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Christ · 04-22-2009, 06:08 PM

Ok, wait until the hottest day you can, and get a friend with a lighter car. Put a thermometer in his car, and yours, in the same place, out of the sun.

Park them both in a parking lot in the sun, right next to each other.

Come back in like 4 hours. If there is more than a 2% difference in the temps, and you can repeat that effect over 3 or more tests, I'll call the EPA a bunch of morons.

*I've actually done this, back when I used to call them a bunch of morons.. now I call them scientifically correct morons.*

The fact that you can burn your hand by touching hot metal does not make it true that your interior is any hotter.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Ok, wait until the hottest day you can, and get a friend with a lighter car. Put a thermometer in his car, and yours, in the same place, out of the sun. Park them both in a parking lot in the sun, right next to each other. Come back in like 4 hours. If there is more than a 2% difference in the temps, and you can repeat that effect over 3 or more tests, I'll call the EPA a bunch of morons. I've actually done this, back when I used to* call them a bunch of morons.. now I call them scientifically correct morons.* The fact that you can burn your hand by touching hot metal does not make it true that your interior is any hotter. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"