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wrgrs50s wrote:
Whoever wrote this story don't know squat !!!
Actually they do know what they are talking about. This did happen to one of our cars. While doing an engine check I noticed that the oil level was over the full mark. My first reaction was to blame the dealership where the oil was last changed. We brought it in to get some oil taken out. They checked it out and found gas in the oil. They asked if we had been idling it a lot at startup, which turned out to be the case. My daughter had been letting the car idle 5 - 15 minutes to get the ice off the windows rather than scraping them.gmcsmoke wrote:
On cold winter mornings, some folks will fire up their cars and leave them running for 10, 20, maybe even 30 minutes, thinking they're reducing wear and tear by letting their cars warm up gently.
well that might be some people but the majority don't want to sit in a cold car before driving to their destination; hence the idle time.
I idle if there is a bunch of ice on the windows and have to get the inside warmed up a bit before trying to scrape it off. nothing to do with the engine wear, etc.
bumpy- The Mercedes-Benz B200 Turbo has a stock tank heater in the windshield warsher reservoir. That fixes the recurring smearing almost frozen chit when you run ze vipers.
coolmom42 wrote:
In my town you would get a ticket for widow's not clear but not for warming up your vehicle. I agree in some areas theft would be a concern.mowermech wrote:
It is illegal in this state to leave an idling vehicle unattended.
You can start it and let it idle as long as you want, but you have to sit in it!
Not a state law here, but some larger cities have that law, due to the high rate of car theft while this is going on. I think it's intermittently enforced when vehicle thefts spike.
Not a problem in my small town.- Winter time.
I what for grid heater to cycle then start truck.
Kick it into high idle with exhaust brake on
Turn on dash blower and go open gates
Summer time.
Start truck.....high idle and A/C ON
Then go open gates
By the time I have gates open and get back to truck time to roll.
When I grew up in WY/UT......
No idling just block heaters
Otherwise trucks were going to be hard to start
I was already cold from shoveling a path to truck and clearing windows of snow/ice so block heaters got warm air moving quickly wilber1 wrote:
What's best for your car and what's best for your cold butt, ain't the same. That's why they invented heated seats and steering wheels.
Amen! I have both and have to say I miss the heated wheel when driving Mama's 300S! It has heated seats and that is why it gets started about five minutes before she leaves for work in very cold or hot days!
My truck gets started ten minutes before hand in extreme cold weather.
Don- I don't warm up my engine. But I defrost my windows before I drive off - and that means running the engine. If the windows don't need defrosting, I just get in and drive.
Grit dog wrote:
The_real_wild1 wrote:
Lots of people around here don't warm up their vehicles. They jump in a drive. You can spot them easily as they are driving 40km/h on the highway and cant see sh!t out their window but hey its some much better then idling or warming up their vehicle.
Lol, they musta read that article.
I do that, but mine defrosts by the time I get out the subdivision.
(Good thing the houses aren't near the road and the trees are cut back. Usually drive by feel for the first few min!)
If the frost is really thick, I'll just toss a glass of water on the windshield and let er rip.
(Rarely gets below +30 here)
Throw water on it when it is really cold, and you just build up more ice. Ask me how I know? Been there done that, learned better.
So what I do. In the winter time. I snuggle the truck up against the back of the car in the carport. bingo, no ice in the morning. I let it idle until the RPMS fall off to normal, and then go. and as luck will have it. It is still cold when I get to work. so I drive with scarf, and gloves. The new truck has cloth seats so my butt don't freeze like they did with the leather. Yeah it has heated seats. and they too would almost get warm by the time I got to work.colliehauler wrote:
Been -10 and we just get in and go assuming I can see out the window.wrgrs50s wrote:
So true. Put the person some where it's -27 and let's see if they warm up there vehicle. LOL
Whoever wrote this story don't know squat !!!
I have never warmed up a vehicle in my life.mowermech wrote:
It is illegal in this state to leave an idling vehicle unattended.
You can start it and let it idle as long as you want, but you have to sit in it!
Not a state law here, but some larger cities have that law, due to the high rate of car theft while this is going on. I think it's intermittently enforced when vehicle thefts spike.
Not a problem in my small town.
