I have no fan at all in one of my cars (Hillman Hunter). In the other (Sunbeam Rapier) I have a cut down Avanger plastic fan to half diameter so it is blowing just enough to keep me out of trouble in a smaller traffic jam in summer time. In the car with no fan, a traffic jam can give some trouble, but as I live in the countryside I seldom run into this kind of situations. Now maybe you are going to correct me and say that an Alpine has worse engine compartment ventilation and is running hotter especially in California climate. That is probably true, but my message is on motorway and country road driving, a mechanical fan is not necessary and an electric fan is not using any power at all.
Kristian Jonsson
(cold) Sweden
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