Lil4X
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Great news! I was a little concerned about airflow in the cabin. That solution works well in our vans.
Edit: fixing autocorrwrecks from my phone.
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Child Seats And Dog Cages?
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olddog1946
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I have to totally agree. They were not meant to be station wagons. If my wife wants to take the dogs with her when she goes somewhere it will be in her Jimmy. I love the dogs but they are not riding on my bike or in my Elio. Heck I may not even let the wife in my Elio.
Lil4X
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If those rear windows can be hinged, I wonder if they could be remote-controlled by the driver? One of our old vans used a cable to do this and it was simple and direct. I'm sure there are electric actuators that could do this too, but might be unnecessarily complex.
The idea is to be able to control airflow with the driver's and (well, the other driver's) windows down. In my Travelall and Suburbans you could play with the power tailgate window to select whether you wanted your hurricane from the side or rear. About an inch and a quarter opening of the tailgate window would achieve complete balance in the cabin, allowing you to run with the front windows wide open on a nice day without being buffeted by the breeze at highway speed. Always loved that hidden feature.
The idea is to be able to control airflow with the driver's and (well, the other driver's) windows down. In my Travelall and Suburbans you could play with the power tailgate window to select whether you wanted your hurricane from the side or rear. About an inch and a quarter opening of the tailgate window would achieve complete balance in the cabin, allowing you to run with the front windows wide open on a nice day without being buffeted by the breeze at highway speed. Always loved that hidden feature.
and if they're not, I'll find out how to remove the "trunk" lid to allow for great thru wind. I'm hoping it's simple and quick so that I could rapidly reattach it in the event of rain.
I'm all for your remote windows as long as you are the one that installed them.
Lil4X
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Yeah, I'd previously thought about a "pull down" for the trunk lid like that rather feature of rather questionable utility on some luxury cars. If you could manually control that pull down actuator to vary the size of the trunk lid opening - maybe only an inch or two, it would work nicely. But if those windows open, much the better.
One thing about those swing-out windows though, my current beatervan has manually operated windows in the wayback, meaning that to adjust them (two-positions, open, closed) it's easier to get out, open the hatch, and operate them while standing outside. Which makes about as much sense in a rainstorm as the old British sportscars on which you had to assemble the top and sidecurtains while standing in a pouring rain.
Fortunately, like the sports cars of old, those windows don't funnel a whole lot of water inside - if you can maintain speed. Just look for an overpass with a broad shoulder. . . .
Attach something like an inside child safety lock like the ones on kitchen cabinets.
It locks the hatch open about 2 inches letting air through but not letting the hatch bounce up and down.
Great idea 
Kind of like the safety latch on the hood. Lets the hood pop up but not open.Great idea
On the P4 it's four screws (I checked).