Heat Felt Over Air-Con Troubles

It’s rare but its happening, in the UK most of us are happily welcoming the soaring temperature however this has created a surge in demand for air conditioning as people struggle to keep their cool especially when driving. Halfords autocentres saw a massive surge in demand for air con services over the weekend with Sunday becoming the hottest day this year with temperatures as high as 29C, they saw a rise of 86% on the same period this time last year and a 159% increase on this time last week in demand.

Its recommended that air conditioning systems are checked and serviced every two years in order to keep them efficient, drivers who hadn’t been following this rule certainly felt the pain. Many drivers had found their systems hadn’t been operating as effectively as they should because well it’s rare that you would need to within the UK but this summer has been something amazing.

Keeping with the theme of air conditioning a question we get regularly when people are coming to hire is, will my hired car have air conditioning? Many take air con for granted and just assume that since a large majority of cars on the road have this system it means that all hired cars will be fitted with the taken for granted air conditioning. This isn’t necessarily true, many cars still are without air con and the same can be said for hired cars, each hired car has a specification on whether it has a AC unit or not and its classed as a sort of extra. If you are wanting to hire a car and ensure that it gets air conditioning then please call us directly, email us or talk to us on chat and we will be able to give you advice and make sure you get the exact car you need.

Having worked in the car rental industry for over 15 years, he really knows his stuff. Rob heads up our marketing department and as a keen traveller, always has a new location to talk about. Particularly if there is a golf course nearby.