I have been without working A/C in my primary car for many long stretches of time. It's definitely nice to have but I've grown accustomed to being without it as well.
Phonenix AZ might be another matter however. On Tue, Feb 14, 2023, at 12:04, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 14/02/2023 10:54 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote: >> I’ve had both a manual 240D (undoubtedly more desirable) and an auto and I >> don’t mind the auto. I understand what it is and I drive it that way. >> AC is wonderful here in the hubs of hell but it’s never been a deal breaker >> in a vehicle that is not going to be our primary transportation. >> >> AZBob >> > Really? Even here in the GWN, I would regret buying a vehicle that did > not have AC these days. Years ago I bought a Toyota 4Runner without AC. > I bought it around Christmas time and I guess it didn't seem as > important when it was cold out. I regretted it come summer. I could roll > down the back window and get air to flow through but that made it noisy > on the highway and still not cool enough on our trips to the lake in the > summer time. > > BUT, where you are, I should think it is a requirement. Even if it > didn't work, it would be easier to repair it than to install a whole > system from scratch. I think, in the W115 it was a dealer installed > option so that might still be something that could be done (I think > there are aftermarket kits available) but the newer vehicles would > likely make it more difficult to do. > > The AC in my W115 300D does not work at the moment. It did when I bought > the car but not now. It is on my list of things that need to be fixed > but at least all of the parts are currently there and it is fixable. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
