D4 Dual Climate Control - am I missing something?

[DanW]

OK, So the D4 allows me to have the air con on at 21 in the drivers side, and SWMBO at 23 in the passenger side, but when I'm on my own is there anyway to turn just one dial to control both sides at the same temp?

Our passat has a button that effectively turns the dual part of, but I can't figure out if there is a way to do it on the D4?

[Tombie]

So you have to press a button and then turn a dial..

As opposed to turning 2 dials

(Answer - no, just turn both dials. Or in your case - the wife's one)

[LandyAndy]

I would have to check,pretty sure when the drivers goes to Hi or Lo the passenger matches,also I think they continue to match each other unless the passenger side gets changed as in our Territory.
In our Territory the drivers side changes both temps at the same time on the drivers side if they are matching,passenger can then change to a different temp.If they dont match the drivers side only changes that side.
In cold weather with no passenger,I run that side at 28deg,and driver at 18 to 21deg,seems to help with drowsyness that the heater can invoke.
Andrew

[Tombie]

I would have to check,pretty sure when the drivers goes to Hi or Lo the passenger matches,also I think they continue to match each other unless the passenger side gets changed as in our Territory.
In our Territory the drivers side changes both temps at the same time on the drivers side if they are matching,passenger can then change to a different temp.If they dont match the drivers side only changes that side.
In cold weather with no passenger,I run that side at 28deg,and driver at 18 to 21deg,seems to help with drowsyness that the heater can invoke.
Andrew

No point doing that Andrew!!!

There can only be a (iirc) 5 degree variance between sides according to the handbook (that thing in the glovebox )

[DanW]

So you have to press a button and then turn a dial..

As opposed to turning 2 dials

(Answer - no, just turn both dials. Or in your case - the wife's one)

Oh yes, the point is noted, however, you have to do that every time you want to change the temp.

A typical winter day here in Qld. I set off on my own in the morning and it is cold, so I turn both sides up to 28. By the time I am at work I'm too hot and will have turned it down to 25, then 23 (both sides each time).

When I hop in in the afternoon it's hot so I turn it down to 21 (both sides). Next day, hop in and both sides back up to 28.

So over a working week that is 15 unnecessary twists of a dial!

oh, and before you get all "first world problem" on me, VW - "the people's wagon", saw fit to correct the issue!

[Tombie]

Here's the amusing bit.

If you're comfortable at say 23 set it at 23...
It doesn't blow any hotter than on 28
It just will charge towards 23 and hold there...

Like an air conditioner - and so many people misunderstand this - it doesn't blow any colder with the thermostat at 20 or 25.

[AnD3rew]

I argue about this with SWMBO all the time. She just doesn't understand climate control if she is hot she turns the fan speed up not the temperature down. If she is really cold she Cranks the temperature all the way to the top becaus she thinks it will make it warm up faster etc etc.

In her car it is never set to auto and she is always fiddling with the fans speed and temperature etc.

Just put the damn thing in auto and set it to the temperature you want. If you are too cold then turn it up a notch, if you are too hot turn it down a notch. It's not that hard.

[aus86inch]

Please explain

[SilvaD4]

Please explain

She Who Must Be Obeyed....

[letherm]

Please explain

As SilvaD4 said, She Who Must Be Obeyed. The saying became popular when the series Rumpole Of The Old Bailey was on. Horace Rumpole, the main character (played by Leo McKern) always referred to his wife as She Who Must Be Obeyed.

Personally I prefer SWWLTBO (She Who Would Like To Be Obeyed)

Martin