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Is your A/C any good?

rjohnson5481

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works pretty well for me, but i came from a car with even worse A/C system(corolla)

This is me all day. From a shitty corolla the GTI works jusssst fine. I should mention I'm in AZ, which is likely hotter than most people. lol
 

jjohns1508

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Central Florida here and so far it seems on par with my Focus, which seemed very good.
There is one way to tell for sure. put a temp gauge in the center A/C vent. Compare it to a car that seems "good".
The first thing I do when I get into my 100degree car is open the sunroof for a minute or two. Normally within 5 minutes the car is bearable and the steering wheel quits burning my hands. leather seats are also torture. I got my VW sunshade on order.
 

alpha3

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As others here have said, I believe it's a combination of a few things. I live in Miami, and we've already had 88+ days with high humidity. I believe the AC works very well, but you can't have unreasonable expectations either. Having a windscreen, tint, and cracking the side windows on hot days all make a big difference. My GTI is tinted but the windshield screen recently proved to me just what a big difference it makes. I vacuumed the car and forgot I had left the windscreen in the garage. I went to lunch with some friends and came back to the car.....even with the tint, it was so hot without that windscreen I couldn't believe it. The sun bakes the dash big time, and all that heat has to radiate out the windows before it can even begin to cool down.
 

DUBPL8

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Mine has worked surprisingly fine for the most part.
 

JhnR

Banned
Mine works fine as well on #2. I however have ceramic tints, it makes a whole world difference
 

gti_kev

Go Kart Champion
i always have the 2 passenger vents closed and have all the AC for me.

#causeimboss
 

gti_kev

Go Kart Champion
hahaha thats probably why i think i have good AC. :lol:
 

trev1342

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Was warm today, took about 2 minutes, and the air was then ice cold. Worked great.
 

doublevanosrc

Feeding My Fast daily
The a/c is ok however I use a windshield sunshade to minimize heat in the cabin.

It hit mid 90's yesterday and I'm happy to report that the a/c performed very good. Not as good as my previous BMW or anywhere near my dad's Ford but better than I expected(bought the car in Oct). I think with use of a windshield shade you should be able to manage just fine.
 
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