Is auto-temp control good, or a waste of money?

[CJ_Boxster]

Originally Posted by z12358

"If you don't have that or use it you can set the temperature, airconditioning, speed and distribution points yourself and the car maintains that temperature."

Wrong. I don't have auto climate control. Without it you cannot set a temperature to be automatically maintained. You can only choose levels from coldest to warmest, speed, and on/off for various vents -- just like any other bare bones AC system.

Auto-climate does not come standard.

Z.

Wow, Now i have another thing to make me love my boxster even more. I have the Auto Climate controls, I live in Southern California and With the top down, i do sometimes use the A/C But not on auto.

[z12358]

MNBoxster:
"I didn't think this was an optional system, but I guess I'm wrong..."

I wouldn't be surprised if they skimped by making it optional in the 987 - which I don't mind. That's how the bare bones 987S becomes the best "bargain" in the Porsche universe.

Z.

[Marc Gelefsky]

So my question is, do all US spec 986 Boxsters have the auto AC??

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Marc Gelefsky

So my question is, do all US spec 986 Boxsters have the auto AC??

Hi,

Yes, I just found out that all US spec. 986s have the Automatic Climate Control, which is apparently optional on the 987. This unit (at least '97-'00) is actually made by Audi, while the compressor is sourced from Sanden. This Audi unit has some interesting features if you go into the diagnostic mode and can list lots of interesting information (on the display panel) which the Instruments don't provide such as Oil temp, Fan speed, real-time ambient temperature (Porsche is updated every 5 sec.) True vehicle speed (in kph), and several more.

But, a Manual Heat/AC system was produced for several ROW markets...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[z12358]

MNBoxster:
"Yes, I just found out that all US spec. 986s have the Automatic Climate Control, which is apparently optional on the 987. This unit (at least '97-'00) is actually made by Audi, while the compressor is sourced from Sanden. This Audi unit has some interesting features if you go into the diagnostic mode and can list lots of interesting information (on the display panel) which the Instruments don't provide such as Oil temp, Fan speed, real-time ambient temperature (Porsche is updated every 5 sec.) True vehicle speed (in kph), and several more.
But, a Manual Heat/AC system was produced for several ROW markets..."

Jim, that's amazing. How do you know all this stuff?

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by z12358

MNBoxster:
"Yes, I just found out that all US spec. 986s have the Automatic Climate Control, which is apparently optional on the 987. This unit (at least '97-'00) is actually made by Audi, while the compressor is sourced from Sanden. This Audi unit has some interesting features if you go into the diagnostic mode and can list lots of interesting information (on the display panel) which the Instruments don't provide such as Oil temp, Fan speed, real-time ambient temperature (Porsche is updated every 5 sec.) True vehicle speed (in kph), and several more.
But, a Manual Heat/AC system was produced for several ROW markets..."

Jim, that's amazing. How do you know all this stuff?

Hi,

I dunno, just stuff I pick up here and there. I amassed a pretty deep database of all these Boxster odds & ends...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99