winter sucks

[Dudders]

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I just polished the 5 for the last time this year, then tucked it up nice and warm in the garage, wont be driving it till next spring now also sold my workhorse of an A4 tdi one of the best cars i have ever owned and am now looking forward to a winter in a transit van with a heater worse than the 5 its slower than the 5 handles badly period, rattles a lot more and costs more to insure! also has a worse sound system and looks ****e too........................... any1 have a jet engine i could transplant into it??? i am in need of a hug

[ady b]

loving the black standard 5 on your profile matey looks very nice

[J$£5GTT]

i like winter

[tobester]

I love winter in my 5, even though all the interior has gone, including the heater matrix. Works wonders for charge temps although **** for traction.

[Shane P]

Me too

[rs250nut]

I love winter in my 5, even though all the interior has gone, including the heater matrix. Works wonders for charge temps although **** for traction.

How do you demist the screen, with a rag?

[J$£5GTT]

How do you demist the screen, with a rag?

i use a beer towel !

my cars keep out in all the weather i just bought a cover
for it,saves scraping all that ice of in the mornings!!

argos £25

[OUTLAW]

How do you demist the screen, with a rag?

i use a beer towel !

my cars keep out in all the weather i just bought a cover
for it,saves scraping all that ice of in the mornings!!

argos £25

does it ice up under the cover

[dangerous dave]

was in my 5 the other night and OMG the heater is shat, wasn't worth having on at all.. at full blast i could feel it but it was never gonna warm the car up..

my old 106 xsi was unreal, you could burn yourself with the heater in that and it would have turn be turned down or risk heatstroke even if snowing.

the astravans pretty good tho

what really gets on my moobies is when your in the car with ya mates, its freezing out and the cars just warmed up inside then some t@at farts.... it would be funny but 4 windows open and your all freezing your nuts off again..

[djinuk]

my 205 ploughs on all through the year, needless to say dispite washing almost daily , its impossible to keep clean.

[tobester]

How do you demist the screen, with a rag?

I have cut the blower motor housing off the top of the heater box, and use the original windscreen ducts, it's fecking cold but works, only problem is i can't stop cold air entering the car when the blower motor is off, so have a permanent cold air stream running up the screen whenever the car is in motion, i just wear a hat

[dangerous dave]

could you not fit them bonnet lifter things for added flow over the screen?? ghey, but might help once the engines warm

[BriC]

was in my 5 the other night and OMG the heater is shat, wasn't worth having on at all.. at full blast i could feel it but it was never gonna warm the car up..

my old 106 xsi was unreal, you could burn yourself with the heater in that and it would have turn be turned down or risk heatstroke even if snowing.

the astravans pretty good tho

what really gets on my moobies is when your in the car with ya mates, its freezing out and the cars just warmed up inside then some t@at farts.... it would be funny but 4 windows open and your all freezing your nuts off again..

Really? Why is it that all my 5's have kept me nice and warm, all year round. And no, none of them have ever had overheating problems...

[tom t]

i really need 2 get my fan workin for my heating. it will come on when i go round a corner say lol.

do you think this could just be a loose/corroded connection? cheers

[MR TURBO]

i really need 2 get my fan workin for my heating. it will come on when i go round a corner say lol.

do you think this could just be a loose/corroded connection? cheers

Sounds like a loose or corroded connection to me or maybe its the ghost of xmas past LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Humbug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tom t]

ill have a butchers at the wiring soon. just gotta put the old girl through the mot for this year. might leave it till after xmas..

[phase i 16 v turbo]

On the front of the heater there is a resistor that sometime fails / or doesn't work correctly all the time. They can be replaced. See attached photo for a clearer look.

Cheers
Mike

[scratcher]

my heater works lovely, but those stupid centre vents keep the car freezing, they even blow when the slider bit is fully closed

[raj]

my heater works lovely, but those stupid centre vents keep the car freezing, they even blow when the slider bit is fully closed

i agree, i think there pointless they blow freezing cold in he winter and warm air in the summer. ive gone and got hold of the campus blacking plate that fits in place of the vents, plus it gives you an extra place for your loose change

[Misky]

i agree, i think there pointless they blow freezing cold in he winter and warm air in the summer. ive gone and got hold of the campus blacking plate that fits in place of the vents, plus it gives you an extra place for your loose change

It always makes me wonder what kind of complaints renault must have got back in the day? lol

[scratcher]

It always makes me wonder what kind of complaints renault must have got back in the day? lol

yeah, either ''where's my vents?'' or ''why don't they blow useable air?''

[J$£5GTT]

does it ice up under the cover

nope

[OUTLAW]

......i found that some of the cheaper ones still frost up. thats cool, a good buy for £25 then..........

[mr bean aka pete]

since owning my 5 and using it as my daily drive ive never had a problem with the heating. but i do admit those bloody centre vents no matter if they are turned right off still blows cold air threw them

[Purple_rob]

agree . the centre console part is pants. every now and then i get a cold draft.

first time i was just waving my hand around in the car like a prat trying to find where it was coming from

[dangerous dave]

Really? Why is it that all my 5's have kept me nice and warm, all year round. And no, none of them have ever had overheating problems...

mine was used as a daily driver for years and i lived with it happily, but the 106 must have a wood burner behind the dash as its unreal how hot it gets.. i did change the heater matrix when i bought it as it was leaking, so its as god as it gets..

i flushed the rad, engine and heater matrix on the 5 a while back so that too is runnng lovely with its temps..............apart from the heater.. it blows hot, but at a rate thats never gonna win a prize. i just keep it on my feet and wear my coat.

[BriC]

Oh right.. In my campus, it blows red hot. Can't remember on my GTT though.. I haven't driven it in a while

[J$£5GTT]

i was thinking of replacing the heater blower with something more
powerful,but am unable to find a fan which you can switch to various
speeds rather than just one speed like spal etc???

[raj]

first time i was just waving my hand around in the car like a prat trying to find where it was coming from

ive done exactly the same thing for a while until i found it was the vents too it looked like i was doing the "vogue" hand movements in the car