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Originally Posted by slowmover
The windshield is often the largest piece of single glass, so you have it backwards. Park so that the smallest is towards the sun, or in general, to the west. (And, if the rear, the darkest legal tint applied).
The worst is at an angle to the sun where multiple windows take the assault. Where there is no choice, park so that the rear takes the sun angle.
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That may be true with a truck that has a small vertical rear window, but most cars have a rear window nearly as big as the front. The reflector blocks (nearly) all direct radiation which is the biggest source of heat. It won't do much good if it's facing away from the direct source of heat - the sun.
You have a good point about tint in the rear. I don't have any and I'm not going to spend the money to install it on a 16-year-old car.
I agree that angled is the worst option, with sun coming in the side.