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After yet another trip to my local VW garage I've now finally got my air conditioning fixed! Regassed for the modest fee (!!) of £120. But crikey does it take some power off the engine... is it just me or is that pretty normal? I'm gonna have to turn it off to overtake cars...

On the plus side its frosty when its turned on

picked mine up yesterday... they say they have finally fixed the air con... faulty mechanism linked to the compressor... all done under warranty. Seems to be working... kinda ok... it does cool the car but not frosty?! driving later on so will test it again then

does seem to take a little bit of power from the engine...

Yet another common fault???

It's weird, on my Mk5 Polo 1.4 75bhp, I could honestly not notice any performance decrease with having the aircon on or off, and I used to flog that car to an inch of its life.

On the Lupo GTI, it's hugely noticeable whether it's on or off, even when you drive the car normally.

I'll second that, been toying with ripping out all the a/c stuff as I never use it anyway!

snoopstah wrote:It's weird, on my Mk5 Polo 1.4 75bhp, I could honestly not notice any performance decrease with having the aircon on or off, and I used to flog that car to an inch of its life.

On the Lupo GTI, it's hugely noticeable whether it's on or off, even when you drive the car normally.

Just been out for a spin on me lunch break and yeah, it really is very noticeable whether the a/c is on or off. On my parent's TDi 130 Bora it really doesn't make any kind of dent in the performance though!

Oh and yeah I admit 'frosty' was a bit of an exaggeration but on Tuesday I was without a/c and it was 28°C! Both windows down, sunroof wide open and still cookin'! I think I meant that in comparison it was frosty

lol

gargoil wrote:I'll second that, been toying with ripping out all the a/c stuff as I never use it anyway!

HERE HERE !

i totally agree, i think ive used mine once since ive owned the car. I do use the 'Circulation' button though, s'good for when your smoking !!

thanks Si... beginning to think mine wasn't fixed properly but think it must be... def felt cold in the cabin with it on... when I got out the car I felt a heatwave! I'm just overly paranoid as has taken sooooooo long to get this problem sorted... I'm talking 7 months now!!

Mine makes no difference to fuel consumption or acceleration if I turn Climatronic to Auto or Econom.

CalvinGTI wrote: s'good for when your smoking !!

Depends on what your smokin`

my car hasnt got air con and its beaten a couple of standard polo gti's quite easily!
not sure if thats the air con, weight difference or both

Have to agree with Josh. I don't notice any difference in fuel economy and only a tiny difference in performance when i use the climate, so I just keep it on all the time. Can't beat cruising around at 18c inside when it's 30c outside and everyone else is melting.

I notice a fairly significant drop in performance, I make sure to turn it off when I overtake !

Can't say I've noticed much difference with the air-con on or off but I do use it...very nice when it's baking outside and you are sitting comfortably in traffic...