I got home tonight at about 5:30 and the garage indoor thermometer was reading 84.7° with AC set at 84° with an outdoor reading of 103° (really probably only 99°.) It was already comfortable since the humidity was low. I lowered the AC to 75° and by 8:00 the thermometer was reading 79.5° but I was cold. The digital thermometer (not the AC thermometer) is certainly reading high since it felt like 74°. My conclusion is the new AC rocks!!!
I'll report again this weekend when I'm in the garage during the heat of the day.
BTW, it's like my garage stereo, which is already pretty decent, was taken up a notch by not having all that distracting white noise