On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:38:41 -0400, Mike Smith
<mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote:

>Keith Mascheroni wrote:
>>
>> I just made it thru a new york summer and found it to be fine. The automatic
>> feature may take some getting used to - when it's off, the car seems to have
>> poor AC. But when it's on, and you turn start the car after it's been parked
>> in the sun, the unmistakable roar of the climate control is impressive and
>> cools everything off quickly. Note some of the other postings about
>> windscreen condensation problems on humid days. That's 'cause the damn air
>> conditioner works so well!
>
>My one beef is that it tries too hard to maintain the temperature. If
>I've got it set for 70, and it's 67 outside, there's no reason for the
>heat to come on, or vice versa with the A/C if it's only a couple of
>degrees over. There should be a little more "slack" in the temperature
>setting, IMO.

Imagine some poor hvac engineer at audi reading the above.

"Now they complain because the system does what it says it's going to do...and
it's too accurate."

 

daytripper wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:38:41 -0400, Mike Smith
> <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Keith Mascheroni wrote:
>>
>>>I just made it thru a new york summer and found it to be fine. The automatic
>>>feature may take some getting used to - when it's off, the car seems to have
>>>poor AC. But when it's on, and you turn start the car after it's been parked
>>>in the sun, the unmistakable roar of the climate control is impressive and
>>>cools everything off quickly. Note some of the other postings about
>>>windscreen condensation problems on humid days. That's 'cause the damn air
>>>conditioner works so well!
>>
>>My one beef is that it tries too hard to maintain the temperature. If
>>I've got it set for 70, and it's 67 outside, there's no reason for the
>>heat to come on, or vice versa with the A/C if it's only a couple of
>>degrees over. There should be a little more "slack" in the temperature
>>setting, IMO.
>
>
> Imagine some poor hvac engineer at audi reading the above.
>
> "Now they complain because the system does what it says it's going to do...and
> it's too accurate."

Human perception of temperature is subjective. Your nerve endings don't
tell your brain "it's 70 degrees", they say "it's warm" or "it's cold".
And I'm not the first one to say it. ISTR reading a C&D editorial a
while back that said the same thing.

--
Mike Smith

 

los wrote:
> I'm looking into buying a new car and looking closely at the Audi. I'm in
> Atlanta here and this time of the month it is how. I test drove two A4's(One
> a 03 the other an 04). I felt like the AC was not doing that great a job in
> either car. I also read a review of the car and in the review it mentioned
> that the AC had trouble keeping the temp down to the set temperature. Are
> the AC's know to be sub par in these cars?


I agree. My 01 TT does not have very good AC.

 

The AC in my 2001 A4 1.8 Quattro works great -- the best I've had in any car
yet in terms of keeping the entire passenger compartment evenly cooled. And
I've been down to hot and humid Florida with no problems, too.


"ZiggyPopp" <ZiggyPop@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> los wrote:
> > I'm looking into buying a new car and looking closely at the Audi.
I'm in
> > Atlanta here and this time of the month it is how. I test drove two
A4's(One
> > a 03 the other an 04). I felt like the AC was not doing that great a job
in
> > either car. I also read a review of the car and in the review it
mentioned
> > that the AC had trouble keeping the temp down to the set temperature.
Are
> > the AC's know to be sub par in these cars?
>
>
> I agree. My 01 TT does not have very good AC.
>
>