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Re: A/C



DougS wrote:

< Stick with the freon unit.  The new "environmentally safe" stuff they 
using is actually more harmful to the atmosphere and doesn't cool nearly 
as well and freon.  My friends with new cars have pathetic air 
conditioners. >

Care to divulge your reference sources that define R134a to be more atmospheri
c ozone damaging than R12, Doug?

As someone who spent a few years with Nippondenso at the height of the
changeover activity, I have my doubts about the severity of the entire
ozone-depleting refrigerant issue, but this is certainly the first time I've
heard that one. 

Gerry O'Connor (sitting on an arsenal of 12 oz. R-12 cans... for ME only...no
e-mail!)
Manhattan Beach, CA
'83 633 CSi 
'72 2002 tii
BMW CCA / NMA / SAE

P.S.  End the speeding thread NOW... please!  ALL of you!