Alphacarina
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I do it nearly every day in the summer and I think lots of others do as well - All modern cars have the option to either cool inside air (recirculate) or outside air and for a variety of very good reasons. When I get into my car parked out in the sun on a 90 or 95 degree day, it's often 130 or 140 degrees inside the car. Start it up, switch to outside air and the car will cool down much faster using the 90 or 95 degree ambient outside air than trying to deal with the 130+ inside air. 10 minutes or so later, switch it to recirculate and finish getting it down to 70 or 75 degreesWhy would ANYBODY pump warm outside air into a car when the AC is running?! That's like driving around with open windows. That's called common sense, and your assumption makes zero sense. This thread is about air conditioning or at least cooling down a vehicle while the engine and OEM AC is off, on battery power.
For those of you who smoke inside a space as small as a car, often with your kids in the backseat (now, why anyone does that is an even bigger question, but you know who you are . . . . ) I would HOPE that you are cooling outside air ALL THE TIME, getting that poison out of your car and giving your kids with their still forming lungs a chance at a healthy life later on - Please, NEVER switch it to recirculate . . . .
Don