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Adjusting R2 front A/C vents

RickS WA

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Has anyone tried to adjust the front AC vents on a test drive? How easy is it - this is HUGE deal for my wife. Also, the user manual doesn't clearly show if there are three vents up front or four. Has anybody noticed the actual count?

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It’s pretty easy through the screen, it was just two settings for me, one on each side, got them where I wanted then never touched them again the rest of the drive.
 

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Has anyone tried to adjust the front A/C vents on a test drive? How easy is it - this is HUGE deal for my wife. Also, the user manual doesn't clearly show if there are three vents up front or four. Has anybody noticed the actual count?

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Ricks WA
Count me as skeptical going in but I found it easier. True, you have a couple of screen taps to get there, but the actual adjustment, one finger just sliding around, is quicker than physically reaching for and adjusting the vent to the left of my wheel and the two to the right in my current car.

There are "two" vents you can adjust that run along the dash: driver side and passenger. I say "two" meaning two outlets. The air gets directed multiple directions within each. With each, dragging around the control alters how much up, down and how wide the spread. There is the separate vents for the windshield and in each footwell with separate on/off touchscreen controls.

Additionally the seat coolers are awesome.

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Thanks for your feedback guys! I think the test drive, whenever it eventually happens, is going to be interesting. The goal is to have good airflow with no air blowing directly on my wife, wherever she is sitting.🙃

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Thanks for your feedback guys! I think the test drive, whenever it eventually happens, is going to be interesting. The goal is to have good airflow with no air blowing directly on my wife, wherever she is sitting.🙃

Rick S
just know that, at the moment, you apparently can’t turn one side completely off. You can in an R1. Dunno if that’s coming with an update, was an oversight of what…
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