How's your A/C coping with this hot weather?

des_pd_ tdi · Post by **des_pd_ tdi** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:24 pm

OK I saw 38.5 degrees on the dash on the way home Wednesday night, the A/C Climatic was on 18c air speed on 3/4. This was keeping the car nice and cool but was not really cool enough for me.

I find I have to turn the temp dial all the way to the left (ie not regulated) to get ice cold air blowing out. But then my Wife complains, because it's too cold - no compromise then.

Anyone else find this?

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 1:48 pm

Yep all VAG cars are like this!

I like to keep the air at 19 or so anyway in this weather so I'm not fussed.

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:54 pm

My Climatic blows almost luke warm air rather than ice cold. I imagine it due to the engine size.
However, I still would have preferred a sunroof though, better than nothing I suppose

Oh, and I swear I can see the fuel needle going down whein its on, it must use fuel at least three times faster and thats when I'm taking it steady

Sadgeek · Post by **Sadgeek** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 11:57 am

Yeah, I find the polo doesn't seem to keep the air overly cool until you turn it right down. Possibly the throughput is too much for the compressor and it struggles to cool the air quick enough.

The climatronic in my Passat does a good job though, sitting on 20 every day, and doesn't seem to make too much of a difference on economy. Mind you, if I turn the temp down to 18, then the fan does seem to be blowing a lot harder for much longer.

20 is normally plenty comfortable for me anyway.

Post by **mole** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 1:06 pm

I just turn the temp all the way to the left, and its cool enough for me. But then everybody moans because its too cold

However, I still would have preferred a sunroof though

I'd MUCH rather have AC than a sunroof!!!

silverpolo · Post by **silverpolo** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:24 am

yeah my aircon unit seems to be working better then when i first got the car .

I do notice a bit of a power drop if a/c's on full wack.

had air con on full the other day and checked my mpg avg was showing 38mpg

but that aint all bad aint no tight tdi driver use the turbo now and again

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:16 am

I saw 36Â°C in the car at the weekend

In this weather I keep the dial all the way round to the left and have the A/C on level 3 with recirculate on too. Can normally switch it down to 2 after 15 minutes or so. I tried setting the Climatic to 18/19Â° with the A/C on but it still didn't seem as cold as just setting it to 'cold' so don't bother now. I think Climatic will be more use in the winter.

Oh, and my mpg seems to drop by about 3mpg when using the air con.

Great thing about this weather is that the car (and wheels) seem to stay clean for AGES!

Leon.

_Spud_ · Post by **_Spud_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:59 pm

In my current car I have got no air con, and the sunroof has no cover, so when I got in the car a few days ago it was 40C, so it was dam hot.

What are the main differences between the â€œClimaticâ€

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:23 pm

[quote="_Spud_"]In my current car I have got no air con, and the sunroof has no cover, so when I got in the car a few days ago it was 40C, so it was dam hot.

What are the main differences between the â€œClimaticâ€

des_pd_ tdi · Post by **des_pd_ tdi** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:29 pm

With Climatic (semi auto) it's the same deal as with Climate. You set the temp it maintains it. The only real difference are the dials vs digital readout really - this is the reason why the upgrade to climate is so cheap.

Like Leon says the bonus with semi climatic is that you can decide weather to use A/C or not.

This is why most people don't bother with the upgrade - there's no real benefit.

_Spud_ · Post by **_Spud_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:45 pm

For the extra Â£300 i think i will have it on my new one

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:20 pm

You can still adjust the Climatronic manually and decide whether ac is on or not surely??

You could in the Golf I had on loan.

My polo *may* be back soon. They are taking forever to complete the repairs. All it needed was a new bonnet!!

The poxy rental car I have has no aircon, just my luck! Plus it doesn't have ABS so it's lots of fun trying to stop quickly.

James.

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:21 pm

And I've lost my sig.

_Spud_ · Post by **_Spud_** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:29 pm

Petrified wrote:You can still adjust the Climatronic manually and decide whether ac is on or not surely??

You could in the Golf I had on loan.

My polo *may* be back soon. They are taking forever to complete the repairs. All it needed was a new bonnet!!

The poxy rental car I have has no aircon, just my luck! Plus it doesn't have ABS so it's lots of fun trying to stop quickly.

James.

Yes, it is the same as any other normal climate system, my old man has a BMW X5 and that also has climate, that has the added advantage of a fume detection system, so if u come up behind a car that is pumping out lots of fumes it will switch to recalculate before u get any nasty smells.

Normal aircon is just on or off and then with the fan, but the semi auto is slightly more advanced as described above.

I have read a few pplâ€™s comments about when they engage reverse it switches to recalculate, is this a dealer activated option or can it be turned on by me when I get the car, or would it be worth my while buying a vag-com unit?

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:32 pm

Petrified wrote:You can still adjust the Climatronic manually and decide whether ac is on or not surely??

James.

Yeah, you can press the ECON button - Economy. You can also adjust fan speeds and vent direction manually using the little buttons.

But is it worth an additional Â£300? I dunno. Certainly looks flashier in the dash mind!