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Dadhawk · 04-01-2022, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by echo419

It's the pollen that's getting me now. I don't normally get bothered by it but the volume is so heavy my eyes get a little irritated and even just a little break the interior is absolutely covered in pollen right now.

Yea, green powder season is definitely in full bloom here. My car looks like a crime scene that has been dusted by CSI. Every place on the external surface that has been touched by a hand shows clear green fingerprints out of a base of green powder.

Tcoat · 04-01-2022, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by echo419

It's the pollen that's getting me now. I don't normally get bothered by it but the volume is so heavy my eyes get a little irritated and even just a little break the interior is absolutely covered in pollen right now.

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Yea, green powder season is definitely in full bloom here. My car looks like a crime scene that has been dusted by CSI. Every place on the external surface that has been touched by a hand shows clear green fingerprints out of a base of green powder.

I have been down that way a few times in the spring. It is horrendous!

Ultramaroon · 04-01-2022, 01:35 PM

AC is a good thing. Never again will I go without. The saving grace in the Southwest is the dry air. Humid heat is torture. I remember back in '85, arriving at the airport on Guam at four in the morning. I was overcome with grief when the thick, hot air wrapped around me like a wet blanket.

Capt Spaulding · 04-01-2022, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

AC is a good thing. Never again will I go without. The saving grace in the Southwest is the dry air. Humid heat is torture. I remember back in '85, arriving at the airport on Guam at four in the morning. I was overcome with grief when the thick, hot air wrapped around me like a wet blanket.

That sounds like the 40 years I lived in Houston. A local DJ referred to is as walking out of the house naked and being immediately wrapped head to toe in greased Saran wrap. He was wrong, it was worse.

Flarpswitch · 04-01-2022, 04:49 PM

Having a cabin air filter is a step up. Before that, the evaporator in your AC was a petrie dish of all forms of pathogens.
"Do you smell something funny?"
"No. But, you'll get used to it."
"Really! It smells like something died in your vent."
News Flash: Something did crawl in there and died.

A friend in Florida has an Outback that he loves. Over time he became less enamored with it and he said that the AC could barely keep up with the heat and humidity (Gulf Coast). The last thing that popped into my mind after considering everything else was, "Did you check the cabin air filter?" "What's that?", he asked. Talked him through removing it and behold: enough fuzz and debris to fill a small pillow. A quick trip to the parts store and it's, "I love my Subaru Outback."

AC: Don't leave home without it.

soundman98 · 04-01-2022, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

AC is a good thing. Never again will I go without. The saving grace in the Southwest is the dry air. Humid heat is torture. I remember back in '85, arriving at the airport on Guam at four in the morning. I was overcome with grief when the thick, hot air wrapped around me like a wet blanket.

humid heat is less 'wet blanket' and more 'tight-fitting t-shirt dunked in used motor oil'

Ultramaroon · 04-01-2022, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

humid heat is less 'wet blanket' and more 'tight-fitting t-shirt dunked in used motor oil'

Yeah. It's awful when sweat just hangs on all slimy-feeling. Much better comparison, I agree. Saran-wrap is also better.

Flarpswitch · 04-03-2022, 04:19 PM

You are in a place where the humidity is in single digits but the temperature is in triple digits and someone says,”But, it’s a dry heat.” Which do you choose: a verbal or physical assault? Keep in mind that a jury of your peers wouldn’t find you guilty on any account. More than three decades ago, the company that I worked for was making noises that told me that I might get an unrequested transfer to Phoenix. I remembered the first time we passed through Phoenix and stopped for gas. My wife refused to get out of the car and insisted that the AC get going ASAP. We didn’t stop until we got to Flagstaff to spend the night. Anyway, preemptively put in my transfer papers, got out my compass to get a bearing on Phoenix, turned 180° in the other direction and did not stop until I felt moss growing on me and every third car on the road is a Subaru.

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Flarpswitch Senior Member Join Date: May 2018 Drives: 2022 BRZ Ltd, 2025 Ascent Touring Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 248 Thanks: 162 Thanked 173 Times in 99 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	Having a cabin air filter is a step up. Before that, the evaporator in your AC was a petrie dish of all forms of pathogens. "Do you smell something funny?" "No. But, you'll get used to it." "Really! It smells like something died in your vent." News Flash: Something did crawl in there and died. A friend in Florida has an Outback that he loves. Over time he became less enamored with it and he said that the AC could barely keep up with the heat and humidity (Gulf Coast). The last thing that popped into my mind after considering everything else was, "Did you check the cabin air filter?" "What's that?", he asked. Talked him through removing it and behold: enough fuzz and debris to fill a small pillow. A quick trip to the parts store and it's, "I love my Subaru Outback." AC: Don't leave home without it.

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Flarpswitch Senior Member Join Date: May 2018 Drives: 2022 BRZ Ltd, 2025 Ascent Touring Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 248 Thanks: 162 Thanked 173 Times in 99 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	You are in a place where the humidity is in single digits but the temperature is in triple digits and someone says,”But, it’s a dry heat.” Which do you choose: a verbal or physical assault? Keep in mind that a jury of your peers wouldn’t find you guilty on any account. More than three decades ago, the company that I worked for was making noises that told me that I might get an unrequested transfer to Phoenix. I remembered the first time we passed through Phoenix and stopped for gas. My wife refused to get out of the car and insisted that the AC get going ASAP. We didn’t stop until we got to Flagstaff to spend the night. Anyway, preemptively put in my transfer papers, got out my compass to get a bearing on Phoenix, turned 180° in the other direction and did not stop until I felt moss growing on me and every third car on the road is a Subaru.

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