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0 pointsschiffern1y ago0 comments

The real luxury for me was four knobs (or often sliders).

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W9AjhGko2mA/maxresdefault.jpg

The fourth one controls recirculate, and it allowed you to set in-between positions between 100% recirculate and 100% fresh air.

To simultaneously optimize pollution/humidity/CO2 I find I prefer about 80% recirculate and 20% fresh air, but achieving this configuration is impossible in most (all?) modern cars.

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hammock1y ago

It is achievable in every car by cracking the window

schiffernOP1y ago

That's the workaround I'm forced to use, but obviously the disadvantages are noise exposure and forgetting it's cracked resulting in rain entering the car. :-(

Yay for "progress" eh? I know the recirculate door servo can stop halfway, just let me control it...

oalae5niMiel7qu1y ago

Putting the recirculation door on a servo was another dumb MoDeRn car idea. Bring back the mechanical control that never failed.

aitchnyu1y ago

I used to do it in my former Skoda Fabia and the window just collapsed. Thank Indian roads. I noticed there is a subtle final movement from "cracked" to closed and I guess there is a big difference in vibrations related wear.

Toyota ran ads encouraging owners to crack windows in the rain and I noticed no final movement. But I'm not risking it.

genewitch1y ago

"It ain't got no gas in it."

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