Because of the local council's wisdom, a number of prime parking spots outside my office have been designated for Disabled drivers which has created a problem for me. (I have no problem with disabled drivers getting designated bays, by the way.)
My problem is that my car is now in the fierce sun for up to eight hours a day, (average air temperature 31 to 35 degrees), where as before, my car fell into the shade of my building at around three o'clock, now, it's in the sun all day long.
As you can imagine, the bodywork gets a severe roasting.
Now what's happening is that when I leave, at around seven-ish, the sun is on the wane but the latent heat has created a problem. When I switch the air-con on, it just blows hot air. It's absolutely awful. Not only is the car still hot, but add to that a hairdryer on full blast blowing into the cabin as well.
I've tried switching it on and off on the drive home, switching to Auto but nothing works. The light is on, I can feel the air-con is on but it just blows hot bloody air. It's a miserable drive home I can tell you.
It's interesting that when I get home, obviously the sun's going down so it's a bit cooler. If I leave the car for an hour or so and then start it up again, the air-con will blow cold air.
So it's obviously summat to do with Blue Beauty being baked at Gas Mark 10 all day.
My questions are these:
1: Is the sun baking down on it creating a problem under the bonnet with the air-con?
2: I know you guys (other than perhaps @Greg-SiR) don't really face this heat problem daily but do you think I have a fault somewhere?
3: Will a car cover help?
4: Is there a fix that'll overcome this sauna effect?
Any help/thoughts would be most welcome. Regards, Sweaty Si.
