Climate control

[Ian_182]

Thank god i had this today.I got in the car and it said 30 c and within a couple of mins i was chilled.I dont think i could have a car now that doesnt have it.

I know we only get three weeks of sun a year but i really was glad.Has anyone else blasted theirs today.(no offence to cups)

ian

 

[Lee]

I left the house this morning and it was already 20 degrees at 6.50am. I had in on straight away and will be using it to its full potential sat on the M6 when I leave in a minute. Days like today remind me why I buy cars with CC.

 

[dk]

what has everybody got it set at though, how low have you gone?

Mine was set on 18.

 

[Clio_MTV]

Rub it in for those that dont have it

 

[Lee]

I had 18 on the way in this morning too, but on the way home with the sun beating down it tends to be 16.

 

[blink172]

Would you swap it for .4 of a second? I think not.......

 

[Lee]

Even when the weather is cold and wet I love it. Nothing like clearing a steamed up screen in just a few seconds.

 

[jon_r]

Whats the problem? I have a Cup? It was lovely and cold in the car?

 

[D-CUP]

Same here.

 

[boyced]

Quote: Originally posted by blink172 on 08 June 2004

Would you swap it for .4 of a second? I think not.......

is it still .4 a second with the windows down?

Has anyone noticed a performance drop with the cc on? Friend of mine used to have a 1.4 306 and with the aircon on it hardly moved!

 

[Lee]

Quote: Originally posted by jon_r on 08 June 2004

Whats the problem? I have a Cup? It was lovely and cold in the car?

But you cheat.

 

[jon_r]

 

[Mondial172]

Things shrink when its cold anyway!

 

[blaupunkt]

what effect does this have on your MPG ? seeing as i will have it when i get the 182 its somethign i will be using and was wondering if it effects it much

 

[Ian_182]

About 3mpg in my car on a run,very nice compramise

ian

 

[blaupunkt]

great! thats alot better than i was thinking so well worth it then

 

[littleone]

hi , i noticed the performance drop, it was like that in my audi a2 fsi 1.6, when i had the air con on it pulled a way it bit slower than usual, quite sluggish, had fun in both my cars, enjoyed the air con, in my 182 and later in the day enjoyed the wind in my hair with my c3 plurial

 

[KDF]

According to clarkson the mpg on a civic goes down 6mpg with air-con on, so 3-4 mpg for the 172 would probably be about right.

If you have the window down (again according to clarkson) it increases fuel consumption 6% .. you do the maths

 

[SimonV6]

Yeah that right.

1. Aircon on = -3-4mpg

2.Aircon off windows open= -1-2mpg

3.aircon off windows closed = no fuel loss but a fu*king suna



Net loss is only about 2 mpg

So I have mine on the time this weather.....feels great



Simon.




[Edited by shmall on 09 June 2004 at 12:03am]