Is it just me or the tC drives like crap when the AC is on. I got a 5speed and I cant make a smooth shift no matter what and the car feels slow and bogged down. To add to insult the ____ AC isnt even strong enough to bring the temps down.

 

poopie rofl...

 

yea i know what you mean, i cant shift as smooth, takes awhile for it to cool, and it accelerates slowly. But its not bad for just driving like a normal person.

I feel with the ac o, i can drive like the grandpa next to me....lol....no need to accelerate fast.

BWAHAHAHAHA

 

yea...its ____es me off sometimes too

 

wierd......but if your worried about performance, just dont use the A/C when your racing, or on the track

 

i know what you are talking about, im experiencing the same problem. It sucks LOL

 

Yea i dont use AC unless I have to....but its been like 95+ degrees here in virginia...Can't survive without AC.

 

I dunno, my tC isn't that bad with the AC on. Way better than my poopie VW Passat that I had before. You turn the AC on in that car, and it feels like four 300+ pound guys just jumped in your car. It goes slow as hell! And to top it of, the AC blows warm air. hardly no cooling at all!
Just consider yourself lucky you're not driving a VW!

Chombi

 

werd...I dont like VW

 

...just plain sucks!

 

yea it is a lil harder to drive but thats because the a/c is pretty much another load on the engine. just shift a lil faster than usual and you should be able to make a smooth shift.

 

lmao that reminds me of a time I told a bunch of ricer kids that if you want to make your car faster, turn on your AC.... It will 'cool' the car faster, thus a cooler engine = more hp

hahaha

 

Ive also noticed that sometimes the AC will come out cold but if the car has been sitting out in the sun then it takes forever to get cold

 

My AC is freezing cold. Passengers always ask for me to turn it down. Mind you i live in HOT A** Texas. Maybe it's b/c a drive an A/T.

 

i really don't notice a world of a difference with the a/c on, the car drives fast enough for me...

 

its not so bad for me, and i feel the a/c is pretty cold after a minute. Im usually driving with it at the lowest temp setting.

 

everything works fine on the tC. i would think the shifting is a driver error. i guess people are expecting a 40k car out of something that costs 16k.

 

its not a bid difference for me however i can tell it does not run the same w/ the A/C on. I usually dont use the a/c unless it is really hot anyway.

 

I don't mean to point out the obvious, but its been my observation that in the tC having the recirc on makes a huge difference, much more of a difference than it makes in the xB.

I can get condensation forming on the OUTSIDE of my sunroof. Now That's some cold A/C!

 

thats why u get an automatic like me.
hahaha j/k. i wish i had stick.
coulda chose it but i wanted a car ready to drive right away. if i chose stick, my car would jus sit in the garage till my parents think im good enough to take it out. now i regret it