Who needs aircon when you can just open a window?

Roof down for me :cool:

The gearknob gets stupidly hot though and I do tend to drive to work with roof up and aircon on to be honest as it gets like a fridge and feels like your getting off a plane in a hot country when you get out of the car.
 
Roof down and feel the BUUUUUURRRRRNNNNN!! :D

I don't really need Aircon in the mx-5, but it was a godsend in the focus. Leather seats and summer weather do not go together!

Tip to any other MX-5 owners, if your still too hot with the roof down make sure you have the windblock down as well. Amazing how much airflow that little thing stops. ;)
 
i have 2003 golf 1.6. it has air con. I thought when using the air con, it uses fuel so it works? else is it powered from battery?

everytime I turn mine on to setting 2(out of 4) the rev counter goes up by one bar. I also can feel it on the clutch when its turned on. maybe its me?

anyway, I prefer to have the window down. only use air con if on long journeys or on motorways.
 
hittman said:
everytime I turn mine on to setting 2(out of 4) the rev counter goes up by one bar. I also can feel it on the clutch when its turned on. maybe its me?
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Does this on my mate's Mk4 1.4 too.
 
hittman said:
i have 2003 golf 1.6. it has air con. I thought when using the air con, it uses fuel so it works? else is it powered from battery?

everytime I turn mine on to setting 2(out of 4) the rev counter goes up by one bar. I also can feel it on the clutch when its turned on. maybe its me?

anyway, I prefer to have the window down. only use air con if on long journeys or on motorways.
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pulley driven
hit the switch and an electric clutch pack engages it.
 
Oh, and for the "economy crew™", my best ever fuel consumption for a motorway journey was 40.1MPG, and I had the aircon on.

Difference = so marginal I can't tell.

To all you nay sayers and people who think it pwns their engine. Tip: Get a decent engine ;)
 
Aircon is for people who wear pink shirts. It's all about windows down and working on the lop-sidded tan:D. Next month I'll even have a sun roof \o/.
 
hittman said:
how is air con in a car powered?
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off a belt much like an alternator.

When it is activated a clutch mechanism connects the aircon pulley to the compressor mechanism. Also the ECU will up the idle speed to stop the engine from stalling.
 
Simon said:
off a belt much like an alternator.

When it is activated a clutch mechanism connects the aircon pulley to the compressor mechanism. Also the ECU will up the idle speed to stop the engine from stalling.
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ok thanks. good to know. happened to me once. my car stalled when the air con button was already on and i started it up, the car stalled. on re-start it was ok.
 
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