Originally Posted by
crowz
Yep living on the edge
I went to the next town over today to get something from mcdonalds for an excuse to actually "drive" it.
What I learned...
There is no place to put ANYTHING inside storage wise if someone is riding with you.
The doors are very tall. George was 6 foot tall. Im 5'10 or so and arm on door sill isnt happening but the arm rest seems to low.
Visibility with the top up is very limited. Weather is to nasty and cold to try it with the top down yet. Does have decent pep getting up and go wise so no complaints there.
Ride is harsh. No idea what George put on it shocks wise so that may be why. Handling is good in curves and tracked decent straight road wise.
Heater controls make no sense.
Where is floor only?
Best I remember its laid out like this :
I have icons on the **** for defrost at 12'oclock.
(Defrost only with dash vents closed)
Face only at 9'oclock.
Face and floor at 6'oclock
(Floor only with dash vents closed)
Everywhere at 3'oclock.
(Defrost & Floor with dash vents closed)
With lots of dots in between them all.
Like
James1549 &
GraphiteGhost stated below, you will have to close the dash vents to direct any significant air flow elsewhere. Air flows thru dash vents always unless you close them. Simplified the HVAC control system. Germans kept it simple for years. When I owned Merkur XR4Ti's back in the day (mid to late 1980s), the HVAC system functioned the same way. Our 2006 VW New Beetle Convertible HVAC system also functioned like this.
Originally Posted by
James1549
Put it on face and floor and close the dash vent openings.
Originally Posted by
GraphiteGhost
The dots are a form of 'Blending' between the top/right/lower/and left direction arrow airflow indications. For instance, if you place the indicator to 3 oclock and turn it clockwise one click, it'll partially direct the flow to the 6 oclock position vents indicated at that 6 oclock position. See, it blends 2/3'rds to the 3 oclock position and 1/3rd to the 6 oclock positional vents listed. You might have to download the owners manual at the forum page for the documents collection (if I have totally flummoxed you trying to follow my overly detailed explanation). Good luck! And welcome, I know you'll do George proud caring for your new XF!
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