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starting a cold car
Is it a good thing to idle cars for a few minutes for the 1st start ?
Read somewhere the company recommends against it..... Also how do you guys handle it when the windows freeze and wont roll down ? I tried pouring some warm water and it kinda seems to work. any suggestions? |
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In my opinion, warming up a fuel injected car is a waste of time and
gas. It warms up much quicker if you are driving it. I say start it up and drive away, just drive gently for the first few minutes. |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > In my opinion, warming up a fuel injected car is a waste of time and > gas. It warms up much quicker if you are driving it. I say start it > up and drive away, just drive gently for the first few minutes. That's pretty much what owner's manuals say |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:01:14 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
> wrote: >Of course, if it is severely cold outside, an additional delay may be >needed while the defogger clears the windows sufficiently for you to see >safely. It can be severly cold outside and there's nothing to defrost at all. Then again, my idea of "severely cold" is if I'm wearing a jacket of any sort. |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Olaf Gustafson wrote:
> >Of course, if it is severely cold outside, an additional delay may be > >needed while the defogger clears the windows sufficiently for you to see > >safely. > > It can be severly cold outside and there's nothing to defrost at all. > Then again, my idea of "severely cold" is if I'm wearing a jacket of any > sort. Yeah, "then again". Get back to us when it's 30 below out. |
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