Idling car…

[Pirate Lady]

So this time of year I see many articles about don’t idle car to let warm up. Bad for environment and engine. Now I live on I95 corridor where traffic is a way of life. So what’s the diff if it idles in my driveway and is toasty when I get in or it idles on I95 because some jackass who can’t drive wrecks and closes the road for an hour? Oh BTW I let it idle 1/2 hour today. It was toasty when I got in.

 

[Skybolt]

Letting your car warm up by idling in your driveway is not bad for your engine. In fact it should be done every time you start your car, winter or not.

 

[Fill Ess]

Yea no diff ........ I do the remote start and let it run 5 mins at the minimum

Half hour is a little much. But you old timers need your creature comforts

 

[Lazy Daze]

From a strictly emissions point of view, you're ADDING to the release of emissions without actually going anywhere. From that standpoint, the articles are correct.

I like getting into a warm car - 30 minutes is overboard for me, though.

 

[spikedaddy99]

10 minutes. Otherwise why would we have remote starters?

 

[Pirate Lady]

Ya, 1/2 hour today wasn’t normal, got distracted, usually 10 mins. But I still think these people are wrong that write these articles.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Ya, 1/2 hour today wasn’t normal, got distracted, usually 10 mins. But I still think these people are wrong that write these articles.

Unless your tailpipe emits zero emissions when idling, they're not wrong about that part That part is just simple fact. Relating it to sitting in traffic is not an apples to apples thing. What they're saying is that if you just get in your car and drive, rather than letting it warm up first, you will emit less emissions overall (getting stuck in traffic is a whole 'nother scenario).

 

[play dough]

Letting your car warm up by idling in your driveway is not bad for your engine. In fact it should be done every time you start your car, winter or not.

You're correct, it's not bad for the motor but also has no benefit other than your comfort.

 

[Blueone]

My car shuts off automatically after 10 minutes. 10 minutes is enough though…. No article is going to stop me from prestarting in Michigan

 

[SR400DB]

It was only 35 degrees here this morning. I let my tractor warm up for at least 20 mins. You know. Just because I can.

 

[JHornsby3]

I sort of have to let the pick up warm up. A thick oil is thicker in the cold. Being as I have two state highways I have to access from the road we live on, I don't like seeing my oil pressure hit 90 plus PSI with a cold engine and doing 60. Wife "warms" hers just long enough for the seat warmers to get warm and the valves to stop rattling.

 

[GirlyGirl1999]

So as soon as I started reading I was thinking about the remote start, for the comment about old people, of which I am one, if you RTFM you can have your steering wheel and seat heater come on as well. As far as emissions, well of course, but the few minutes in the drive way far out weigh what my ‘85 vette did sitting on the 405 for 3hrs to go 31 miles. Wonder why I don’t want to go back to SoCal?

 

[Skybolt]

You're correct, it's not bad for the motor but also has no benefit other than your comfort.

Isn't always about comfort? My truck will run for 15min, the BMW's only for 10. But that's plenty here in MD.

 

[highslice]

Unless your tailpipe emits zero emissions when idling, they're not wrong about that part That part is just simple fact. Relating it to sitting in traffic is not an apples to apples thing. What they're saying is that if you just get in your car and drive, rather than letting it warm up first, you will emit less emissions overall (getting stuck in traffic is a whole 'nother scenario).

Not worried about the emissions. The earth is gonna do what the earth is gonna do. We are statistically due for a mass extinction anyway.

 

[Flyer5]

Idling the vehicles are going to cause global warming which is going to cause us to freeze to death when all the glaciers melt causing the oceans to rise causing drought across the planet. It's really too complicated for the lay person, they can explain it when they arrive on their individual private jets.

I use my remote start multiple times a day.

 

[Byron]

I wonder if those political ass hole who fly around on solo jets flights warm up there jets before take off. Probably not because there always preaching about global warming. I pre warm all my vehicles just because I can still buy gasoline.

 

[sbw1]

In get in and drive. Car is 58 degrees because the garage is kept at that temp. Car gets warm almost immediately, and with steering wheel and seat heat, it is always toasty.

 

[blaster]

My truck wont fit in the garage but I surely can remote start it.

 

[Maggieiscrazy]

Why don’t they put heat pumps in cars? Then the heater would start putting out heat as soon as the engine starts running.

 

[Flyer5]

Why don’t they put heat pumps in cars? Then the heater would start putting out heat as soon as the engine starts running.

Simplicity on ICE vehicles. The heat is basically free using coolant. Heat pump would be parasitic.