Originally Posted by BGM

I've never been a big fan (no pun intended) of having cold or heat blasted on me until an inside temp is acquired. Yes, it gets hot here so I will crank it if it's been parked outside in the sun for a long time. But in the Winter here the heated seats are just fine no need to blast heat on top of that. In my '01 X5 I had the A/C at 81 degrees and most passengers were amazed that it did actually feel cold. And in the Winter I set it at 71.