cars need to be air conditioned?
Jan 21st 2003, 6:32 am
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I agree with Yvonne - although I've never been to Australia, I am from a hot place myself. I now live in a place with the same weather as Melbourne and it is the first time I even had sweaters in my life - until 4 years ago, my idea of winter was wearing short sleeves instead of sleeveless.
If you like comfort, by all means, get AC. But I've had cars with and without AC and I've survived just fine without it, using the little fan and keeping the windows open. Unless you can live a totally insulated life (AC home to AC car to AC office, and back), you are gonna sweat on hot days. You are gonna be in your AC car and park in front of the bank and when you step out of it, you are gonna feel like you just stepped into a sauna. I used to not use the AC in the car on days when I was running errands to avoid the temperature shock... and you end up catching cold that way too.
If you like comfort, by all means, get AC. But I've had cars with and without AC and I've survived just fine without it, using the little fan and keeping the windows open. Unless you can live a totally insulated life (AC home to AC car to AC office, and back), you are gonna sweat on hot days. You are gonna be in your AC car and park in front of the bank and when you step out of it, you are gonna feel like you just stepped into a sauna. I used to not use the AC in the car on days when I was running errands to avoid the temperature shock... and you end up catching cold that way too.
Jan 21st 2003, 9:41 am
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Re: cars need to be air conditioned?
The biggest cost of importing a car into OZ is not the Freight cost
even from Europe, it's the customs duty you will have to pay to the
government. When I checked 3 years ago the duty was 40% of the
origional value you payed for the car with a sliding scale reduceing
slightly the longer that you have owned it.
They wanted NZ$6000 duty on a car I sold in NZ for NZ$10500, after I
decided not to bother importing it to Oz.
even from Europe, it's the customs duty you will have to pay to the
government. When I checked 3 years ago the duty was 40% of the
origional value you payed for the car with a sliding scale reduceing
slightly the longer that you have owned it.
They wanted NZ$6000 duty on a car I sold in NZ for NZ$10500, after I
decided not to bother importing it to Oz.
Feb 4th 2003, 6:42 am
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Re: cars need to be air conditioned?
Hot days in Tasmania may well be a rarity, but it was hot and dry
enough in early 1967 for Hobart to be badly affected by bushfires.
Jeremy
>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:56:36 +1100, Tom Clasener wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:02:24 +1100, "Jo-Anne LINK"
> wrote:
>>PS Tasmania also gets hot in summer and I am sure most Taswegians use an
>>airconditioners in their cars on hot days like any other city or town in
>>Australia,
>Err, no they don't. The hot days are a rarity... temperate conditions
>reign supreme. Typically ten degrees colder tham Melbourne averages...
>Tom
>You can't win.
>You can't break even.
>You can't stop playing the game.
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
enough in early 1967 for Hobart to be badly affected by bushfires.
Jeremy
>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:56:36 +1100, Tom Clasener wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:02:24 +1100, "Jo-Anne LINK"
> wrote:
>>PS Tasmania also gets hot in summer and I am sure most Taswegians use an
>>airconditioners in their cars on hot days like any other city or town in
>>Australia,
>Err, no they don't. The hot days are a rarity... temperate conditions
>reign supreme. Typically ten degrees colder tham Melbourne averages...
>Tom
>You can't win.
>You can't break even.
>You can't stop playing the game.
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
