Consumer Reports: How to cool your car down without wasting gas

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  • @jalberto4371
    @jalberto4371 2 місяці тому +19

    So that by the time your car’s interior starts getting cold you’ve already arrived at your destination 😹

  • @ge2623
    @ge2623 3 місяці тому +10

    But keep sitting in that drive thru for 20 minutes to get that $18 value meal.

  • @joshjones2uz
    @joshjones2uz 3 місяці тому +28

    Tinted windows also help

    • @jml9550
      @jml9550 3 місяці тому +8

      Just bought my wife a new Lexus hybrid SUV and love it. Remote start the car during summer hot days and the ac is running on the Hybrid battery without the engine running. Had all the windows tinted with the best 3M crystalline series including the windshield as well.

    • @joshjones2uz
      @joshjones2uz 3 місяці тому

      @@jml9550 I have all my windows “legally” tinted and their is a big difference, definitely love it

    • @jonesaaron62
      @jonesaaron62 3 місяці тому

      @@jml9550bro just bought a 2024 Lexus and the tint on these are nuts!!❤❤

    • @MrFastFox666
      @MrFastFox666 3 місяці тому

      ​@@jml9550cars with electric AC units work so much better, every car should have one.

    • @Alex-vz2jz
      @Alex-vz2jz 3 місяці тому

      Tint illegal in California. What a joke California is

  • @MR.F30
    @MR.F30 2 місяці тому +8

    There's someone in this comment section that hasnt changed their air filter at all yet!

    • @anthonyjulson8840
      @anthonyjulson8840 Місяць тому +1

      I got 60k miles on the original cabin air filter in my car. Just blow it out nice with the air compressor and stuff it back in the hole!

    • @throughthoroughthought8064
      @throughthoroughthought8064 Місяць тому +1

      Done what to the what???

    • @MR.F30
      @MR.F30 Місяць тому

      @@anthonyjulson8840 Yeah makes sense!

    • @MR.F30
      @MR.F30 Місяць тому

      @@throughthoroughthought8064 There it is!

  • @hoosierplowboy5299
    @hoosierplowboy5299 Місяць тому +2

    I usually open the windows and the trunk for about 2 minutes and let the breeze remove a lot of the hot air, then start the car, run the windows down for a minute, close it up with one window cracked...works for me...😊

  • @babajinde
    @babajinde Місяць тому +2

    I'll NEVER use auto stop. What a Ludacris idea. It will cost you in repairs far more than actual savings ...

  • @charileross1986
    @charileross1986 Місяць тому +2

    No more idiots that know nothing of how auto ac works should be giving people advice. Buy a older car there more reliable anyway.

  • @peterrudy9207
    @peterrudy9207 3 місяці тому +5

    A white vehicle will deflect the UV rays of the sun , making it less hot . Also , the paint will endure years of the detrimental effects of the sun , unlike colored vehicles . Of course white vehicles are must easier to see as for safety during darkness , etc.

  • @letzgobrandon5007
    @letzgobrandon5007 2 місяці тому +2

    I’ll just waste gas, screw it

  • @jabbaweezy
    @jabbaweezy 2 місяці тому +4

    who tf is gonna remember all those steps

  • @Telephonebill51
    @Telephonebill51 Місяць тому +2

    Wow, these morons kinda glossed over the fact that when you're MOVING, more air blows the heat off your radiator, THE THING THAT GETS RID OF HEAT!
    It's always so hilarious when "experts" say that what EVERYONE is doing is somehow technically wrong.
    You get in, turn it on full, drive with the windows down until you're blowing out the cold instead of the heat, then just roll up the damn windows...

    • @c5cpe
      @c5cpe Місяць тому +1

      Correct.
      I go one step further; with my car “baking” in direct sunlight, I direct the fan for about 15seconds at the lowest speed towards the defroster so the hot air doesn’t blow on me. Cold air comes out that quickly…

  • @extendedp1
    @extendedp1 28 днів тому +1

    1. Use a reflective sunshade 2. Drive for a mile or two with the windows down, then turn on the AC. 3. Once the AC is on, ask your butler to dump ice down the back of your shirt.

  • @abpccpba
    @abpccpba Місяць тому +1

    From a Phoenix Native; after parking, roll down all windows an inch or so. When direct sunlight passes through window and strikes the interior the wavelength is longer (infrared). Now the sun's energy can not escape through windows but can easily pass out open window. Last comment. After entering car immediately roll down all windows to let outside air enter which is cooler than your interior; driving this way a while helps to.

  • @akui88
    @akui88 3 місяці тому +19

    naw hommie, i aint' getting in a hot car, i am gonna remote start that bish and let it cool down.
    it's only 98 here in texas, but once i step foot outside my 75 degree house, i am sweating bullets.
    i ain't goona get into a hot ass car and sweat for 10 minuets for the ac to get my vehicle up to cool.

    • @kenm4898
      @kenm4898 3 місяці тому +4

      Thanks Detective Pikachu

    • @Darci3333
      @Darci3333 2 місяці тому

      Ummmm...ok.

  • @mygt8a4re
    @mygt8a4re 2 місяці тому +1

    I'll spend more on gas! It was 92 feels like 107 yesterday & it's forecast to feel like 110 today (Bradenton, Fl). Burn the fuel folks & live longer!

  • @BarryHoffman-g4o
    @BarryHoffman-g4o Місяць тому +1

    ANY gas used to cool your car down is gas well used.

  • @starshipdriver8536
    @starshipdriver8536 2 місяці тому +1

    Climate over heat protection and turning on the climate via the Tesla app, has you stepping into an already cool car.

  • @Dflowen
    @Dflowen 3 місяці тому +3

    I put a solar umbrella on top of the car too keep it cool.

  • @rawar777joshanderson
    @rawar777joshanderson 29 днів тому

    Im against puffing because it wastes gas and is super annoying from people with loud vehicles. Just tough out the heat for 5 minutes until the A/C gets circulating. (And I live in western Colorado where all of July and august are pushing 100 degrees every day)

  • @BuddyHoyt
    @BuddyHoyt 27 днів тому

    Also fan your face gently with an old fashioned paper fan and say “Why, I do declare I’m gettin’ the vapors!”

  • @rawar777joshanderson
    @rawar777joshanderson 29 днів тому

    Proceeds to explain to us the normal operation of A/C

  • @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
    @VOLTRONDEFENDER4440 3 місяці тому +4

    My parents use older cars that use mechanical ignition so it dosent have auto shutoff

  • @MEGAONE302
    @MEGAONE302 2 місяці тому +1

    Do 480! :)

  • @Herbie11
    @Herbie11 3 місяці тому +6

    My 2001 Pontiac Aztek's AC hasn't worked since 2005

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 3 місяці тому +4

      You really don't care what you drive do you?

    • @jalberto4371
      @jalberto4371 2 місяці тому +3

      @@ge2623😹🤣

    • @kennixox262
      @kennixox262 2 місяці тому

      Auto stop/start usually automatically cancels itself during hot temperatures. At least my Audi does. When the weather is mild, that's another story. Putting it in "S" mode eliminates that headache.

    • @c5cpe
      @c5cpe Місяць тому

      @@kennixox262Oww, fancy Audi man!

    • @rawar777joshanderson
      @rawar777joshanderson 29 днів тому

      @@ge2623good man. It’s probably completely paid for too

  • @edwardbruno521
    @edwardbruno521 Місяць тому

    Not true on cars with electric a/c compressor's

  • @StrikeBuster-b2b
    @StrikeBuster-b2b Місяць тому

    Roll the windows down for a few seconds.

  • @jml9550
    @jml9550 3 місяці тому +7

    I remote started my car in my office and once I get to my car, it is nice and cold inside.

    • @Mikemikeswehomenow
      @Mikemikeswehomenow 3 місяці тому +1

      Must be nice to be rich

    • @jml9550
      @jml9550 3 місяці тому +2

      Not rich, comfortable. It is still quite nice.

    • @user-zu5do6ri6r
      @user-zu5do6ri6r 2 місяці тому +1

      Remote starters are relatively cheap, and easy to install.

    • @jml9550
      @jml9550 2 місяці тому

      Yep. Remote starts are fairly commonly now on new cars. My wife’s new Lexus came with it free for 3 years. As soon as it expired I will install an aftermarket ones.

    • @retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106
      @retiredsnowbunnyhunterx5106 2 місяці тому

      ​@@jml9550That don't make any sense why would remote start be only available for 3 years? Isn't that a permanent feature on later model cars?

  • @MrDejast
    @MrDejast 2 місяці тому +2

    Move to Alaska

  • @cobraracer5729
    @cobraracer5729 2 місяці тому +2

    Is there another way to cool a car, other than “down.” You sure as H can’t cool it up.

  • @mrtech2026
    @mrtech2026 2 місяці тому

    0:17 sounded like a microwave ☠️

  • @michaelstaschke9022
    @michaelstaschke9022 2 місяці тому

    wow. this is all really bad advice I'm sorry.

  • @bivideo7
    @bivideo7 Місяць тому +1

    All of this is terrible advice...

  • @im_sarge_bro4542
    @im_sarge_bro4542 3 місяці тому

    Mass media at it again

  • @britannic124
    @britannic124 2 місяці тому

    Not an issue with an electric car. 😝

  • @KikeEstan
    @KikeEstan 21 день тому

    Which is why real vehicles have a high idle feature.