Winter plus pack or aux heater - Page 2

Deman77 · May 17th, 2016, 21:36

I mean lower than last year. I paid 1400 for MY2016. Even at that price it's still my pick over the winter pack. That and 360 camera are the two musts on this car IMOP.

If you do have it remember a quirk with pre-conditioning - once you turn it on it will stay on for 30min even if you drive a short trip and then stop the car - it will carry on. So you need to go into Parking Climate tab in climate or into Volvo on call app to turn it off. This would only be necessary if you pre-heated say 10min then have 5min trip and don't want it to keep burning for further 15min after that. If you pre-condition using timers this is irrelevant as it will start pre-condition so that it stops at your desired trip time.
When setting up schedules in Volvo on call app (for instance mine gets pre-conditioned for regular school runs) never modify existing timers but rather delete them and set up new ones. It's a bug. I have not tried setting them up through car climate tab so not sure if this is an app or a car bug.
By default the heater booster option is not enabled in settings so if you want warm air pretty much straight after starting the car you need to go enable it. Just to see how much better off you are see how long it would take you to get warm air out of the vents with this setting off on a cold morning.
Also if you park on an incline the car needs to be nose down so gravity takes the fuel to the heater and not away (heater is above right front wheel arch).
They say to expect black smoke and that it's normal but I am yet to see it (I do only fuel with shell premium though)

Usualwill · May 18th, 2016, 20:13

Decision made...we went for aux heater. Thanks for everyone's input.

furyexpert · Jun 13th, 2016, 07:29

Good choice, I've spec'd mine with the same Aux Heater, My brother lives in Switzerland and has a Disco with an Aux heater and says it is great. When you are up in the mountains and finished a days skiing or whatever, when you enter a cold car and descend the mountain the car can take upto 20 minutes to heat up as you are hardly using the engine to generate heat when descending these high altitude areas. So you have done the right thing.

I've gone for the inscription, with Air suspension on 20" alloys, 360 camera, HUD and Xeniun packs.

Car due in Aug - cant wait

May 17th, 2016, 21:36	#11
Deman77 Master Member Last Online: Apr 1st, 2022 14:14 Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Greater London	I mean lower than last year. I paid 1400 for MY2016. Even at that price it's still my pick over the winter pack. That and 360 camera are the two musts on this car IMOP. If you do have it remember a quirk with pre-conditioning - once you turn it on it will stay on for 30min even if you drive a short trip and then stop the car - it will carry on. So you need to go into Parking Climate tab in climate or into Volvo on call app to turn it off. This would only be necessary if you pre-heated say 10min then have 5min trip and don't want it to keep burning for further 15min after that. If you pre-condition using timers this is irrelevant as it will start pre-condition so that it stops at your desired trip time. When setting up schedules in Volvo on call app (for instance mine gets pre-conditioned for regular school runs) never modify existing timers but rather delete them and set up new ones. It's a bug. I have not tried setting them up through car climate tab so not sure if this is an app or a car bug. By default the heater booster option is not enabled in settings so if you want warm air pretty much straight after starting the car you need to go enable it. Just to see how much better off you are see how long it would take you to get warm air out of the vents with this setting off on a cold morning. Also if you park on an incline the car needs to be nose down so gravity takes the fuel to the heater and not away (heater is above right front wheel arch). They say to expect black smoke and that it's normal but I am yet to see it (I do only fuel with shell premium though)

May 18th, 2016, 20:13	#12
Usualwill Junior Member Last Online: Nov 7th, 2023 10:50 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Winchester	Decision made...we went for aux heater. Thanks for everyone's input.

Jun 13th, 2016, 07:29	#13
furyexpert New Member Last Online: Jun 13th, 2016 07:29 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Aberdeen	Good choice, I've spec'd mine with the same Aux Heater, My brother lives in Switzerland and has a Disco with an Aux heater and says it is great. When you are up in the mountains and finished a days skiing or whatever, when you enter a cold car and descend the mountain the car can take upto 20 minutes to heat up as you are hardly using the engine to generate heat when descending these high altitude areas. So you have done the right thing. I've gone for the inscription, with Air suspension on 20" alloys, 360 camera, HUD and Xeniun packs. Car due in Aug - cant wait

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