Smokey McPot
21-12-2010, 17:53
As some of you know, my heating is shit. In fact it doesn't really work at all. However I'm curious to know how everyone else's fares in comparison.
Mine works in the following fashion, it makes warm air, by this i mean, if the engine is hot and is standing then you can feel some warmth from the vents. When it is moving, and particularly during the winter the air that comes through the vents is not noticeably warmer, it functions to keep the windows clear, but nothing more. Nothing to keep the inside toasty.
Further to this, the vent selector works somewhat ineffectively, any selection that involves using the windscreen only will come through the dash vents and vice versa, the only exception is the footwell. Obviously when the dash vents are closed manually this problem is solved.
Come the time I get another car, and Willy gets ripped to bits and sewn back together again I will replace the matrix with the new one I've had since April, but in the mean time, has anyone got anything to say on the subject?
I would add that it does mean I dont have to give people lifts everywhere, which is nice :D
February will see it have a significant service, where amongst other things it will have a coolant flush.
Mine works in the following fashion, it makes warm air, by this i mean, if the engine is hot and is standing then you can feel some warmth from the vents. When it is moving, and particularly during the winter the air that comes through the vents is not noticeably warmer, it functions to keep the windows clear, but nothing more. Nothing to keep the inside toasty.
Further to this, the vent selector works somewhat ineffectively, any selection that involves using the windscreen only will come through the dash vents and vice versa, the only exception is the footwell. Obviously when the dash vents are closed manually this problem is solved.
Come the time I get another car, and Willy gets ripped to bits and sewn back together again I will replace the matrix with the new one I've had since April, but in the mean time, has anyone got anything to say on the subject?
I would add that it does mean I dont have to give people lifts everywhere, which is nice :D
February will see it have a significant service, where amongst other things it will have a coolant flush.