Don't warmup up your car-R&T

[agesilaus]

R&T

At least not your gasser, don't know if it applies to diesels.

[Old-Biscuit]

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

[Perrysburg_Dodg]

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

[toedtoes]

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.

[Terryallan]

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.

[time2roll]

colliehauler wrote:

wrgrs50s wrote:
Whoever wrote this story don't know squat !!!

So true. Put the person some where it's -27 and let's see if they warm up there vehicle. LOL

Been -10 and we just get in and go assuming I can see out the window.
I have never warmed up a vehicle in my life.

[coolmom42]

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.

[mowermech]

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!

[Fast_Mopar]

This is fine if you live in Texas. Living in SD for many years, there were times when it took 10-15 minutes to chip the thick ice off just to be able to drive. Yes, engine was certainly running during that time.

Block heaters?? Great if you live in a house with ready access to electricity - not so great if you live in a college dorm or apartment.

[rexlion]

wrgrs50s wrote:
Whoever wrote this story don't know squat !!!

Well, look at it this way. If they wrote a bunch of cr^p, they must know squat... or else where did the cr^p come from? 😉 LOL

This thread reminds me of my dear old dad, long gone now, but back in the '70s and '80s he absolutely insisted that a diesel needed to be idled for both warmup and cooldown. It was something he'd learned from the drivers at the truck stops. I had to idle the John Deere for a full 10 minutes (and time it!) before and after. He did the same to the White Freightliner he sometimes drove (seasonal work delivering shelled corn). And his diesel cars were idled a minimum of 3 minutes before he began to move them... but slow and easy even then.

Maybe it really mattered back then or maybe it didn't, I don't know. But I have the impression that most diesels of today definitely do not need that sort of kid-gloves idling.

[azrving]

Key fob comes with a remote start button.

[Grit_dog]

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)

[Grit_dog]

gbopp wrote:
Do people in hot climates idle their cars to let the A/C cool it down?

D@mn skippy! At least I did when we lived in AZ....
Sometimes, just like warming them up. Yes there are extremes where warmup really is necessary. Otherwise it's a convienence mostly. Just like not warming up is.
When I take off for work, I want to get there, not go out an wait for the truck to warm up. That's 10min longer that I can sleep.

[gbopp]

Do people in hot climates idle their cars to let the A/C cool it down?

[atreis]

I just jump in and go. My butt can take it, and I hate wasting gas/money.

[The_real_wild1]

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.