On 4 Okt., 11:16, "M.J." <M...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> But what if I were to move to Florida or Arizona (which I may)?
> Should I even consider buying a new Subaru? *I guess my question
> is are the new 2.5 litre engines any better in this respect than the 2.2L?

I can't answer this, but I feel that the A/C in the '08 Outback 2.5i
is not very strong compared to other car makes, see below.
But then, I do not know if Subaru sells the same A/C in the US and in
Europe. (I am writing from Germany.)

> I used to drive a 2.8litre V-6 Chevy Corsica and *the GM air conditioning
> in that car was very strong. *Not comparable to a four cylinder at all.*Any
> suggestions what import cars have strong AC? *The Volkswagen 2.5L
> 5 cylinder engines have supposedly good air. *Any others?

I was generally satisfied with all A/C in BMW models I drove over the
last 15 years. (635CSi, 330i, 530d,740i, 730i, X3 3.0sd, X5 3.0d). We
use to spend holidays in Italy, where temperatures are often over
100°F in the summer and the cars always got cool in a few minutes, and
then the noise from the A/C did go down remarkably. (Whereas, in the
Outback, it keeps blowing and blowing all the time. It's not that it
can't cool the car, but with much and prolongued noise. Which may or
may not indicate that it runs at or near it's limits.)

Again, I don't know whether the A/C built in models for the american
market are the same.