only time i use ac is with the gf also unless of course it is ridiculously hot and i mean triple digit hot. other than that a nice breeze is all i need.

 

When i get on it...i have the windows up and AC off..haha. I just push the button and go. then turn it back on when im done.

 

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VO(never sacrifices comfort for performance)

 

I just opened the window. A little sweat doesn't hurt anyone. I know some people that turn on the AC when it is 72 degrees.

 

I'm in Texas, so it gets pretty hot here. The A/C is on unless it's 78 or below. At night, I can withstand low 80's without the A/C on. I chose comfort over performance as well.

 

*Votes for AC*

There's really no performance difference I can feel for AC on or off. Besides, I don't want my body sweat seeping into my nice Touring leather seats. I've sat in car seats where it was obvious that the seats had been sweated on and it was DISGUSTING.

Also, I want to preserve my designer Armani/Versace/Dolce & Gabbana/Brioni threads so body sweat is a no no.

 

I drive around with the windows down (to hear the exhaust) and the ac midway up (because it's not the stone age).

 

I used to never use my AC in my accord but that was because i had **** poor torque and the car was soooo slow with the ac on. I dont notice it nearly as much, unless i get on it hard, and yet nobody can tell but me. I only put it on when the humidity is horrible, otherwise i lower the stereo a lot to hear my exhaust lol. I dont like how you cant recirculate air in the cabin with the AC off, i used to cycle it on and off.

 

My car was reading 101 degrees today while on the highway, so it wasn't even like my car was sitting out in the sun for hours... you bet I'm gonna use my a/c.

 

I paid for the Ac it is damn hot here in the the desert of NM, I usually have the chill thing goin on during the day even though most of my driving round the city is short litle hops, though in the evening when the sun is down I roll down the windows and suffer a bit.....people want to look at the Z or and yes the driver tooo. Guess I too can try to brag about how beautiful the car sounds cept it is a daily driver and I have been hearing it and enjoying the sound for over 2 years now. Turn on the damn ac with the price of gas and the supposed weight of my right foot makes no sense to sweat like a pig to me

 

AC only comes on when i have a passenger (must be a girl though). otherwise its 2W-D AC system for me, 2 windows down haha.

 

In Houston in the summertime , AC is always on --Has anyone considered using the AC as a cold air intake source ? probably could ad a couple of vents in front of the TT intakes.

 

Yeah AC doesnt hurt performance. Your AC Condensor turns off under WOT...So your not sacrificing any power.

 

I've seen people discuss this idea before, not on a Z though. I think the overall result would be a loss of power. Since the AC compressor is running off the engine, it does cost you some power, you may just not feel it. The energy you take from the engine to power the compressor is used to compress the gas, which then decompresses and cools the air which gives you that nice AC feeling. Every time you do this, you will also loose energy since it's not a perfect system. Once that air is cooled down, you then would use it to add more power to the engine but my gut feeling tells me that the inefficiencies of the entire system would cost you more than what you'd gain by that cold air. The question is how much more energy stored in the gasoline you can release using that denser air. Again, I think the net would not yield more power. I could be wrong though.

 

i also use the AC depending how hot it is, if i start sweating, the AC comes on

i like having the windows down but im not sacrificing comfort for it

 

I agree, I can't stand having the A/C on but at 93+... I'd rather keep my *****!

 

Same Here

 

brr I have my heater on here in Germany ... I guess you guys didn't even know you had this function in your Z .

 

I have no a/c. the compressor and all the lines are gone. In case you guys forgot, the compressor runs off a pully and whether or not it shuts off at wot There will still be pararistic drag from the pully. So if you wan't the most out of driving with out the a/c on just take it out.

P.S. the trottle response is kick *** with it out by the way.