Originally Posted by trader4

Really? Let's review. I posted:

"Why can't you still do this with the X5? Hook up 12V to the compressor,
take the car for a drive, which provides the necessary cooling for
the condenser. If it blows cold air, the system is working. Should
work, no?"

You replied:

"Another shade tree mechanic fix. Fix it right or don't fix it at all. From you previous posts I see that you are taking my advice about not fixing stuffs that breaks on your X."

My post said nothing about what the final solution is. It was not
a "fix", it was a test suggestion. In fact, I only made the post to
clarify StephenVa's post that said you can't do this test with an X5
like you could in other cars. And to that you started the attack by
calling me a "shade tree mechanic" and making snide remarks.
And you are lying when you imply that I ever suggested anything
like that as a "fix".

It's a curious thing. I get jumped on by you. Yet in
another recent thread, there were a couple of buffoons claiming
that it was peachy keen to go ahead and change an alternator
without first disconnecting the battery. He even had a picture
of the energized alternator cable suspended right in the work
area.l Now *that* is something worthy of correcting, worthy of
warning, interjecting. Yet, guys like you were silent on that.
But I'm the shade tree mechanic. Go figure.