Wind in your hair is part of the mx5 experience but is air con a must have?
Craigjessop
Flo doesn't have air con
But some people i know think it is good if the weather is very hot
But tend to put their tops up
These aren't MX5 drivers by the way
But some people i know think it is good if the weather is very hot
But tend to put their tops up
These aren't MX5 drivers by the way
The MK1 has Air Conditioning as an option. The MK3.5 has Air, because we now have no choice. I must say that I have grown to like it, even, on hot sunny days, with the top down.
My first car didn't have a heater now all cars have heaters and we expect them, I think it's the same with air con. My last five cars have had it, not by choice they just happen to have it, and now I've got used to it I wouldn't like to be without it. It can get quite hot in the 5 in the summer especially on the drivers side with the heat from the exhaust. All this talk about air con is making me look forward to the balmy days of summer again.
Love it on a damp clothes day when the top HAS to be up to quickly ciear condensation, otherwise it never gets used.
Well, I tend to use mine very frequently when the top is up. As has been mentioned above, it does have that drying effect and will keep the interior damp-free during wet weather. Using it also prevents the seals in the system drying out and shrinking, which is the commonest fault with air-con systems and can cause the refrigerant to leak out.
Remember that air-con is designed to work only above an ambient temperature of about 5 degrees C - this is to protect the compressor from damage due to the possibility of ice crystals forming inside it.
Remember that air-con is designed to work only above an ambient temperature of about 5 degrees C - this is to protect the compressor from damage due to the possibility of ice crystals forming inside it.
My Mark 2 doesn't have air con, but my Mark 3.5 does as standard. There are occasions on those hot summer days (remember those ) when you are stuck in traffic, and so don't get the cooling effect of the air flow, that I find air con is a godsend (as needless to say my roof is firmly down), and it was a factor in determining which car to use when we had that brief hot spell in July 13.
) when you are stuck in traffic, and so don't get the cooling effect of the air flow, that I find air con is a godsend (as needless to say my roof is firmly down), and it was a factor in determining which car to use when we had that brief hot spell in July 13.
I miss it in my NB on these damp days.
My Del Sol had it and a misted screen would clear in seconds. All round. With the 5 I'm forever reaching across with a rag to get the screen dry enough to see where I'm going.
Then again our Fabia, 57 reg, has it and it's next to useless.
My Del Sol had it and a misted screen would clear in seconds. All round. With the 5 I'm forever reaching across with a rag to get the screen dry enough to see where I'm going.
Then again our Fabia, 57 reg, has it and it's next to useless.
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