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- Path: sparky!uunet!milo!esther
- From: esther@verdix.com (Esther Lumsdon)
- Subject: Re: car sun shade devices: what works best?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.223450.7327@verdix.com>
- Organization: Verdix Corp.
- References: <Bu4pC7.8vD@news.udel.edu> <17060024@hplred.HP.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:34:50 GMT
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- ajeans@hplred.HP.COM (Albert Jeans) writes:
-
- >>>The best ones, IMHO, are those with a silver colored surface to reflect some
- >>>of the heat back out. The cardboard ones are a poor substitute. Whatever you
- >>>use, it needs to fit your cars windshield!
-
- >They reflect the visible light out, rather than letting that light get
- >absorbed by something in your car and turned into heat, which can't pass
- >through the car's windows (greenhouse effect).
-
- Tinted car windows are popular in sunny climes. However, they may cause problems
- when you and the car move to a less-sunny jurisdiction. A Maryland state
- police officer was murdered by someone in a car that had fairly dark
- tinted windows 2 or 3 years ago. Maryland and Virginia sometimes make things
- difficult for the owners of cars with tinted windows when it's time for
- state inspection. It depends on the inspector, and the state trooper
- whom you call to complain about the tinted windows standards.
- Having factory-tinted windows, or dealer-tinted windows does not always
- protect you from being told to have your windows altered, or not drive
- that car in the state. This often hits military personnel who purchase a
- car in Florida or Texas, and get transferred to Maryland or Virginia.
-
- So, if you have the car windows tinted, you'll be forewarned about
- trouble when you move north.
- --
- ------ Esther Lumsdon employed by, not speaking for, Verdix Corporation
- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
- esther@verdix.com or esther%verdix.com@uunet.uu.net
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