"Is the New Car's Problem Heat or Something Else?" So? Water gets into the cabin, mostly through ventilation system, and fills it up in a few minutes. How to get fresh air if the car is totally 100% vacuum air tight?? by Rob Lister » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:31 pm, Post 72-year-old James Rogers and his dog Leia got trapped inside his 2007 Corvette Monday afternoon. June 15, 2008. Noise. (Oct. 20, 2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qB0lb401ZU [October 21, 2009], Top 10 Everyday Car Technologies that Came from Racing. if your car is airtight, the air inside will start with about 21% oxygen level and this will slowly diminish and be replaced by carbon dioxide then either you get light headed from insufficient oxygen and crash the car or suffocate and die from lack of oxygen #8 Posted 01 November 2012 - … by SkepticalSemite » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:49 am, Post Cars may not be air tight, but that does not mean that enough air passively diffuses through vents fast enough to prevent 2 people in a compact from running the risk of using up more oxygen than comes through the vent. So its difficult both the ways. If credit is air tight, ants & cockroaches won't make home in inside e car liao, [laugh]...... unless u put tube and pump the exhaust into ur car dont think u will die so easily. The only car in the world I know is air tight is this : must dive into water see whether it leak or not?? by Pyrrho » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:32 pm, Post New 2020 Toyota Corolla 1.8 Hybrid Sedan or Hatchback. by Anaxagoras » Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:58 pm, Post "How long does a VW beetle float? Doesn't have to be airtight. To be sure, if the car was literally airtight, they would have died a lot sooner. Does the Kaizen philosophy prevent auto problems? If the amount of new air getting in was only 10 liters per minute, say (hardly airtight) wouldn't the oxygen levels gradually drop? by Rob Lister » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:08 pm, Post Air tight? We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. The … I dont know, have yet to driven one or be driven in one. (Oct. 20, 2009) http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2008/May/03.html, Stock Car Science. May 2008. They're still alive and didn't have any problems. That's because the passenger compartment of your car is not designed to be airtight. If car is air tight, will u even be able to breathe!!! I put it there because she saw something on TV and insisted. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Then camped out in the car for 4 hours. by SkepticalSemite » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:05 pm, Post If one sleep in such cars without the aircon on or windows open, I think the CO level will rise easily and kill the driver. Just watch!" Will car repairs in the future financially cripple you? Some European cars will run with 20% fresh air,even A/C is in Rec mode. if you did not get it approaches 100. :huh: There are several ways to know if you have an airtight car and none of them are pleasant. WYSO is the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, a program of Interlochen Center for the Arts. Re: Are modern cars air-tight death traps? if your car is airtight, the air inside will start with about 21% oxygen level and this will slowly diminish and be replaced by carbon dioxide, then either you get light headed from insufficient oxygen and crash the car or suffocate and die from lack of oxygen.