i have a friend w that same pt and to me it looks like a VW. LOL.
either way in stock mode that turbo is really weak and i waxed him.
turned on the tune and he was a spot in the rear view mirror so fast he couldnt believe it and i took him for a ride and showed him the difference. i let him drive mine and he then he said he wish he would have bought the SS and had me tune it. LMAO

 

My days of going fast have long passed. I don't care to spend lots and lots of money trying to get that last erg of power from a car anymore.

I'm much more into getting the best mileage I can out of one. Like I said when they first came out we wanted one pretty badly but they just weren't available in a decent time frame.

If the HHR wasn't being repaired or if the repair wasn't taking so long and if the price hadn't been so reasonable we probably wouldn't have bought the Cruiser.

As you can see there were a lot of variables and some happy coincides that came into play on this deal.

 

The above discussion of the location of air conditioning components could get a little confusing to folks who have no knowledge of how AC works. The condenser is located in front of the radiator of the vehicle. The compressor liquifies the freon vapor and the (very) hot liquid is sent to the condenser for cooling. The cooled-down high-pressure liquid is then forced through a tiny orifice where it evaporates in (what else?) the evaporator, which is inside the passenger compartment, typically under the dashboard. The very cold freon vapor absorbs the heat in the air blown through the evaporator.

So - condenser is under the hood in front of the radiator. The evaporator is under the dashboard. Just for folks who did not know this. Nobody likes a pedant.

 

Okay.....but who was being pedantic?? Lucky mentioned condensers due to his experience working for Chrysler and I mentioned them along with evaporators because of my HVAC experience. Neither of us went into any great detail as it wasn't really necessary. Other than that, no one else seemed to care........except you. The thread seemed to have died three days ago and the last couple of posts have nothing to do with air conditioning components

 

I took the car to the dealer to have them look at the air conditioning system. They took it upon themselves to give the car a multi point inspection. This inspection cost me $94.00

They tell me the hose between the compressor and the evaporator is leaking estimated cost of repair $600.00, they also found the lower control arm bushings to be worn, the transmission fluid is slightly dark, the rear tires have less than 3/32” of tread left, and should be replaced and the front tires have 5/32” of tread and really should be replaced too, {they figure after the lower control arms are replaced and the new tires are on it will need to be realigned} the rear brake drums are worn and should be replaced too.

When I pointed out that the car has disk brakes on all 4 corners they explained that the emergency/parking brake has shoes inside the disk on the back axle. I actually knew this from when I did the brakes on our LHS.

I'm wondering how they saw this as a problem without taking the wheels and disks off. The total estimated cost of repair is $2,100.

Naturally it is up to me to decide what I want to fix and when. I already have an appointment down at the Firestone store for next week Thursday to have the tires replaced. I can get some 40,000 mile 205/50R 17” Firehawk tires for $71.00 each but they don't have them on hand. I will also get the lifetime alignment deal then.

I had to order the hose I need because no one has it in stock either. I plan to replace the hose myself then have them pull a vacuum on the system and recharge it. They did remove the freon that was in it so I can just take the hose off and put the new one on so I won t be venting anything into the atmosphere.

 

I was (am) the pedant I was referring to in my response. And, I thought (as a pedant), this would be a good opportunity to resolve any possible confusion about the location of AC components, if there happened to be any.

 

Oh, I get it now. But, still, no one seemed to be confused as the conversation turned to going fast instead of anything to do with A/C.