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Automatic vehicle climate control. If the ambient temperature is hotter than the setting I get blasted with frozen air and if it's colder I have to sit in an ov

by causi 4y ago

Automatic vehicle climate control. If the ambient temperature is hotter than the setting I get blasted with frozen air and if it's colder I have to sit in an oven until the car decides it's the correct temperature. I much preferred twisting a knob until the air hitting my face was comfortable. What is comfortable is altered by how active I've been, the time of day, the temperature I've been in before getting into the car, what I'm wearing, etc. Climate control doesn't give a shit about any of that.

timbit42 4y ago
Odd. My car has digital climate controls and all I have to do is set the temp I want. If it too cold, it will keep the fan low while the air coming into the cabin is cold and as it warms up, the fan speeds up until the cabin is at the temp I set. It also knows to blow hot air at my feet and the windshield (to melt frost) and blow cool air out the dash directly at me. I keep it set at 23C year round and since it's a heat pump, I don't even need to switch it between heat and cool mode. It's perfect. The settings can be overridden but there is no need.
jedberg 4y ago
In my 1979 BMW, there was a dial for the fan speed, a dial for the temperature, and a slider to control how much outside air came in. It was the best climate control ever. In the snow I could blast the heat at full fan speed with max temp at my feet while allowing the icy air from outside to blow at my face at the same time to keep me awake.
- kyriakos 4y ago
  Don't cars with climate control still have the manual option? You can turn off climate control and just adjust fan and temperature.
Johnny555 4y ago
My Honda seems to do a pretty good job with automatic climate control, I can't remember the last time I've taken it out of auto, I just adjust the temperature up/down a few degrees when needed and let the car figure out the right fan speed, recirc setting, which vents to use, etc.

by causi 4y ago

timbit42 4y ago

Odd. My car has digital climate controls and all I have to do is set the temp I want. If it too cold, it will keep the fan low while the air coming into the cabin is cold and as it warms up, the fan speeds up until the cabin is at the temp I set. It also knows to blow hot air at my feet and the windshield (to melt frost) and blow cool air out the dash directly at me. I keep it set at 23C year round and since it's a heat pump, I don't even need to switch it between heat and cool mode. It's perfect. The settings can be overridden but there is no need.

jedberg 4y ago

In my 1979 BMW, there was a dial for the fan speed, a dial for the temperature, and a slider to control how much outside air came in. It was the best climate control ever. In the snow I could blast the heat at full fan speed with max temp at my feet while allowing the icy air from outside to blow at my face at the same time to keep me awake.

kyriakos 4y ago
Don't cars with climate control still have the manual option? You can turn off climate control and just adjust fan and temperature.

Johnny555 4y ago

My Honda seems to do a pretty good job with automatic climate control, I can't remember the last time I've taken it out of auto, I just adjust the temperature up/down a few degrees when needed and let the car figure out the right fan speed, recirc setting, which vents to use, etc.