Originally Posted by y2k_o__o

Outside temperature was 23 deg, and I noticed the air blowing from the vent was ice cold and the compressor was operating even I disabled the "AUTO". Seems like the A/C was running in the background even the A/C indicator was not illuminated.

My 09 civic has the same feature, but it can be disabled. Not sure if 370z can be done in the same manner.

I just want fresh ambient air to be drawn into the cabin without any temperature setting like 22, 23, 24, 25 deg...... This temp control seems very annoying to me.