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For me all the heated seats I’ve tried are too hot though, even on low, and I dislike feeling like I’ve pissed myself, so I only turn them on if what I’ve been doing outside has got me really cold.
Used to make me feel like I need a poo but you get over that. I'll have them on full blast for the first 5 mins or so then taper down the heat and after about 30mins I'll turn them off as there is enough warm air coming through the hot air vents.
EV thing is silly...99.9% of EV journeys are very short journeys, less than 20 miles or so, therefore you have plenty of battery capacity to maintain a pleasant temperature in the car. For 0.1% of the journeys then maybe one more 20 minute stop at a fast charger might be needed. I'd take that over dressing for the weather in a car.
Older drivers dress for the outdoors when driving because cars didn’t have heaters when they learned to drive.
My Dad's "car coat" still hangs up in an old cupboard, from about 1955 🙂
It's like this one, but longer (I'm over 6 foot and it reaches to my ankles), very heavy wool. Teddy Bear coats I believe they were called?
Did you (trail rat) and Drac get out of the wrong side of bed this morning? This place is truly amazing for its belligerent sensitivity and ability to turn something lighthearted into an argument.
I think it’s you who missed the joke.
I dislike over heated cars. Id rather wear a coat and have the heating turned down. I only tend to wack it up when I'm in wet clothes.
Having the heating upto t-shirt levels in winter makes it really dry if its a crisp high pressure day, or stuff and humid if like the weekend it's thick fog.
Tried driving with a hoodie on but that’s a big no, feels like your peripheral vision has been massively reduced.
Hoods are retractable, I believe.
This place is truly amazing for its belligerent sensitivity and ability to turn something lighthearted into an argument.
Bite!
Incredibly uncomfortable, for me. I have to take off my coat. Even in Finland where it was -15C for the first few minutes I had to take it off and my colleagues all thought I was insane. It soon warms up.
However in summer I don't like driving the Passat with short sleeves because the vents blow directly on my arms. With the air cold enough to keep the overall air temperature down it makes my skin a bit too chilled.
Older drivers dress for the outdoors when driving because
cars didn’t have heaters when they learned to drive.that’s how all old people dress year round
FTFY
Nope, no coat in the car, fleece gilet to start with if it's really cold, but I'd rather wear as light a top as possible when driving. Why wear loads of or thick layers when modern cars have good heaters, particularly on longer journeys. Doesn't feel safe to me being sat on a coat or not being snug in the seat.
And I can't drive in anything that makes a noise when the seatbelt rubs it. Rain coat, down jacket, anything of that ilk with a synthetic outer!
Older drivers dress for the outdoors because that’s how all old people dress year round
Well done for insulting 95% of STW.
in summer I don’t like driving the Passat with short sleeves because the vents blow directly on my arms.
I so want to call you out for being an ultra snowflake, but... I agree, it's an awful feeling, all that air blowing on one focused spot with consistent pressure. It's why I close the vents, open the windows and embrace the heat, especially after listening to all those other ****ers moan about how cold it is the for the rest of the year when it's barely reached below 10 degrees C.
Well done for insulting 95% of STW.
Thank you sir.
This thread is amusing and possibly the most middle aged thing ever to grace STW. Keep up the good work people.