How to heat your car 'as quickly as possible' using expert's handy tip

You've been heating your car wrong (Stock Image) (Image: Getty)

The temperature has dropped, and many Brits have already experienced the first dustings of snow this season.

While some will welcome it and be excited at the prospect of a potential white Christmas, others will be cursing and wishing they were on a plane somewhere hot.

The experts behind TikTok account @capturing_cars asked people whether they “heat their car correctly” – and if not, they wanted to share their knowledge so you don’t have to suffer any longer in a freezing car.

At first, the expert stated the obvious by saying: "Of course, the first thing you want to do is turn the temperature up. Whatever type of air conditioning you’ve got, turn it up to full and turn the fans up a bit as well.

“Next thing you wanna do is hit this button here," he said, as he pressed a button in the middle of his dashboard, which features a car and an arrow.

He explained: “What this is doing is shutting off the vents to the outside of the car and recirculating the air that’s in the car.”

But what does that actually mean? He shared that with each circulation of air that’s in the car, it gets warmer on each pass, heating up quicker.

If that’s off, you are bringing in cold air from outside of the car and trying to make it warm, which is an impossible task.

He said a common misconception is that “air conditioning is just for hot weather”, but it’s not, and it “literally does what it says on the tin”.

Air conditioning “conditions the air, no matter what the temperature may be," he clarified.

“So, air conditioning on, this button on, temperature up and adjust your fans accordingly and that is the best way to heat your car this winter," he concluded.

In the comments, someone wrote: “I had no idea AC worked to warm too!”

Another clarified: “It doesn't. It removes heat from the cabin and sends it outside. Only use it during the winter if you have humidity or moisture buildup.”

A car fan shared: “Also, putting your visors down will defrost your windshield faster, it stops the air from blowing straight to the back and traps (somewhat) at the front.”