Can Freeze You Out in the Middle of Summer - 2016 BMW 340i xDrive Long-Term Road Test

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• vvk Member Posts: 196

  September 2016

  I find that if I set the temp at 76 on a really hot day, I am comfortable. Set it and forget it. On a milder day, 75 or 73.
  
  I you set it to 70-72, it gets too cold eventually and you end up adjusting it.

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• longtimelurker Member Posts: 455

  September 2016

  This just in...it's climate control...has a thermostat. Set it to the temp you want in the cabin...setting it to a colder temp will not bring it down any faster than just setting it to the temp you want it to stay at.

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• barich1 Member Posts: 143

  September 2016

  What longtimelurker said. My climate control rarely budges from 72 in the summer and 68 in the winter. Why bother buying a car with automatic climate control if you're going to mess with it all of the time anyway?

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• agentorange Member Posts: 893

  September 2016

  What feels comfortable and what the climate control reads are not always one and the same. Your home A/C guy will tell you the same. I live in Vegas, and in summer setting the climate control to 78°F works well when the Sun is on the car. I often have to turn it down at night, though. In the winter 78°F feels stuffy to me. YMMV.

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• longtimelurker Member Posts: 455

  September 2016

  Well, yeah - in winter, even in Vegas, you're wearing long-sleeve shirts and long pants...you don't want it set to 78 when you're dressed like that.

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