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10. Now that I see it, I think my mom had one when we were little

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 03:32 PM

Jan 2014

She got tired of warming up the car by running it for so long every morning before she took my brother and I to daycare so she made my dad buy one. Yeah, it worked pretty good.

I think I would like to see a battery warmer with flowers on it, LOL.

I do baby my vehicle quite a bit. I have to right now because I cannot afford a break down or a new vehicle. Plus, I happen to love my vehicle apart from some quirks (minivan w/power doors that don't work in -20 or colder) and it only has 70,000 kms even though it's 8 yrs old. They don't make a vehicle that's not an SUV with everything my van has anymore, so I have to make it last until my kids are a bit older and can drive themselves. I bet that heater would help with the power door problem. Hmm. I'll have to think about it.

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An MPG tip for your car: Use defrost sparingly. [View all] Eleanors38 Jan 2014 OP

Thanks. Great suggestions. Curmudgeoness Jan 2014 #1

Your welcome. A lot of folks don't realize that your Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #2

Mine's manual laundry_queen Jan 2014 #3

My old cars didn't even have AC; made my choices easy. Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #4

Block heater saves $$ ConcernedCanuk Jan 2014 #5

Did not know that laundry_queen Jan 2014 #8

There are also battery warmers - look like them decorative toaster covers some use. ConcernedCanuk Jan 2014 #9

Now that I see it, I think my mom had one when we were little laundry_queen Jan 2014 #10

good idea arachadillo Jan 2014 #6

Thanks. Another benefit of using non-AC/hot coolant heat Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #7