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Foggy Window Problem
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inc55
Go Kart Champion
Atleast somebody understands why I want to keep the ac off. I want better fuel economy and I don't wanna lose any power while driving. I'm gonna give that rainx a try.
:mad0259: LOL same shit I have. Should've been cleaned at the factory.
TDI110
O_o
I never personally noticed any drain on the power when I have the A/C on. Maybe it's a different feeling on petrol cars, but I drive with the A/C turned on all the time and I still get 4.7L/100km.
J-Cooz
Go Kart Champion
It does easily fog up. Rain-X make an Anti-Fog solution but I haven't tried it. I might with winter just around the corner.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/CarWashingCleaning/Windshieldcare/PRDOVR~0384127P/Rain-X+AntiFog.jsp?locale=en
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/4/Auto/CarWashingCleaning/Windshieldcare/PRDOVR~0384127P/Rain-X+AntiFog.jsp?locale=en
Marvin
Ready to race!
Aircon doesn't work at temps below about 3.5/4.0°C (39°F).
Marvin
Ready to race!
So has everyone else here in the UK. It's a bloody nuisance. Car sits outside in temps of about 50F and then cloudy skies clear later in the day, as night falls and the temp. drops say, to 40F and low and behold i have moisture all over the inside of the windscreen sometimes as bad as having droplets towared to base of the windscreen. It's a devil to clear instantly if you want to drive away straightaway. You sit there like a 'nana and all your mates drive away their non VW cars i.e Beemers and Mazda RX8.
Also if the screen is clear then if you turn on the ignition and the fan control is on, this causes misting even though there may not be any obvious misting initially on the screen. This is also a nuisance but this can clear quite quickly if the car has been used withing the last two hours or so and there's residual heat in the engine.
Generally, our weather in the South of the UK isn't always anywhere near severe as it is in Canada and the Stated, thank goodness - I'd die if is was.!!
McQueen77
Banned
Yeah, I almost always have my windows cracked a little or the sunroof open somewhat. I just like actual air as opposed to recycled, conditioned air. And yes, the AC totally bogs down this car. If the temp isn't above 85 degrees or below 60, so 75% of the time in LA the AC stays off for me. Even this time of year when its low 70s during the day around here, I see most people driving around with their windows open. I don't get that. Wouldnt they rather have the slight breeze and air as opposed to AC? Guess not.
Marvin
Ready to race!
Regarding the use of Aircon and performance etc. It's not worthy of an indepth comment but I can't argue with the fact that there is SOME price to pay for using it.
I put my comfort over a few pence saved here and there and a miniscule change in performance. I drive my car safely and with consideration on our crowded UK roads and am not a boy racer and drive a stock VW car and that's how I like them to be, as VW manufactured them!!
I put my comfort over a few pence saved here and there and a miniscule change in performance. I drive my car safely and with consideration on our crowded UK roads and am not a boy racer and drive a stock VW car and that's how I like them to be, as VW manufactured them!!
flyguy27
Ready to race!
Yes, this car fogs up more than my previous cars. I have the Rain-X anti Fog on the inside. It works well. I wish I had climatronic. This fake climatic still puzzles me. It operates like a full manual system which I understand that it is for 2011 and up. There are a few times that it acts like climatic though. I'm not sure but I wish VW would provide better clarification on how this thing works.
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plac
Guest
this "climatic" is a pile of crap.. half the time i turn it on hot right after starting it, it stays ice cold. (forever). After warmup, i then again have to adjust the dial to cold and back to hot and finally it spews hot.
