Aircon in Tuscan's?

[paul-b]

I'm looking to buy a used Tuscan. My local dealer has several low mileage ex demo's for me to look at. He says he never spec's aircon for a demo Tuscan. Is A/C is a neccessary item for a Tuscan, as it is for a Cerbie?

[TUS 373]

Personally, I don't use the AC in my Tuscan much at all. I forget the car even has it most of the time. I think it really depends on how you use your car to some extent. If you are out and about most days in all weathers commutting etc - then I would say yes. If it is a weekend fun run around then I would say no. Mine is the latter - hence if it is hot and sunny, then I have the roof off - you can't do that in a Cerbera. When new AC costs around £1900 as an option. On 2nd hand motors, it generally adds £500-£600 to the value of the car - desirability of the option is down to the purchaser.

[JonGwynne]

I'm looking to buy a used Tuscan. My local dealer has several low mileage ex demo's for me to look at. He says he never spec's aircon for a demo Tuscan. Is A/C is a neccessary item for a Tuscan, as it is for a Cerbie?

Is air-con necessary for a Tuscan? It depends.

Occasional, sunny-day fun-car? Nope.

Regular use and/or long drives? Absolutely!

The heat put out by the engine is phenomenal and even on a cool day, there is no way that the fans will get the air in fast enough to stay ambient - the air intakes all seem to be near the engine. On cool, rainy days with the top on, you will be miserable without A/C - even with the windows down.

I hired one for a while and the best solution I could come up with was to take the rear window out and open the windows slightly. That kept enough air-flow to cool the cabin and the aerodynamics of the car kept rain from falling on the rear shelf.

[luca brazzi]

In my humble opinion, don't buy one without. I did, and then had it retro-fitted at the factory. Worth every penny. Have a look at some of the other threads on air con in Tuscans, many by me.

In any weather, after you've been driving for a while, it all gets real hot in there. Unbearable......virtually.

There are lots of examples of air con Tuscans around....wait for one. Don't let dealers persuade you otherwise. If you go on a 30 minute test drive, its not enough to be able to say, "I can bear this temperature". Let the car get properly warm, so that the transmission tunnel heats up, so that the floor heats up, then go and drive in heavy traffic.....then you'll know.

All my opinion of course.
LB

[royb]

i've not got aircon in mine and have not found the need. The sun shines so the top comes off and i don't have the problem of trying to keep the lady's hair tidy! Go for baseball caps, cheaper than aircon.

[sixspeed]

My aircon didn't work in my Tuscan S when I first got it and I didn't feel the need for it... until my journey back from Le Mans.

35 degrees outside, in direct sun, in traffic, with hot air coming in from the radiator fans and the heater fans became a bit too much.

Not really a scenario that's going to happen in this country too much, so its up to you. Might affect resale tho? :-/


-andy-