Running Car

[Thomas_LX]

Must Be Nice...

Must be nice to live somewhere that people don't like to steal your car while it's running. Here in Sacramento, there are groups of guys that drive aropund looking for people who are warming up their car and jack it. Happens ALL the time and tons of people are on the news every night talking about how it's such a HUGE problem.

[Otto]

That's horrible. I've actually been letting my car warm up less than I normally do. At least I don't leave it unattended.
I'm working on a curcuit similar to a remote starter without the remote. It would allow you to start the car with out the key (possiblly a couple hidden switches or another key) but shuts down if the brakes are pressed or the e-brake is disengaged, or the oil light comes on...or you could just get a remote starter. I'd like to have a working curcuit by next winter.

[cincy90h22]

if its in the winter months i let mine warm up until she drops out of fast idle, otherwise i wait untill im done smokin a cancer stick.

[Sobeman81]

Initially you should wait until your car is at operating temperatures ie. @ IDLE.

For cold weather starts, --meaning, your car has not been started overnight, start it up, blast the heat, go back inside have a cup of tea and come back in about 10-15 mins and wait until your idle is perfect at 700-800.


Hot days? just drive off... the oil is warm enough

actually..its better if u DONT blast the heater..cuz the ore the heater is on..the longer it takes for the motor to warm up...cuz if you think abt it where is the heat in ur car coming from..the engine's heat..now if u keep stealing its heat to try and heat up the cabin, then how do u expect the engine itself to get warmed up...it easier and MUCH better to just start it and let it run W/O heater..altho turning on ur rear defrost wud be good..then when u have ur cup of coffee or tea and come back..just blast ur heater and guaranteed that car will be blazing hot in NO time....for me, its a good thing i work at Best Buy cuz employee discount rocks..got a remote starter installed and i dont even have to go to my car to start it..just stand by the window, hit the button and when i get in im ready to go..w/o my remote starter i used to run the car for like 5 min or so, regardless of weather conditions..unless it was extra cold..................btw if your car is ever overheating, best thing to do to just get home or a repair shop, is to blast the heater so u can take the heat out of the engine compartment and help it cool down some..whatever the weather ur gonna have to crack the windows lol... hope this helps

[wed3k]

30 seconds to 2 minutes

[Davids92Accord]

Must be nice to live somewhere that people don't like to steal your car while it's running. Here in Sacramento, there are groups of guys that drive aropund looking for people who are warming up their car and jack it. Happens ALL the time and tons of people are on the news every night talking about how it's such a HUGE problem.

yea i just saw it in the news yesterday that some guy stole a car while it was warming up i use to do that unti l go my remote start thats one thing less i dont have to worry about and anyway i dont want to leave my car out there with the keys on so someone can come and take it away from me
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