Even with A/C or climate, I think a sunroof is a great idea - if for nothing else than the extra light you get into the car. We'd have definitely had one on the C4 but it's only an option on the range topper.
Which is annoying.
I always regretted not getting the twin glass roof on the MINI.
Lee -- Without bills, magazines and junk mail, there is no mail
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as already said if you fancy a sunroog go for it, but the car i have now has air con and an electric sunroof i always use the aircon but only tried the sunroof when purchasing it,the thing i never liked about glass sunroofs was the way even if they had that cardboard cover underneath was how warm the interior gets over the course of a day,once you have working aircon you never want the sunroof again in my opinion.
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They leak, they intrude on headroom, and if you are vulnerable can make your hay fever worse in summer. So if you're a person of restricted growth that lke a damp seat and a cough they're great.
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The car I'm buying is a Golf V 2.0 TDI, I've had sunroofs on some of my other cars, but this will be my first car with A/C.
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Just checking the options list, on Golf, it's £495, so not over expensive.
But this seems good value,
Luxury pack 2 - Rain sensor and automatically dimming interior rear view mirror, electrically foldable and automatically dimming door mirrors, automatic headlights on with coming/leaving home lighting function and surrounding area lighting
Not even £300 - I'd choose that li'l lot definite!!
VB
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My Mondeo has a glass electric roof, I just love the light coming in at any time of year, it is not noisy (if anything the fitting of a s/r reduces reverb through the roof panel), it does not leak and had a blind to shut out the light if required, I will some times tilt it even on a cold day to get a bit of fresh air with warmth on the feet, it is fully opened relatively infrequently, I would certainly miss it.
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Yes, spec the sunroof
I tilted open the roof today.. and switched off the climate control. Fresh air and warm sunshine wafted in the car.
If the weather is very hot, or on fast motorway journeys then air con is better, but in normal conditions the open sunroof excellent.
In the summer try driving at night with the roof fully open, it is almost as good as driving a convertable, but feels more secure.
I spec'ed up my car to ensure the sunroof was present. I've always had one on my car in 25 years of driving. No leak problems, unless left open in the rain!
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Yes, why not. All my last four cars have had them and the last three have had A/C as well. They add valuable extra light into the car. Mine have never leaked or have I noticed any undue noise when shut.
I find them very useful on days out and when parked as it is nice to be able to use the tilt feature or partial wind back to let the sunshine into the car etc.
My current car is the new Golf and I did not think that the extra money required for this useful extra was exorbitant - go for it, I say!
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Do a favour for those of us who run our cars until they fall apart. When the aircon packs in, it's not usually worth the cost of fixing it - then the good old sunroof comes into its own!
(Makes me think of modern houses built without chimneys. What do you do when the Russians cut our gas off???)
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Do a favour for those of us who run our cars until they fall apart. When the aircon packs in, it's not usually worth the cost of fixing it - then the good old sunroof comes into its own!
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A good point.
I now have A/C for the first time but also a sunroof.
I do not think SWMBO would allow no A/C.
I too have either run cars til its final drive is to a scrappy else a write off or nicked.
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I would definitely specify a sunroof, even with aircon or climate control. Apart from the extra light, the increased airflow through the heater/aircon that you get with the sunroof tilted is brilliant ~ very refreshing in summer. As for the drawbacks ~ there aren't any. I've had several cars with a sunroof and had no problems whatsoever. I bought my current car secondhand with no sunroof and I really miss it.
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Go for it.
I used to drive cars with sunroofs, but my current cars don't have them, and I do miss them - more for the light than fresh air.
Never had a leak either, but then the Ford Fiesta Mk III was a pretty superior vehicle. ;-)
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I had a '84 Escort Ghia for 100k miles, followed by a Volvo 440 for 150k miles. No sunroof problems with either, but they were both factory fit, internally guttered units. I liked the extra light it gave to the cockpit area. Most usefull of all for a DIYer like me, was the ability to take home uncut lenghts of timber, coving, guttering etc from B&Q! Yes, aircon is nice but why one or other? Both is best.
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A traditionalist friend of mine has a great dislike of glass sunroofs although he likes metal ones. I see his point but don't much care myself. Depends on the car I suppose. All my Skoda Estelles but one had glass sunroofs that tilted in two positions and were supposed to be entirely removable, although I never worked out how to do this being afraid of breaking something. They were very useful if you locked the keys in the car, however, the Estelle being surprisingly difficult to get into by the usual means without breaking a glass. Ingenious and ruthless use of a wire hanger would get in through the roof, however. With an Iraqi friend near Olympia I once had to break into one of them helped by two sniggering policemen, who said that anyone who actually wanted to steal a Skoda deserved to succeed.
My present Ford has a very good sliding and tilting roof operated by a crank handle.
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on with coming/leaving home lighting function and surrounding area lighting Not even £300 - I'd choose that li'l lot definite!! VB
Wos a coming/leaving home lighting function?
I used massive self-control (well, nearly) not to ask if it tells your wife/mum that you're leaving home!
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Your headlamps remain on, for a short time, after locking the car,walking up your drive & fiddling with the keys to your house.
This feature is really for poor people, who can't afford electric, roller shutter garage doors.
VB
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Or liveried footmen with blazing torches to light their way from carriage to door.
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Or liveried footmen with blazing torches to light their way from carriage to door.
I just get my chauffeur to park beside the door while I get out.
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>> >> Or liveried footmen with blazing torches to light their wayfrom >> carriage to door. I just get my chauffeur to park beside the door while I get out.
>>Who carries you up the steps NW?
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My opinion is go for it, if you want it - aircon is great on a hot day on the motorway and I would never buy a car without it .
However nothing beats a trip out on a sunny Sunday with the sunroof fully opened on leafy country lanes
As someone above said, its almost like being in a convertible.
My Civic has the electric tilt and slide sunroof and aircon so I've got the best of both worlds but I do seem to use the aircon more than the sunroof.
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If the sunroof was a metal one (does anyone still do them?) I wouldn't have a dilema, but I'm just worried about being able to shut out the bright sun in summer and what the noise will be like on the motorway.
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If the sunroof was a metal one (does anyone still do them?) I wouldn't have a dilema, but I'm just worried about being able to shut out the bright sun in summer and what the noise will be like on the motorway.
My Ford has a plastic shutter on the inside to shut out excessive light.
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If the sunroof was a metal one (does anyone still do them?) I wouldn't have a dilema, but I'm just worried about being able to shut out the bright sun in summer and what the noise will be like on the motorway.
For me the light is the whole point, if it was metal I would be a lot less interested, anyway on ours they have a shutter (Mondeo) or blind (Clio) to cut the light if required.
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