Does Your Saxo Have Air-Conditioning?

11th February 2010, 14:50

Mine does.. still havent found another with it?

11th February 2010, 14:52

Mine has windows which sometimes work pretty well, no air con though!

11th February 2010, 14:54

lol.. might have to invest in some of these"Windows" they sound the sex and are said to work well. aha

11th February 2010, 14:56

Only the imports do. Im guessing yours is left hand drive?

11th February 2010, 14:58

Dont really need Air con in the UK though lol

Cracking the window normally works well enough

11th February 2010, 14:59

Well i dont know my saxo does turn into an oven in the summer.

11th February 2010, 14:59

Nope, right hand drive with aircon and Electric mirrors,

its an imported VTR (1.4 here)

11th February 2010, 15:04

pics!!!
ive an irish vtr.
mine doesnt have it

11th February 2010, 15:09

ive got some bad pics of the buttons but i'll get under the bonnet and get some of the air-con unit etc.

11th February 2010, 15:11

11th February 2010, 15:18

just realised you say your VTR is a 1.4???

UK VTR's are 1.6 8v are they not?

Strange :s

11th February 2010, 15:20

yep its a furio in uk spec

11th February 2010, 15:22

Its an imported VTR.. *IMPORT*

Dont know where from.. Left Hand drive though

11th February 2010, 16:47

Uk VTRs are 1.6 importedvtrs are a pretty much a 1.4 furio with vtr brake and suspension set up. Never heard to have aircon tho a previous mod by a owner??

11th February 2010, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxo0pko0xx

Never heard to have aircon tho a previous mod by a owner??

Nope, pretty common on European models, which is why this will have it, with it being an import.

Still a rarity over here though.

11th February 2010, 17:00

I doubt it would be worth putting air-con into a saxo lmao.. looks a propa job like and the buttons must be custom then.

11th February 2010, 17:02

Sounds ace tho top marks

11th February 2010, 17:02

Window does the trick.

11th February 2010, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxomatic

Window does the trick.

Wasnt an optional extra

lol

Owell pretty unique on here then id say

"you can use ya windows

, i will just waste my petrol on being COOL haha"

11th February 2010, 17:11

Haha.

Must be a continental thing, as yours is an import, cos I've never seen one with air con.

11th February 2010, 17:53

as far as i know air con cant be installed on right hand drive cars because of the position of the steering rack or somethin

11th February 2010, 17:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeM

as far as i know air con cant be installed on right hand drive cars because of the position of the steering rack or somethin

Exactly what i was thinking...

11th February 2010, 17:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeeM

as far as i know air con cant be installed on right hand drive cars because of the position of the steering rack or somethin

This is correct.

11th February 2010, 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaneyG7

Wasnt an optional extra

lol

Owell pretty unique on here then id say

"you can use ya windows

, i will just waste my petrol on being COOL haha"

Mythbusters proved that its better to use your aircon than drive with the windows down

11th February 2010, 18:03

So wasnt an aftermarket install then

Mythbusters haha used to love that programme

11th February 2010, 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidandrews5343

Mythbusters proved that its better to use your aircon than drive with the windows down

Depends on the speed your travelling.

The important question. With this being a Saxo at the end of the day is; Does it actually work?

11th February 2010, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_P

Depends on the speed your travelling.

The important question. With this being a Saxo at the end of the day is; Does it actually work?

Amazingly enough.... it works

And quite well.. its very refreshing

11th February 2010, 18:37

yeah, i used to say id just open the windows, but aircon is so much better

11th February 2010, 18:39

Air-Con saxo ftw?

11th February 2010, 18:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by coleman258

Only the imports do. Im guessing yours is left hand drive?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaneyG7

Nope, right hand drive with aircon and Electric mirrors,

its an imported VTR (1.4 here)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaneyG7

Its an imported VTR.. *IMPORT*

Dont know where from.. Left Hand drive though

So is it left hand drive or right?, never heard of one tbh

11th February 2010, 18:45

If your car is right hand drive & has aircon then its a aftermarket kit.

The reason no UK spec saxos have it is due to the arrangement of the engein bay, the compressor (which runs off the auxiliary belt) & aircon unit need to be on the same side of the car, the aircon unit itself being just beyond the passenger footwell.

In a right hand drive car the passenger footwell is replaced by the drivers footwell & due to the pedals etc there just isn't room for it. There is also another component to the system which lives in the front window wiper motor's compartment, since out wipers are on the other side of the car its another limiting factor.

Citroen tried a work around rerouteing pipes across to the other side of the car but it was noisy & inefficient so they never bothered manufacturing it in the end.

11th February 2010, 18:51

everytime i see a vts its stated that theres air con. electric windows electric seats etc... i thought it was standard in a vts TBH lol,,, wouldnt it make it heavier?

11th February 2010, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_Crx

So is it left hand drive or right?, never heard of one tbh

Sorry i meant to put right hand drive that time mate..

Its an import but i dont know where from..

Cant see someone wanting to put aircon into a saxo aftermarket though

Would be more hassel than its worth

11th February 2010, 19:08

When your looking at the engine bay also.. (So battery on your right and Ecu on your left.. the aircon pump thingy is left of the engine and above the Alternator. I'll get a pic soon

11th February 2010, 19:39

As said only left hand drives can hav AirCon.

11th February 2010, 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShaneyG7

When your looking at the engine bay also.. (So battery on your right and Ecu on your left.. the aircon pump thingy is left of the engine and above the Alternator. I'll get a pic soon

Thats the only place a compressor can be since it needs to be driven from the auxiliary belt that runs the alternator.

Is your car right or left hand drive? You have said both so far!

11th February 2010, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystic

Thats the only place a compressor can be since it needs to be driven from the auxiliary belt that runs the alternator.

Is your car right or left hand drive? You have said both so far!

Yh i know lol i put left my accident, its right hand drive so the side where the ECU is...

11th February 2010, 22:51

Well that is a mystery then mate! take a bunch of pics around the engine bay would ya? Be nice to find out what kit you have!

11th February 2010, 22:55

Yeah will do mate

, dying to know the deal with it like lol

11th February 2010, 23:17

I was reading up about the saxo aircon situation a while back cause i'm touring europe in the summer in it & thought it'd be nice to have some cool air lol. The only kit i could find was gonna cost upwards of £1000 for the kit alone! Rather have a supercharger than cold air for that dosh lol.

11th February 2010, 23:51

Thats my point, when ppl say that its an aftermarket kit... i mean comeon.. whos gna pay 1K for COLD AIR on a Furio?? lol

I think its pretty unique me though

Al get some pics tommorow if i can mate, picking a vtr up tommorow for 180 quid

so al have some pics of that up too lol

11th February 2010, 23:53

How many times can the same thing be said in one thread, my lord.

11th February 2010, 23:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

How many times can the same thing be said in one thread, my lord.

Dont click on the thread then. Simple. Do One!

11th February 2010, 23:59

Sorry boss.

12th February 2010, 01:44

interesting, would also like to see pics,

This would be the unit

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/peugeot-citreo...a#ht_500wt_749

12th February 2010, 07:39

im pretty glad mine doesnt have a/c heard it adds alot of weight? plus the window is my solution , feel all american using a/c

12th April 2010, 22:23

Bump it up.. just been on Wikipedia and it does say that right hand drive saxos dont have air-con... BUT

"Air-conditioning was never an option on right-hand-drive Saxo's because the blower motor was mounted in the bulk-head on the drivers side. As a result, there was insufficient space available to accommodate the evaporator, except by first ducting the air flow to the passenger side and then at the expense of the glove-box."

This will explain why a normal glove box wont fit in mine, its cut short as there is a big pipe or something in the way.. this would be the air-flow for the air-con?

12th April 2010, 23:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystic

I was reading up about the saxo aircon situation a while back cause i'm touring europe in the summer in it & thought it'd be nice to have some cool air lol. The only kit i could find was gonna cost upwards of £1000 for the kit alone! Rather have a supercharger than cold air for that dosh lol.

probs the same kit I was looking at

12th April 2010, 23:24

Expensive arent they?

Did you post pictures on Wiki?

Sure i seen your username on there under a pic of a MK2 VTR??

12th April 2010, 23:34

Silver mk2 VTR? on the saxo wiki.

yeah that was me

13th April 2010, 13:02

get some pics off under the bay then, so we can see the goods.

7th June 2012, 02:31

Alright mate I'm new to this. Iv got air con as well. Only seen another saxo with air con and that was in Spain. Do you know if your. Button has a block connector or about 6 single pins? Cheers

7th June 2012, 05:21

This thread is over two years old, the OP hasn't been online for over a year...