Re: Cold Weather

[Stewart MacLund <sundie@lunaticfringe.org>]

Well, i don't know if anyone noticed, but Toronto sucked up 40cm of snow,
and severe sub-zero temps in the last few days.

The heater works excellent.  After 5 mins of idling, hot air is definitely
there.  But i don't get any fog, strangely enough.  Are you sure you have
your fresh air went opened?  Any snow on your intakes?  My hot air is dry as
the sahara...

I DO share you complaint about the lack of a setting for both feet and
defrost.  Someone definitely wasn't thinking.  I have discovered that you
can sorta get between the two settings, a little closer to defrost, than
feet, and it works okay.It's a little louder than usual, because you're
making it flow two ways, but hey.

I also leave my rearwindow/mirror heaters on constantly, as well.

Hey, on the amusing side, i was running my windshield washers the oyther day
after the car heated up, and there was actually a goodly amount of steam
rising from where the jets hit...

SUndie...

Brian Wanamaker wrote:

> Believe it or not, it was 18 degrees in Atlanta this morning. This
> transplanted New Yorker (Western NY) felt right at home.
>
> It gave me my first chance to see how the GLX's heater/defroster handles
> the cold. First of all, there's plenty of capacity to heat the car. I
> could have roasted myself if I'd turned it up all the way. The downside
> is that the windows steam up like crazy. I had to leave the heater in
> the defrost position all the way to work, which left it pretty cold down
> on the floor. And even that didn't keep the windows clear. I had to turn
> on the A/C to take the moisture out of the air before the windows would
> clear. I've never had a car that fogs up as much as this one. And, the
> air flow positions aren't very flexible. It's difficult to keep the
> windows clear and keep your feet warm at the same time.
>
> What do you guys who drive in LOTS of cold weather think about the
> Jetta's heating system?
>
> Brian Wanamaker
> '98 GLX