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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:39 AM Original message |
Does it really take 45 minutes to warm up your car? |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. 5 minutes at the absolute MOST. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah, noise pollution! |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Sorry, but my older Honda takes at least 10 to 15 |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. And you need it warm on the inside? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Nothing wrong with wanting to be warm. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. that's what the local newspaper auto guy says |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I heard the guys on Car Talk saying that it really doesn't need to be done |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Especially with new oils |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You mean they stay warm and defrost themselves overnight? |
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WhollyHeretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No, it's that people don't need to waste gas by warming up there car for 45 minutes |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I think the OP means getting it warm on the inside. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Correct! The only reason to warm it up is just to warm up the interior. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. yeah, its called a garage |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. i usually give it 30 seconds |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. You must be my neighbor too. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. It doesn't take 45 minutes to warm up my wife! n/t |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. LOL |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. In my country they have an amazing invention |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. with no heat, lucky you're in NC versus farther north |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Collossal waste of fuel! |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. Mine runs for 10 minutes then shuts off ... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. 45 minutes is way too long. |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Find something nice and stinky |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. This time of year? |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have remote start |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think they do it to warm up the inside. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. My car is warm all year. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. How does the car annoy you? |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Coming from someone who dealt with -55 |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Just start it up and drive it,that's what we do in Canada. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Hell no, that just wastes gas |
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ganeshji (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. When it is cold, our car won't start |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Only when I do it by vigorously rubbing the car until warmed........ |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. A potato in the tail pipe will end that problem. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. My car takes a while to defrost sometimes |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. They used to say long idling could damage the catalytic converter. |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's illegal in Vancouver |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. It doesn't just waste gas and pollute the air |
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