Winter driving in the MT - First Impressions

[KiloFTW]

Just this - I find the heater real weak in this car. Anyone else?

Not sure I’ve noticed, but I have to bundle up pretty good to survive stepping out of the car.

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[lnf]

I don’t get everybody’s qualms with the heating and A/C in this car. Mine certainly doesn’t lack blowing hot heat.

 

[submitaweasel]

I don’t get everybody’s qualms with the heating and A/C in this car. Mine certainly doesn’t lack blowing hot heat.

Depends on what you're coming from. It takes 10-15 minutes of driving the integra (or any honda product imo) to reach the same level of head produced within 5 minutes of driving in the 6.2 sierra I was in. Obviously it's a complicated situation as 6.2 liters of displacement is burning much more fuel as well as excess heat is wasted energy. If you want to look at it as a positive for honda, they are doing things more efficiently. To dive a little deeper into the fuel scenario - I got (past tense since the car is still not in my care) 3x the fuel efficiency with the integra versus the sierra. 300% efficiency with 300% reduced heating time seems to make sense, doesn't it?

Regarding a/c (cooling) - the integra is top notch. Way better than I expected from such a small engine and on par with the best I've experienced.

 

[BKK Jack]

I don’t get everybody’s qualms with the heating and A/C in this car. Mine certainly doesn’t lack blowing hot heat.

Agreed. Also, the heated seats and rear/wing mirror defrosters work just fine. Perhaps it's because I realize that it's going to take a little while for them to get up to temp and don't expect instant results.

 

[TheRas900]

My heated seats work well - much quicker and warmer than our Lexus. However, halfway through my 45 minute commute I have to lower or turn off the heat in my Lexus. In the Integra, I never get to such a point. Possibly my car, and a few others, have an issue if that's not a universal experience?

 

[Tony503]

It’s supposed to work like that. I’ve noticed it automatically goes from the high setting to middle after some time. From the owner’s manual: “After a certain period of time, the strength setting for the front seat heaters will automatically be reduced by one level at a time until the front seat heaters shuts off. The elapsed time varies according to the interior environment.”

 

[Integra23]

Well I would say the factory tires with 10k miles traction is okay. It did the job but I was crawling from each stoplight. The LSD definitely helped me from getting stuck. I would like to have a lower car but with the amount of snow anything lower would probably get beached. When I get the TypeS I will be definitely getting winter wheels.

 

[Wojo]

Just this - I find the heater real weak in this car. Anyone else?

it works just fine ( after about 10-15 minutes ) seat heater & defrost works good, i just takes a little
longer in this car to get in to very warm, this coming from a 6 cyl, TLX ( last car ) also i think not having
rear vents makes it longer to heat the whole car, & lets get real, it's a 1.5 4 cyl,

 

[BKK Jack]

it works just fine ( after about 10-15 minutes ) seat heater & defrost works good, i just takes a little
longer in this car to get in to very warm, this coming from a 6 cyl, TLX ( last car ) also i think not having
rear vents makes it longer to heat the whole car, & lets get real, it's a 1.5 4 cyl,

There are rear heater outlets. They are under the front seats.

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