My old Pegeot 406 Hdi's have an auxillury heater consisting of an electric element in the heater, comes on at anything below 12C I think and really gives a good flow of hot air within about a minute or so of starting - draws about 100 amps though but the alternator seems to be up to it.

I think probably all Citroens and Peugeots from about 2000 have them and I have never had one that doesn't work.

Back in the cold winter of 1962/63 (when the sea froze on the South coast) I had an MG saloon with NO heater and the pedals came up through slots in the wood floor, letting in an icy draught. I drove from Yorkshire to Suffolk and back, took shoes off and had my feet in a sleeping bag, still almost got hypothermia.

The next car didn't have a heater either, luxury to change it for a Ford Consul which would keep you toasty!

My car, Passat has auxilliary heating as mentioned by Peter, which gives usefull heat from the vents after a minute.

Also have heated seats which again can be felt within a minute.

I have a heated waistcoat for use on the bike in this weather which is very effective.

I guess it could easily be used in a car plugged into the cigarette lighter socket & doesn't use much power.

just wondering if something like this plugged in,
bwteen the cig lighter and the heated car seat would work

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-12V-10A-Relay-2CH-wireless-R...w

(says 10amp, so should be good for 120watts
...the ones half the price, have a sticker on saying 10amp, but the description says 3.2a = 36watt)

Using it, you could turn the heated seats on from indoors 5 - 10 mins (i dunno how long the seats take to heat up) before you grace them with your bum.

Cheers
Liam

Edited by liammcl on 30/12/2017 at 03:40

just an update... on the remote control of heated car seats...

(I've posted it in the wroing forum)
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/122120/peugeot-106...7

Cheers
Liam