Probably.......throw in 2 kids and wife....At least around here the air is usually very dry when the temperatures are low. This means that my breath is usually absorbed into the air well before reaching the windshield.
Maybe you’re more full of hot air than me
They should come up here and park their car outside tomorrow morning and I will watch them drive off after 10 seconds or whatever all the experts say! I killed 3 kids in the crosswalk, but I saved $0.20 in fuel and it didn't get into my oil so its worth it?
No, no, no, not 10 seconds. But 30 seconds is enough.
Seriously right......they have absolutely no idea what it is like in frigid climates.
Speedo has been broken for years (instrument clusters almost always fail on this generation of truck), I just use torque pro on an old phone and I get to see speed, coolant and transmission temperature, fuel trims etc.
I was going to do that, but I need to record mileage for work. I will have to deal with it when the fuel gauge goes as there doesn't seem to be a way to get it through obd.
Thats total BS nonsense. I have lived in cold climates all my life. No computer controlled engine is going to sit revving at 1800-1900 rpm for 30 minutes. More like 1500 rpm for 2 minutes then down to a normal idle. My 4.8 V8 had no troubles starting in Thompson MB. None. My Ranger 4.0 had no issues either.
Decades of Upper Midwest car experience in temps -20 to -35 °F. Always used synthetic in the winter, didn't use a block heater, never had issues. When it was below zero and the car had been sitting for a few hours, I'd let it idle for a few minutes (probably about 5) because otherwise clutches on manuals didn't work well and you'd grind the gears sometimes. On the automatics I had they'd be super sluggish at first, too. I'd sometimes take an extra loop or two through residential just to be nice. But never an issue. All the engines had well over 200k when I got rid of the cars, minimal oil burning, etc.
Or in the case of my Jeep Wrangler ( 3.6L ), it's @ 12-1400 rpm for about 20 seconds before it settles down into the 700 rpm range. I don't know if these are still widely used, but when I lived up north ( Northern Michigan, and Maine ) I had electric engine block heater units. It would heat and circulate the coolant as well as the engine block, presumably hot enough to keep the thermostat open . . . go out in the morning, unplug the car, start it up and you had a head start on scraping the snow/ice off the windows.
She does it to drive you nuts.
That’s a bit of an angry response sir
You are right of course but I still agree with FastLane
It'll be ok ...
