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How to quickly cool a car that has been standing in the hot sun?

How to quickly cool a car without air conditioning?

How to quickly cool a car that has been standing in the hot sun? There is nothing worse than having to sit in a heated steel horse in the summer, which has previously stood in the scorching sun for several hours. Not only is it an unpleasant feeling when the heat hits our heads, the heat is also very stressful for drivers at the beginning of the journey - the body reacts to it by slowing blood circulation, and the excess temperature is released by sweating. So what can you do to cool down a hot car before the air conditioner does its job?

How to quickly cool a car that has been standing in the hot sun? Let's keep trying to find a parking spot in deep shade or one that will at least be in the shade when we return to the car, these are mostly pious wishes.

Bleached sheet metal and hot cars are a constant star of the summer months.
Bleached sheet metal and hot cars are a constant star of the summer months.

Fortunately, there are tricks how the car can at least partially cool before the air conditioner does its thing (for karseda to be effective, set it to indoor air circulation, thereby preventing hot outside air from entering). Especially for the young, the elderly and the weak, the heat is not only burdensome, but also very dangerous. So what to do to cool down a hot car before turning on the air conditioning?

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Don't get in the car right away. But if you thought it was enough and all you could do was to open all the doors and wait for a miraculous cooling, believe me, it won't come. What you really need to do is yes drop the windows on one side and on the other with jerky opening and closing of the door (5 to 6 times) push off hot air on plan (hot air goes through the windows, while cold air enters through the doors, which you open and close). What steering wheel, which can be hot as an ember? Prevention is best - protection foil for the windshield. And if you don't have it, turn the steering wheel so that the part of the steering wheel that you hold while driving is not directly exposed to the sun's rays. We still have some left gearshift lever. It is best to cover it with something or moisturize, when you get into the car.

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