I don't live anywhere near AZ, but I bought Window Visors/Rain Guards/Vent Shades for my truck so I can leave the windows cracked open all the time. There are also solar powered vent fans you can put in your window but that seems like overkill to me.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've read a lot of reviews for solar powered window vent fans for cars and all the ones I came across had a ton of "this is cheap crap, don't buy it" feedback. I'm interested in buying one (overkill is the best kind of kill) but it's made me very uncertain.

I was also thinking of making my own, there are solar powered chicken coop ventilation systems that look reliable (since expensive chickens would die if they weren't I trust the quality a bit more) and I can 3D print the over-the-window ducting. In case the overkill isn't over enough.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went and bought one of those for my dark colored vehicle, today is the first day I'm using it. I remember it helping on another vehicle I used to have, but that one also had tinted windows.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've found that leaving a few windows cracked is more effective than the shades, but doing both certainly can't hurt.

Except that I get rain where I live, so leaving windows cracked can be a bit of a gamble sometimes and I have to stay alert.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to have these little visor things that covered the top few inches of the side windows, that helped a lot because I live somewhere where it can suddenly rain.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know, I've seen those on cars occasionally but it never actually twigged until now what they were for. I'm one of today's lucky ten thousand. I'm going to see if I can find a set of those.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's easier to find them the more common the vehicle is.