08-10-2007, 11:03 AM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Littleton, CO
Posts: 456
|
You wrote, "One complaint I do have about the car is that when the re-circulation is on but the AC is off the recirc only stays on for 3-5 minutes before opening up the fresh air again. I understand why the engineers designed it that way, but I wish they hadn't."
Why would they design it like that? Never heard of that in any car before.
__________________
"Of all the extreme sports I've ever participated in- windsurfing, kite boarding, wake boarding, tow-in surfing and snowboarding- skiing, for me, made everything else easy."
-Chuck Patterson
|
|
|
|
08-10-2007, 11:04 AM
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Naperville, IL
Posts: 793
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Pat
You wrote, "One complaint I do have about the car is that when the re-circulation is on but the AC is off the recirc only stays on for 3-5 minutes before opening up the fresh air again. I understand why the engineers designed it that way, but I wish they hadn't."
Why would they design it like that? Never heard of that in any car before.
|
When the recirc is on the car humidity goes up, and the windows can fog up more easily. That's why it's only on for a few minutes. While the AC is on the system pulls moisture from the cabin so the recirc can stay on.
I wanted to keep the recirc on because the air outside was a lot hotter than inside, but I didn't want my AC running constantly.
|
|
|
|
|
08-11-2007, 08:25 AM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Anchorage, AK
Posts: 172
|
Something about a green Boxster with the 18" Sport Classics just really appeals to me.
Yeah, I'm green with envy.
I'm getting ready for a 4000+ mile road trip this month as well, from Anchorage, AK to Texas for Boxstoberfest. I hope mine goes as well as yours did!
|
|
|
|
|
08-11-2007, 08:42 AM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: chicago
Posts: 3,510
|
nice man.
i love how the horse is posing by your car, as if it got interrupted from taking something out of the trunk
__________________
http://i34.tinypic.com/157yslk.jpg
"I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself." ~F. Porsche
Gemballa springs::litronics::Eurotech 18s(275/225)::B&M::MOMO wheel::
exhaust cutouts::EVOcoldair intake::OEM smoked tails & sidemarkers::
colormatched bumperettes::Top Speed Pro-1 exhaust::
my cardomain/pictures page
|
|
|
|
|
08-11-2007, 03:02 PM
|
#5
|
|
Guest
|
Great picture, Chills! So you added exactly 1 HP on the trip! 
|
|
|
|
|
08-11-2007, 03:24 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: San Diego, California
Posts: 874
|
Nice, Chills, glad you had a successful trip. I did that St. Louis to Albuquerque (my parents live in Santa Fe half the year) leg myself as part of my move out to Cali from NY, and it was nice driving. I didn't do it in a Box though, which would have definitely been funner. New Mexico is such a weird state to drive in ain't it? There's Albuquerque/SF in the middle and jack **************** all around.
I'm curious, how did your Box run at high elevation? Some cars seem to get affected quite a bit.
I assume you were filling with 87-89, due to availability at that altitude.
__________________
http://i7.tinypic.com/24ovngk.jpghttp://i7.tinypic.com/24ow0id.jpg
06 987S- Sold
Carrara White / Black / Black/Stone Grey Two-tone
05 987 5-speed - Sold
Midnight Blue Metallic / Metropol Blue / Sand Beige
06 MB SLK350- Lease escapee
Iridium Silver Metallic / Black
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. - Robert Wilensky
|
|
|
|
|
08-11-2007, 04:27 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 1,052
|
That's a LONG freakin' drive! I can't say my ass would be able to take that--I get whiny after just a drive up and down to San Francisco!
As for elevation, I can feel the difference in horsepower even when just driving out on I-8 to Viejas (Alpine). I think the sign said that it was about 2000 ft. MSL, which isn't a lot, but it definitely took some snort out of the car.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:00 AM.
| |
Hybrid Mode
