hot blower unit.

It's not so much how hot the air is when on the motorway and having windows down only a tad is alright. But I find that with both windows fully down the car gets buffeted by the wind.

Oh and for some reason the hot/cold switch which you push in for cool air or pull for hot air seems to be stuck. Not sure if that has anything to do with it but I wouldn't have thought it would have made a difference when the heater fan is not turned on. :confused:

Oxide™ · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:34

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Blackhawk47 · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:42

Oxide™ said:
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Teehee. There is that to consider as well.

Six6siX · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:46

Drive naked. Its clearly the solution.

Blackhawk47 · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:47

Six6siX said:
Drive naked. Its clearly the solution.

I wonder if the police can put points on your licsense for doing such a thing? :eek:

"andy" · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:48

mr bean had the same problem yo

easy solution

Fr0dders · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:48

lbratch · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:51

Blackhawk47 said:
How would I be able to setup powering said unit?

I haven't got a cigarette lighter or anything remotely like it.

Inverter in the boot connected directly to the battery then a cable fed through the parcel shelf works well for me. You can even just loosen a speaker a tad to run a cable through if you don't want to drill a hole.

Blackhawk47 said:
Oh and for some reason the hot/cold switch which you push in for cool air or pull for hot air seems to be stuck. Not sure if that has anything to do with it but I wouldn't have thought it would have made a difference when the heater fan is not turned on.

This probably will make a difference. That push/pull knob blocks the pipe in the engine bay that flows into the heater matrix in the cabin, which radiates a lot of heat when filled with hot water.

Dogbreath · 2 Jul 2010 at 12:08

RiPz said:
- Get entire air con system from another car scrap yard
- bolt on to mini using fan belt pulley for power

Have you seen how much room there isn't in a classic mini engine bay?

Blackhawk47 · 2 Jul 2010 at 13:28

lbratch said:
Inverter in the boot connected directly to the battery then a cable fed through the parcel shelf works well for me. You can even just loosen a speaker a tad to run a cable through if you don't want to drill a hole.

This probably will make a difference. That push/pull knob blocks the pipe in the engine bay that flows into the heater matrix in the cabin, which radiates a lot of heat when filled with hot water.

Thanks for getting back to me and yeah that sounds like a good idea.

From the sounds of it your a mini owner as well? :cool:

What unit would you recommend?

Have you seen how much room there isn't in a classic mini engine bay?

Yeah