Can anyone let me know what the letters D E F stand for on the cabin slider controls? I'm assuming D= demist and F = floor but E? Cheers
This has occasionally intrigued me. I've seen it on other cars apart from the 308; same vintage and older (can't be sure if they were all Italian). Maybe E is Even or Equal, because it distributes the same output to upper and lower diffusers ?
Equal sounds plausible. I've tried adjusting it with the fan full on to see if it alters the flow from different vents, but it doesn't,t seem to make a noticeable difference.
I think you're over-thinking this - it works just as the manual describes it : When the lever points at zero the vents are closed - when the lever points at the up arrow the upper vents are open - when the lever is in the middle and points up & down the vent facing down under the dash is also open Your down facing vent also has a built-in flap - are you sure its open ?
Well yes, but only if it labels one setting. Defrost / Demist. But on the 308, the D, E and F indicate three separate things.
Wait. I have to go out in the garage and get a hammer to hit myself in the head with. Try a little common sense here.
I allways tought the D meant defrost and the F meant floor, but never bother with the E. But yes Equal or equalize makes sense.
Read The Ferrari's Manual The Dot is closed. The up.down arrow is a mix of foot/windscreen the up arrow is only windscreen vents. Think about how the system works physically - there is a flap door at the Y splint in the air passage. You can close the whole system off, or opening it in the middle, or close off the foot section. Cf the GT4 manual's drawing. -sorry - I can not get the proper orientation on my scan of the manual page, and I can not find a more "straight" on view of the ventilation controls from my car. I have lost the cable to connect my camera to my laptop (don't ask) and can't go take a new photo. Life is a mess, but there's still a GT4 in my garage! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Maybe this will help? Or you can look for some mystical interpretation of what Chevy meant by DEF and HOT back in '69. I wonder what F A N stand for? This thread is an attempt at humor, right? I mean no one seriously thinks DEF stands for anything but defrost, right? if you do, I have this bridge.....
Over here we usually call it demist rather than defrost. I thought it may have been abbreviations for something in Italian, now i know. I have an idea for what F A N my stand for, but you might not like it!
John, the entire control does not defrost. Only the upper setting directs air to the screen. Following your logic, the DEF should only appear beside that upper setting. It doesn't.
