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I'm in my Yaris 12 hrs a day and just went through a week of non stop rain. Having to use the AC to defrost all the time is a huge pain in the ass!
Granted, for serious situation, having the AC to defrost is a huge bonus, but for the other 50% of the time, simple having the vent on defrost without the use of the AC would have been fine. There's two reason why it's a pain in the ass. firstly, It saps power and leads to higher fuel consumption. The other annoyance, is after many warm start-up, the AC start to give off a nasty odor and opening the windows in the rain to clear up the smell is a problem. The odor does go away after the AC has been running for a awhile (until your next warm startup), but venting the interior in the pouring rain sucks.
That being said, I've managed to come up was a compromise that seems primitive (especially after paying good money for the power package). Anyways, it involves rotating the two side vents upward to face the windshield(the same air vents that are always On and can be used to cool or heat the drinks in the cupholders, in the liftback models). It seems to work well. The only thing is, they'll probably need to be rotated back to the side to clear up the side windows...primitive, put it seems to work.
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12-04-2006, 11:48 PM
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