air conditioning 964

[groebuck]

I have found a car that seems very sweet and I am a nats hair away from getting very serious about it , only thing is no air con. I have done a search here but not really found a conclusive answer.

What I want to know is how effective is it? It gets hot enough here in Blighty for it to be useful and it is great for clearing the screen of mist in winter in a snap. Now I know it may not cool the car down very much, but I have found with the Corollabox the cold air blowing at me is just fine to keep me cool.

Ideally I am looking to people who have owned a couple of 964s with and without air con (longshot- would anyone own more than 1 in a lifetime?) or people who have owned 1 with or without, but been in a car that is the opposite (hope you get my drift).

Please, no rumour, opinion or hearsay, just he cold (he he) hard facts.

[HAB]

Not sure how effective AC is in the 964, but if its anything like the heating it'll have a mind of its own.

[r5gttgaz]

964 here with no air-con. The HVAC system is a bitch anyway so imho your better off without it. Anyway the RS doesn't have it so its gotta be a good thing.

[rich 36]

sans A/C as well here,

Climate control works OK in the weather we've had since I bought it a Month ago,
waiting to see how well it clears screen in Winter though

[computamedic]

Well I can speak with experience of both since I have seen periods of my ownership where the a/c has not been working. Having spent a small fortune to GET it working I can truthfully say that I would not even half consider a 964 without it.

Today was a classic example - very warm day and, given enough time to get it's act together, the a/c kept us as cool as we would want to be.

I will agree that the 964 a/c is certainly not the best in the World - my Fiesta is much better - but if everything is working as it should it's good enough.

They do suffer from leaky pipes as well as rusted condensers and evaporators - and they ain't the cheapest to fix either - but I still wouldn't be without mine. The incentive I had to get mine fixed in the first place was the Wife's insistence that she wouldn't get in the car without it!!

Regards

Dave

[rich 36]

If it'd been on the car I bought, I'd have topped it up or whatever else to have had it fully working,

My Surf has it, and it cools that, and thats a big cabin to cool, but I appreciate it and I'm off to sea-side one day this week

but I thought with the Porker, its got CC/windows & sunroof

I'll manage somehow

[groebuck]

Would anyone know how to find out what percentage of cars came with a/c?

[robmug]

I don;t have aircon on my '93 964, and I've done 70,000 miles in 4 years, in all weathers.

Aircon would be nice to have, but it's not the end of the world, and I do wonder how much it would have cost me to keep it running properly over the 4 years if I had it.

So, on hot days I wind the windows down and open the roof. Nice :-)

[mr pg]

My 964 targa has A/C. Only time I've used it so far (only had it since April) was to demsit the windows in heavy rain. Couldn't keep them clear without it. Haven't had to use it otherwise, but then we haven't really had a summer have we! Would rather have it then not.

[GG33]

If the car is used every day for business travel etc, I agree, but if it's only a w/e fun car, I would not let it stop me buying it if all else is good.

[graeme36s]

mr pg said:

My 964 targa has A/C. Only time I've used it so far (only had it since April) was to demsit the windows in heavy rain. Couldn't keep them clear without it. Haven't had to use it otherwise, but then we haven't really had a summer have we! Would rather have it then not.

Hi mr pg. If thats the case you may well have a problem with water ingress. Worth getting it checked out, damp under the carpets etc.
Truth is the a/c works pretty well in my 964 3.6 turbo. Struggles to cope in a black with black car in 90 degrees plus but better than nothing. It is more than liveable without a/c just leave the windows down. From memory a/c was pretty rare until the last of the line 93 cars. Would not put me off buying one though