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Sorry if I ask, what does it mean to remotely start air conditioning?
Do you mean you can start it while you are not in the car? What's the purpose of such a feature?
It's a nice quality of life feature, you enter a fresh vehicle instead of scorching hot After being parked for hours in the summer sun. But I would never pay a €150/yr subscription for that, fuck them
On a hot day, cool the car down before you get in. Same for the inverse of wanting to heat the car up before you get in when it's super cold.
It's for when it's hot outside, you're leaving a store and you want it to be cool when you get to your car.
What's gonna happen to me if I don't use that feature?
The feds are gonna come and whack you
Nothing at all. You're just going to enter a hot car.
As bad as airing out a hot car is, it takes on a different need when its -20C and you need to thaw the car out before going to work in the morning. Much preferable to do that from inside.