[NorthernCAE90]

So I have this weird thing about cars (preferably my own). Any time im about to pull up to shut the car off about 30-45seconds before shut off, I turn off the AC & then the fan all the way. Every time. I HATE turning the car on with the AC already on I feel like the motor hates me , like its getting dragged on real bad....

Am I just anal & weird? or does turning ac off & never having ac on while starting car is better

[VTECaddict]

Everything is electronically controlled. The AC compressor won't engage until after the car has started, so it makes zero difference.

[Showney]

My grandpa in his 80's does this if that helps ya any

[NorthernCAE90]

Originally Posted by VTECaddict

Everything is electronically controlled. The AC compressor won't engage until after the car has started, so it makes zero difference.

lol.... I know this, but it still kicks on instantly after the car is started for 2-3seconds...

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by VTECaddict

Everything is electronically controlled. The AC compressor won't engage until after the car has started, so it makes zero difference.

This. And it is a variable displacement compressor anyway, so it doesn't even really cycle on and off. Even my '84 Jetta GLI had a delay before the A/C would engage after starting.

So yes, OP, you are weird!

[VTECaddict]

Originally Posted by NorthernCAE90

lol.... I know this, but it still kicks on instantly after the car is started for 2-3seconds...

So...what is your question? I thought you were worried about it putting stress on the starter motor. So what if it kicks on immediately after starting? AFTER starting...the starter's work is done....

[NorthernCAE90]

lol ok maybe you guys aren't getting what I mean. Yes I know the AC is kicked on AFTER THE ENGINE HAS STARTED, I feel like when the engine is cold and it has extra lag on the motor its mad at me....... I know it doesn't start with the motor start. 2-3seconds afterwards....

[NorthernCAE90]

Originally Posted by VTECaddict

So...what is your question? I thought you were worried about it putting stress on the starter motor. So what if it kicks on immediately after starting? AFTER starting...the starter's work is done....

I mean the motor itself not the starter motor, this is with any other car not just bmw

[VTECaddict]

The motor is designed to pull the car. A little dinky AC compressor is nothing. By your logic you should be feeling bad for driving your car at all.

[kjlogan65]

I would say you have a little OCD working.

[3000GT MR]

Id usually agree with you. But this car isnt bad at all sometimes i don't realize is even on

[fazman]

Originally Posted by NorthernCAE90

I mean the motor itself not the starter motor, this is with any other car not just bmw

What next, are the brakes mad at you for using them until they are warmed up

What about that muffler bearing on start up

[Navlex67]

I don't like how it sounds either but that's the sound you will hear regardless when you turn your ac on and are at idle cause the big engine / ac condenser FAn is running . So the answer is yes it does make your engine work harder more parts are running and need power equals more gas but that's what it's made for I auto start my car and its cool when I get in oh yes .

[Marsden]

Same with headlights. I can't stand starting a car with the headlights already on. However most have circuitry which shuts them off while the starter is engaged. I still turn everything off before killing the engine, then wait until after it's running again to turn anything back on. A little bit OCD probably.

[Spensaur]

Don't worry, I feel you. I don't like putting extra stress on the car when it starts up.

[dannycee]

Don't worry man

For years I've been a little OCD about always making sure the ac was off before I turned the engine off.... AND get this. I also never leave the wipers on

I thought i was alone in this lol!!!

[ctuna]

I reprogrammed my AC on in auto to stay off.
It only turns on when I press the AC button now
This is easily done with a coding setup.
I only need AC about 2 weeks a year if that though.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=368

[Timujin]

Me too. A/C is shut down before engine is turned off.
Wipers...same I turn them off before the engine.
Lights not so much they are sometimes left on or Auto

[bimmerlvr77]

I do it too. I Always turn my ac off before turning the car off...it's just one of those things that I remember my dad telling me when I was a little kid. For some reason it just stuck with me and I still do it, even if there is no benefit.

[galahad05]

Originally Posted by Timujin

Me too. A/C is shut down before engine is turned off.
Wipers...same I turn them off before the engine.
Lights not so much they are sometimes left on or Auto

For me, AC is a don't care.
However, the wipers I definitely do, because of the weak-sauce BMW system of leaving the wipers wherever the hell they are the instant you shut the car off (i.e. half-way up the windshield).
Lights I care very much about. Xenons have a life measured by the number of times you light them on. So...when I start my car in my dark garage, in AUTO mode the lights turn on, until I pull out into the driveway. Every single time. This is bad.

[NorthernCAE90]

hahahaha you guys are all good laughs!


See there are others who are do it as well!!!

But honestly I think its the OCD in me

[Beamer325xi]

Originally Posted by NorthernCAE90

So I have this weird thing about cars (preferably my own). Any time im about to pull up to shut the car off about 30-45seconds before shut off, I turn off the AC & then the fan all the way. Every time. I HATE turning the car on with the AC already on I feel like the motor hates me , like its getting dragged on real bad....

Am I just anal & weird? or does turning ac off & never having ac on while starting car is better

I do the same most of the time And the radio goes off as well