My Mark V Jetta has numerics on the temperature dial, but I believe they are a joke. They are very imprecise, and not what I’d expect from German engineering. I think the dial goes from 64 to 80? The hot side is a lot hotter than 80 degrees, and the cold I wouldn’t know, as my ac system is out of commission, and probably not worth fixing. All figures in Fahrenheit, of course.

I dress for summer, in the winter because my car can get warm. So 77F.

in my car, the temp control with the number does set the simple hot-cold valve the same way as it used to. so knowing that i do use it that way. especially when i want e.g. max heat plus ac plus defrost vents for defogging, etc. but most often i just set it to 75f and let the auto mode do its thing

28°C

Always set to 69.

Right now, the outside temperature oscillating between 5°C (41°F) and 12°C (54°F) where I live, I set it at 18°C (64°F) because I wear a big wool sweater and don’t want to completely undress/dress when going in and out of the car. I live in France in the countryside, so cities a pretty walkable (so you have to dress accordingly) and our cars small (compared to American standards). I drive a Seat Ibiza which is a pretty standard sized car here :

I’m lazy and just set it to the max/min possible depending on if I’m cold or hot. This probably isn’t good. Does it feel good in the moment? Yeah.

293 kelvin

Hah, joke’s on you! Mine still has a dial with no numeric measure whatsoever

Opposite of what one might think. In the winter I keep it at 17C or 18C because I am going to be getting out into even cooler temps and I am often wearing a jacket. In the summer I keep it at least 22C and up to 25C depending on outside temp so I don’t feel like I’m going from the fridge into the oven when I get out of my car. I haven’t found that having the passenger seat set at a different temp works so I keep the whole car at the same temp. However I also have heating and cooling seats and heated steering wheel which I also use to offset the outside temp.

21 degrees Celcius.

22 when it cold, max cool (18 and max fan speed) this time of the year in the afternoons until the air temp comes down, then just reduce the fan speed

I maintain a fleet of cars. When I do my weekly inspections, I set every single temperature on the HVAC system to 69f. It’s been several years, my boss hasn’t said anything.

Base: 23°C (because fuel vehicle. It’s waste heat, might add well make it t-shirt weather inside)

Was I cold before getting in? +1°C Warm? -3°C

Am I dressed for cold weather or is it warm outside and I don’t want it to heat up the air from outside further? -5°C

Is sun on my side of the car? -1°C in winter, -6°C in summer (52 degrees north)

Am I arriving within a few minutes? AC off

Is the stuff around me radiating heat or cold? - 2 / +2 °C because the air temperature is only one factor in how warm you feel (imagine a hot lamp vs. cloudless night sky above you)

21.5C in the winter, 19.5C in the summer/for drives over 1 hour long.