Energy Consumption

One interesting thing about the Volkswagen is how it can display the top three energy consumers in the car.  As I played with internal settings, I found some surprises.

In this first shot, I have the driver's seat set to maximum heat, the wing mirror defrosters on, and the heat set at 72 degrees.  It was a balmy 15 degrees fahrenheit, and the coolant and oil were at operating temperatures.

What surprised me was what happened when I fired up the rear defroster.  It consumed more energy than the seat heater - I didn't expect that.  In my small sample size straw polls, most folks think that a seat heater would consume more electricity than the rear defroster.

Predictably, when I maxed out the passenger's seat heater, it dropped the wing mirror power consumption out of the top three.

Turning of the passenger's seat heater and dialing the driver's seat back to the middle of its three settings brings its energy consumption down to parity with the wing mirrors,

while using the lowest of the three settings on the driver's seat consume even less power than the wing mirrors.

Again, it's just a neat detail that car people might appreciate and find interesting.  I suppose this would be another thing to add to the "delighters" section of this post.