Cheapest car with Air con?

[pandamonium]

I was wondering earlier, while suffering in 30 degree heat and no air con (My Mini), what the cheapest car with Air con would be. I saw an air conditioning unit in Argos for 100 quid (for in the house) but it lead me to think about just buying a cheap banger to keep me cool for the next few weeks...

[Kiltox]

It’s working air con that’s the hard bit

 

Also, the £100 unit in Argos isn’t air con it’s an air cooler - you put ice water in it and it belts out slightly colder air than a fan. Real air con units start at £250 or so.

[doubleyeller]

My 2001 Civic has working aircon and is £200. That autobreaker is offering a bit more than £200 over the bridge if you want to run it for the summer and get your money back. I just can't be arsed driving it to the west midlands or wrecking a usable car. I'm in Somerset if your interested.

[pandamonium]

For example...

 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-Xantia-2-0hdi/223062400578?hash=item33ef8e1e42%3Ag%3AOi0AAOSwuLZbS7GA&_udlo=0&_pgn=3&_udhi=300&_nkw=Car&_from=R40&rt=nc

[skattrd]

Anything JDM - I had a Daihatsu Mira/Cuore with freezing cold a/c. 

I think that was the first car I had with working a/c

[pandamonium]

Good point kiltox.

 

The Mini has Air con but it blatantly needs repair as it was only regassed in September and produces zero coldness. So factoring at least £150. Engine also needs a de-coke, so another £250 plus.

 

So was thinking of spending my spare cash this month on a banger with Air con and fixing the Mini later in the year...

[Lacquer Peel]

Just fix the BINI.

[doubleyeller]

It’s working air con that’s the hard bit

Also, the £100 unit in Argos isn’t air con it’s an air cooler - you put ice water in it and it belts out slightly colder air than a fan. Real air con units start at £250 or so.

Just my humble opinion squire but the Argos unit sounds like the very definition of an "Air con!" Pmsl.....

[Vince70]

The other half has posh aircon (climate) in the Peugeot 206 and it works a treat it also has auto lights and wipers and some parrot in the glovebox with built in charging cables and a nice radio all for £250.

 

We took it for a fresh MOT this month and it went straight through without spending a penny on it.

 

I wouldn’t mind but I can find these bargains for everyone else but never myself also doesn’t the mini have an aircon system that keeps the glovebox cool.

[Kiltox]

Good point kiltox.

 

The Mini has Air con but it blatantly needs repair as it was only regassed in September and produces zero coldness. So factoring at least £150. Engine also needs a de-coke, so another £250 plus.

 

So was thinking of spending my spare cash this month on a banger with Air con and fixing the Mini later in the year...

Just been quoted £260 to fix the Panda’s air con (condenser is leaking)

 

Your regas should’ve hopefully included UV dye so you can check where the leak is and see how much it’s likely to cost

[UltraWomble]

The C8 air con was re gassed last Sept/Oct and had lost all its cold again by Summer this year. A slow leak so I decided to buy...

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/STP-Air-Con-Stop-Leak/dp/B074PR987D/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532281485&sr=8-2&keywords=air+con+leak+sealer

£22

 

and a top up kit...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aircon-Conditioning-Topup-Recharge-Refill/dp/B00JVVUQR6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532281620&sr=8-2&keywords=air+con+recharge

£50

 

Now the cold is back

[cort16]

This is defo the thinnest excuse I’ve heard for buying another car in a long time! Continue

[Kiltox]

The C8 air con was re gassed last Sept/Oct and had lost all its cold again by Summer this year. A slow leak so I decided to buy...

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/STP-Air-Con-Stop-Leak/dp/B074PR987D/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532281485&sr=8-2&keywords=air+con+leak+sealer

£22

 

and a top up kit...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aircon-Conditioning-Topup-Recharge-Refill/dp/B00JVVUQR6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532281620&sr=8-2&keywords=air+con+recharge

£50

 

Now the cold is back

Panda air con was fucked after a fortnight so I’m guessing that stop leak thing isn’t going to work.... tempting though

[SiC]

The Saab 9-5 had noisy but working Aircon and I sold that for £180...

 

Did you ever figure out and get working Aircon on that similarly priced Scenic II Kiltox?

[Zelandeth]

My record was my first Xantia which was £295 and ten minutes sorting the power supply to the fan motor which had melted it's connector off.

 

Xantias seem to do surprisingly well on the working A/C count as the condenser is pretty well protected from stone damage as the fans are front mounted.

 

They're also worth next to nothing...

[Kiltox]

The Saab 9-5 had noisy but working Aircon and I sold that for £180...

 

Did you ever figure out and get working Aircon on that similarly priced Scenic II Kiltox?

Nope. That had some kind of wiring / sensor fault I think.

 

Quelle surprise

[egg]

Mk4 Astras - most of them had it

 

Mk6 Fiesta/Fusion - ditto

[pandamonium]

This is defo the thinnest excuse I’ve heard for buying another car in a long time! Continue

 

Dammit, rumbled. Don't tell my missus! 

[lanciamatt]

My 1990 V6 thema has ice cold A/c, I'm on with making the a/c work on my 1994 thema

[Broadsword]

Our solution was to go to Scotland for a brief while. It’s currently 17 degrees C up next to Jura and is raining on and off. Quite refreshing. Working air con also on offer with the Xantia of excellence.

[DodgeRover]

Other half's RX300 lexus needs a new compressor as it's giving warnings it's siezing up. Just need to find a known good used or reasonably priced new one.

[forddeliveryboy]

The cheapest solution for us Yorkshiremen for the first month and more of the hot weather was to drive to the coast - the fret could be seen from 100 miles away. The day I collected a bike from Redcar, the temp dropped from 26 to 17 a mile and a half from the coast, which was weird since the sun was still shining.

[vaughant]

My Leon has perfect Aircon but sans MOT, Derv and yours for £200, shouldn't need a lot to get through, maybe a screen (cracked but not drivers side) but that could be done for £75 extra.

[vaughant]

Christ I just got offered £236 for my Leon on there but with sans MOT and the fact is in Swindon it could be a gamble to take it there even with a pre booked ticket. Bloody good price though.

 

Car take back offering £85 ????????????????

[Guest Hooli]

The Saab 9-5 had noisy but working Aircon and I sold that for £180...

 

 

Needed a regas but still working. I plan to look under the front as it struggles a bit in town, I suspect the aircon rad is blocked up with road dirt etc.

[Bobthebeard]

Saab 9-3. (Elmo) Aircon struggled. Re gassed it myself and now really cold. So much so I had patches of condensation on the outside of the windscreen whilst driving this morning.

Compressor makes a grumbly rumbly sound though.... Do they all do that sir?

[Kiltox]

Christ I just got offered £236 for my Leon on there but with sans MOT and the fact is in Swindon it could be a gamble to take it there even with a pre booked ticket. Bloody good price though.

 

Car take back offering £85 ????????????????

All depends on what the yard that is taking it is paying - these sites are all aggregators for local yards.

 

I think the one paying loads is after the cats

[sierraman]

At a couple of hundred quid whether the air con is working or not is least of your worries.

[dollywobbler]

I've only owned one car with working air con - a £375 Alfa Romeo 164 V6. I've owned many cars that should have had it. Had the 600 regassed after a split pipe was replaced. It lasted all of about a week. 45 is going in for a checkover on Thursday. Actually so cold in Wales today that I'm wearing long trousers.

[iainrcz]

Car with the best ac I've had was my d9 406.

It was that cold I used to get hand cramps from it blowing on my hands whilst driving.

 

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