The Big Island Hawai’i west-side coastline, landing there, then driving north from Kona airport to Kohala, becomes a window operating challenge, maybe an electrical or maybe a manual affair; that depends on what type of car you drive. Kona tends to run dry and scorchey, hot temps even with frequent trade winds, kinda how clothes-dryer machine air gusts into your face when you first open the door.

While looking at Kona in the rearview mirror, time to decide whether the car windows need ascending, for going north brings wind. How much depends on which season—we have two in Hawai’i—either rainy or dry that your car travels in. I need my fresh air, so most often the driver side window stays way down while passenger side mostly up.