So what do you do when it fogs back up as you start driving? Pull over again? Oh wait, you don't live where that happens, so you don't know.If you have an ice scraper it is unnecessary and it takes the car a lot longer to warm up vs driving off.
So what do you do when it fogs back up as you start driving? Pull over again? Oh wait, you don't live where that happens, so you don't know.If you have an ice scraper it is unnecessary and it takes the car a lot longer to warm up vs driving off.
Stop breathing out of your mouth like a fish? lol.So what do you do when it fogs back up as you start driving? Pull over again? Oh wait, you don't live where that happens, so you don't know.
wow ! seems like an eternity for the oil temperature to come up. I’m curious what type of engine & oil you are using.
At a pretty low temperature recently, 0 F, my monitored oil temperature took about 6 minutes to get to 180 F , coolant was the usual 16-18 degrees F cooler @ that point in time (‘02 Jaguar XKR V-8 / 4.0 L).
What is the “usual” time for your oil to get up to your engines normal ?
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You are kidding right? Atlanta in the winter is not the same as MN and Canada. 20's is not cold either.Seriously, where I live has zero to do with it but even where I grew up in the mountains when it would get down into the 20's I never had a problem with interior windows fogging up. The best way to prevent interior windows from fogging up is to run your A/C. You should try it. I essentially run my A/C year around.
No I'm not kidding. Run your A/C. Btw....20F is cold for about 75-80 percent of the US population.You are kidding right? Atlanta in the winter is not the same as MN and Canada. 20's is not cold either.
Yes I am perfectly aware of that. Try that at -20 and you will need to let the engine warm up to achieve the same results. The A/C doesn't remove moisture very well at low temps either. Fogging up is much different than icing up.No I'm not kidding. Run your A/C. Btw....20F is cold for about 75-80 percent of the US population.
The interior windows of my car fog up when it's even 40 degrees outside and I hop in after the gym. With the A/C running it disappears in seconds. You don know that you can run the A/C and still receive heat in the cabin?
Seriously, where I live has zero to do with it but even where I grew up in the mountains when it would get down into the 20's I never had a problem with interior windows fogging up. The best way to prevent interior windows from fogging up is to run your A/C. You should try it. I essentially run my A/C year around.
When I left for work yesterday it was -18F and when I left work to come home it was 25F.I live right smack dab in the midwest and quite literally saw close to 105º difference between the lowest and highest temperature in 2021(lowest -4ºF for the nearest city, I think we were colder in the suburbs, and highest 101ºF). If 2022 plays out similarly, we're on track to maybe see a bit less extreme, but not much(and there's still winter left).
Considering that there are some decent sized population centers that routinely get very cold-Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland come to mind although I'm sure there are plenty of others-I'd like to see just what percentage of the US population routinely sees below 20ºF at least in January and February.
Yesterday morning was 3º when I left. It would have been miserable and probably dangerous as far as visibility to leave without warming up.
This morning was a much more temperate 25º. I started the car and spent about a minute brushing snow off before leaving. If there hadn't been snow I probably would have not waited.
BTW, my last two dailies have defaulted to turning the AC on any time the heat is on, and I've always left it.
Rainman Ray is a funny guy, but maybe it's a Chrysler 200 or something sludger lol. It doesn't take long.. (or whatever a known sludger is.)so if its a 2021 why is he running sludge cleaner? or did I miss a joke? I did stop at 3min in it was hard to watch.
We have those look a like lady bugs around here that would love to get in the interior and set up a apartmentOnly time that I have that problem is when you get a lot of snow on the floor of the vehicle and the outside conditions are just right.
Yeah, I know we have it easy compared to a lot of you guys further north...When I left for work yesterday it was -18F and when I left work to come home it was 25F.
Ya and so what you're saying is that my suggestion doesn't work for the 10 percent of the US population who happens experience consistent extreme cold.Yes I am perfectly aware of that. Try that at -20 and you will need to let the engine warm up to achieve the same results. The A/C doesn't remove moisture very well at low temps either. Fogging up is much different than icing up.
Ya I get it but even in Chicago the avg low during the winter is over 20F.I live right smack dab in the midwest and quite literally saw close to 105º difference between the lowest and highest temperature in 2021(lowest -4ºF for the nearest city, I think we were colder in the suburbs, and highest 101ºF). If 2022 plays out similarly, we're on track to maybe see a bit less extreme, but not much(and there's still winter left).
Considering that there are some decent sized population centers that routinely get very cold-Chicago, Milwaukee and Cleveland come to mind although I'm sure there are plenty of others-I'd like to see just what percentage of the US population routinely sees below 20ºF at least in January and February.
Yesterday morning was 3º when I left. It would have been miserable and probably dangerous as far as visibility to leave without warming up.
This morning was a much more temperate 25º. I started the car and spent about a minute brushing snow off before leaving. If there hadn't been snow I probably would have not waited.
BTW, my last two dailies have defaulted to turning the AC on any time the heat is on, and I've always left it.
Ya I get it but even in Chicago the avg low during the winter is over 20F.
No. I said it doesn't work in a very cold climate. Never said a thing about the south, Point is needs are different and the warm up is a necessity up here no matter how much wear or fuel use takes place. Sometimes there is no way around it for safetyYa and so what you're saying is that my suggestion doesn't work for the 10 percent of the US population who happens experience consistent extreme cold.
The horror.
They smell good too.We have those look a like lady bugs around here that would love to get in the interior and set up a apartment
"Average" doesn't mean "every day". For Feb. 2021 from NWS data, I find 12 days where the high in Chicago was 20ºF or lower including 2 days with single digit highs.
Over that same period, I count 18 days with lows of 20º or lower, 14 single-digit lows, and of those single digit lows there were two with negative lows and one zero degree low. Average low over that period was 13.86º.
Without seeing where you found that figure, I'm going to guess it was looking at winter as December to February. December can tend to really boost averages in a lot of places when looking at the winter as a whole. That still doesn't change 4-6 weeks of mid-January to either middle or late February when temperatures are generally coldest and you have to deal with low temperatures those days.
I live outside St. Louis. A quick month-by-month look at average lows over Dec-Jan-Feb tells me that you'd probably find an average low over those 3 months in the high 20s(quick look-29 Dec, 23 Jan, 27 Feb). Averages don't mean that we haven't had sporadic lows in the teens and single digits the past couple of weeks, and yes I'd dare say a lot of us handle those days differently than even days in the 20s(again like this morning for me).
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Well of course but it's still silly to suggest that a particular method should be jettisoned simply because isn't applicable for all scenarios all of the time.
Sure, but I am not taking advice on my winter driving/living habits from someone in Atlanta. Just pointing out how this doesn't work for us 10%.Climate in Chicago, Illinois
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Well of course but it's still silly to suggest that a particular method should be jettisoned simply because isn't applicable for all scenarios all of the time.