I thought manual climate controls were gone.

"Alex B" (alexb420)
08/27/2014 at 19:41 • Filed to: None

It was so weird being in the Versa with manual climate controls. Not seeing a temperature, manually having to control fan speed. I can't even remember the last time I've been in a car with these outside of the Versa. (Car pictured is not a Versa)

DISCUSSION (36)

Leadbull > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:43

I... feel old.

And/or poor.

Alex B > Leadbull
08/27/2014 at 19:45

I'm sure just old, Cars have had automatic climate control for a while.

Scorpio GTX1 > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:46

My Mazda still has these and I wouldn't have it any other way. It's easier to spend two seconds adjusting a dial than fiddling around with silly buttons, touch screens, and infotainment systems.

duurtlang > Leadbull
08/27/2014 at 19:47

Meh. I just spent a small fortune on a car with similar controls as the one in the picture, with one omission. It doesn't have an AC button.

Alex B > Scorpio GTX1
08/27/2014 at 19:48

But once you turn it on and set the temperature you don't have to do anything. If you want it warmer, you touch the temperature control button knob until it's warm/cold enough, fan speed adjusts itself.

rhorizon > Scorpio GTX1
08/27/2014 at 19:49

My MS3 has auto climate, and I treat it thusly: Too cold? Turn temp to 76*. Too hot? Turn temp to 72*.

It's a fancy hot/cold dial. Nothing more.

Leadbull > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:50

Yes, but you can't remember the last time you've even been in a car with the manual switches?

Where do you live? Beverly Hills? Valhalla?

duurtlang > Scorpio GTX1
08/27/2014 at 19:50

Not really. My (other) car has automatic climate control, and there's just this big up/down button to change temperature. It doesn't get easier than that.

Leadbull > duurtlang
08/27/2014 at 19:51

Do tell.

HolyHandgrenader > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:52

Mk7 GTI...
http://paultan.org/2013/02/27/vol…

Viggen > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:52

I'd rather have the dials. Why? Because gloves in the winter that's why.

Alex B > Leadbull
08/27/2014 at 19:54

Well, I'm 14 (I know, so young), so I've only been in modern cars. See? That explains it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:54

All three cars at my house have manual climate control.

'08 Vue has three knobs.

'04Silverado has two knobs and two sliders for the temperature.

'94 Safari has three slider things.

Shit, I've sat in a bunch of newer cars that have manual climate control. Unless you get up into high, leather clad trim levels, most cars still do.

KirkyV > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:54

She's a beauty. In a cheap, 1990s sorta way.

Dubblewhopper > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:55

A/C huh? Roll down the window and let that 90 degree wind cool ya down! :) And make sure you wear all black too.

Alex B > Viggen
08/27/2014 at 19:57

But, button controlled ones are a non issue in the winter.

Alex B > KirkyV
08/27/2014 at 19:57

Ooooh, what kind of car is that? Do tell.

Leadbull > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 19:59

Ok, so I mostly feel old, then.

Thank you for clarifying!

Rico > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:01

Did it have power windows? Someone here just bought a Versa and it has one of those manual window adjusters thingys.

Steve in Manhattan > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:02

Any cars left with crank windows? I know TVWs are out of the question ...

Alex B > Rico
08/27/2014 at 20:04

No, it had power windows thankfully. I didn't use them much though because I was using the AC.

Alex B > Steve in Manhattan
08/27/2014 at 20:04

Base economy cars. I think the Versa S still does. Our rental was an SV though.

Steve in Manhattan > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:07

There was a time, young whippersnapper, a time your grandparents can tell you about, when you had to get up from the couch to change the TV channel. If you wanted to watch a show, you had to watch when it was on. If you wanted to see a movie, you had to go to a "theater," and if you wanted to play a video game, you were SOL.

KirkyV > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:10

My first car, a Peugeot 106 S2. Here's mine:

And here's one that's much, much cooler:

spacecase > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:13

that's a Smonda Fit, how'd you get a picture of my car, yo?

My AC ain't workin' no mo..:(

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:14

I prefer these controls. I drive a LOT of newer cars at work. Because we install leather, we sometimes have to park the cars outside and run the heat — it helps form the leather to the cushions. Sometimes I have to get in a car and drive after it's been sitting, idling with the heat on for 30 minutes. With a knob, the transition from heat to A/C is immediate. With the push buttons (or worse, those motherfucking touch-screen-only jobs), it often takes a few minutes to begin to cool. If there's a car that absolutely needs to be delivered quickly, it will be delivered by someone sweating through his shirt. And honestly, would you want to see a large, sweaty old man getting out of your car right after you had new leather upholstery installed to the tune of $1000-1500?

The knobs are intuitive, easy to use, and less likely to break as the car ages. Knobs for all!

Alex B > Steve in Manhattan
08/27/2014 at 20:21

I know, they've told me before. It's hard to imagine.

Alex B > KirkyV
08/27/2014 at 20:22

Looks like it's in great condition. I have a thing for economy hatches that we don't get in the us.

Rico > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:22

At scale how expensive is it really to include power windows? Has to be a few dollars when we are talking thousands of Versa's being made., I think this is stupid.

webmonkees > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:22

The Subaru's got a separate vent lever that actually opens a vent to outside air. Adjustable flow using car speed.

Pearson Hurst > Alex B
08/27/2014 at 20:33

Both of my "regular" cars have manual controls. '05 Town & Country and '07 Matrix. Neither are base models. My Scout has but one option. Heat on or heat off.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Leadbull
08/27/2014 at 20:44

Our 2012 Impreza still has manual A/C

duurtlang > Leadbull
08/28/2014 at 01:47

It's one of these (Peugeot 205 GTi). Mine is LHD though. Late 80s European market cars very rarely came with AC. The 1989 BMW 325i Touring I just shipped to the Texas? No AC from the factory.

Kinja'd!!!

thebigbossyboss > Scorpio GTX1
08/28/2014 at 09:15

AGREEEEEEEEDDDDD!!! I suck at using touch screens while trying to drive. It is very hard.

twochevrons > Pearson Hurst
08/28/2014 at 17:14

Heh, at least the Scout gives you an option. My '56 MGA doesn't have a heater, but with all the heat soak coming through the firewall, it's still 'heat on' all the time.

twochevrons > Alex B
08/28/2014 at 17:18

Funnily enough, our 'nice' car (my wife's Mk6 VW Golf) has manual controls, while our beater (my 1996 Volvo 850R wagon) has dual-zone automatic climate control.

The Volvo 850 is the only car that I'm aware of that offered manual dual-zone climate control. The lower-spec models without automatic climate control kept the dual-zone heater box, and just had two manual heat/cool controls. Weird.