19/06/2026
The temperature's rising.... how to cool down your car quickly! 🥵
1. Fan the interior
Open both the windows on one side of the car, then ‘fan’ the interior by swinging a door on the opposite side back and forth.
2. Start the engine and switch the air conditioning to its coldest setting.
If your car offers the option, select the ‘external’ air setting (the symbol on the switch usually shows an arrow entering the car), rather than air recirculation (a circular arrow).
The air outside the car will be cooler at this point. Open all remaining windows, as the air-con system will take a few minutes to become effective.
3. Use the lower air vents
Heat rises, so it makes sense to blast the cooler, air-conditioned air into the footwells, forcing the hot air already inside the car upwards and out of the open windows.
Shut off the upper vents on the dashboard and at the base of the windscreen so that the full flow of air into the car is directed upwards.
4. Keep the windows open
Start driving, but keep the car windows open for a minute or two to let all the hot air escape, do this until the air from the vents feels cooler than the outside temperature.
5. Close the windows and switch to recirculated air
Once the air conditioning is blowing cold, close all the windows and switch to (pre-cooled) recirculated air.
You can now open the upper air vents and adjust the flow as required.
