D4 Dual Climate Control - am I missing something?

I've been somewhat bemused with all this talk of the D4 heating system being slow to heat, as I've never thought of it as tardy when heating up the car (maybe the controls aren't to everyone's liking - fair enough). So I tried a little experiment, first drive of the day from home to work on two consecutive days:

Day 1. 2015 Subaru Impreza (alloy block): outside temp = 8C, defrost cycle from start (has the blowers on full).

Day 2. 2010 RRS 3.0 ltr (composite graphite block): outside temp = 6C, defrost cycle from start (has the blowers on full).

The Subaru doesn't have a temp gauge, rather a temp warning light that glows blue until the car is in normal operating range. I took the equivalent in the Sport to be when the gauge was out of the "cold" bottom section of it's gauge.

By the above definition, both cars were 2.6 km from home when they were "warmed up". Air was warm at this stage, hot within 600m of this point. Traffic was identical (no lights or stops along the way).

So can't see the problem myself.

Cheers,

Gordon

Maybe we should ask the Defender brigade how they feel about all this? ;-)

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Originally Posted by SimmAus

Maybe we should ask the Defender brigade how they feel about all this? ;-)

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I have (she was sitting next to me on the lounge) - her Heater doesn't even start getting warm before she gets to work...

Hence why she has the Cold Climate Pack ;)

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

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Day 1. 2015 Subaru Impreza (alloy block): outside temp = 8C, defrost cycle from start (has the blowers on full).

Day 2. 2010 RRS 3.0 ltr (composite graphite block): outside temp = 6C, defrost cycle from start (has the blowers on full).

The Subaru doesn't have a temp gauge, rather a temp warning light that glows blue until the car is in normal operating range. I took the equivalent in the Sport to be when the gauge was out of the "cold" bottom section of it's gauge.

By the above definition, both cars were 2.6 km from home when they were "warmed up". Air was warm at this stage, hot within 600m of this point. Traffic was identical (no lights or stops along the way).

So can't see the problem myself.

Cheers,

Gordon

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I should try this defrost trick on some of my cars.

Does the RRS have a completely digital instrument panel? With my D4, the temperature gauge is a vertical bar, which never seems to move. Perhaps its faulty ...

I went to dinner tonight at a restaurant 3.6km from my house, using Maps.google. When we got there, the air was a little warm. But coming back, the heat was warm ... the motor retained its heat alright. But it wasn't warming very much when we arrived ... I actually used the defrost function going there, as the windscreen was a bit foggy. However, I don't turn the air-con off. Maybe I should do that too.

Think of AC as its proper term: Air Conditioning.
(Climate control). The vehicle controls when the cooling / heating effects are required.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Think of AC as its proper term: Air Conditioning.
(Climate control). The vehicle controls when the cooling / heating effects are required.

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The AC is the air conditioner. Which is different IMO, from climate control. If one wants a winter demist, then IMO, with the air conditioner on, the demist will work quicker, because the air will be drier. But the air from the vents - I think will be cooler during warm up, if the air conditioner is turned on.

Maybe I should turn the AC off on warm up ..

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Originally Posted by Melbourne Park

With my D4, the temperature gauge is a vertical bar, which never seems to move. Perhaps its faulty ...

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The "vertical bar" never moves in any D4. ;)

It's the little horizontal line or arrow to the left of the "vertical bar" that moves up and down to indicate the temperature. :confused:

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Originally Posted by BMKal

The "vertical bar" never moves in any D4. ;)

It's the little horizontal line or arrow to the left of the "vertical bar" that moves up and down to indicate the temperature. :confused:

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I'm going to have to take some pictures I think ...