The air flowing from my air vents felt quite cold and the engine had already warmed up.
Well I learned a valuable lesson this summer. I unexpectedly needed to purchase a new car when my old vehicle became illegal to drive. It’s a long story, but I couldn’t get the car registered. I needed to immediately find a new vehicle so I could commute to work as expected. I went out to a local car dealership and told them exactly what make and model I wanted. When they had at the vehicle in stock, I jumped inside and took a quick test drive. Everything seemed to work okay and the mileage was so low that I felt pretty comfortable. Enthusiastically, I told them I would take it. Everything went great with the car and I felt like I made a great decision. That is, until cold air started settling into our region a few weeks ago. One morning, I walked out to the car and it was legitimately cold outside. For the first time, I turned off the air conditioner on the car’s thermostat and engaged to the heat. After 10 minutes driving towards work, I was surprised that I didn’t feel much warmer. I was still shivering in my seat and covered in Goosebumps. The air flowing from my air vents felt quite cold and the engine had already warmed up. I wasn’t sure what was the holdup for heating the car. Well, after a few weeks of this it became clear that my onboard heater did not work. Clearly whenever I test drove the car, I was happily blasting the AC in the hot summer sun and never considered the functionality of the onboard heater.Lesson learned folks! Even if you buy a car in extreme weather, test the air temperature control for heating and cooling power.