as you are aware these cars are bloody huge to try and cool down,even on my smax it takes a while to get the car cool.even on the other halfs smax its the same.so at least i know there working as they should. funnily enough before i bought my old mk2 i test drove another mk2 with non climate and i seem to remember it was bloody cold when the aircon was on,either that or the wife was plzed to see me, :46: ;)