View Poll Results: Do you warm your car up in the winter
Yes
23
82.14%
No
5
17.86%
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NE drivers: Do you warm your car up in the winter?
I have a heated garage at home and although I'm fortunate enough to have a parking garage at work, it's not heated.
I never considered a remote started for the G because the range would never allow it to work from my office to the garage.
Now that they have iPhone apps to start the car, I'm fairly tempted to pull the trigger.
Maybe I'll do something for next fall... I have my pennies saved for other things this summer.
I never considered a remote started for the G because the range would never allow it to work from my office to the garage.
Now that they have iPhone apps to start the car, I'm fairly tempted to pull the trigger.
Maybe I'll do something for next fall... I have my pennies saved for other things this summer.
I blew the motor in my 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee doing this very thing.
Night before Thanksgiving, worked until about 9pm and was just pulling out of work.
Damn cold night, I remember the Jeep barely turning over. I was in a real hurry to get home and took off immediately. I got to the red light outside my parking lot on Rt 9 and as I was sitting there, some car came up behind me and then last minute changed lanes to my left.
I'm sitting there thinking to myself, does this guy think I'm going to drive away slowly? Am I in his way?
That light turned green and I floored it.... and the Jeep had *****.
I got up to about 70 before I realized that the Jeep was not shifting. I took my foot off the gas and it sounded like someone was under my hood trying to beat their way out with a baseball bat.
I rolled to a stop and $8,500 later, it was as good as new.
Night before Thanksgiving, worked until about 9pm and was just pulling out of work.
Damn cold night, I remember the Jeep barely turning over. I was in a real hurry to get home and took off immediately. I got to the red light outside my parking lot on Rt 9 and as I was sitting there, some car came up behind me and then last minute changed lanes to my left.
I'm sitting there thinking to myself, does this guy think I'm going to drive away slowly? Am I in his way?
That light turned green and I floored it.... and the Jeep had *****.
I got up to about 70 before I realized that the Jeep was not shifting. I took my foot off the gas and it sounded like someone was under my hood trying to beat their way out with a baseball bat.
I rolled to a stop and $8,500 later, it was as good as new.
The tranny was fine but I'm sure that it being below zero temps had an effect on the tranny's ability to shift. The fluid was probably like caramel.... Mmmmmm, caramel...
I digress...
The motor just basically tore itself apart. I had bought it used and it had just come back from a 3 yr lease. It looked great but once they started disecting the motor, they saw that it had never been maintained and was a ticking timebomb.
Unfortunately, the damn timebomb went off in my wallet. I was slightly upside down on the Jeep and fixing it was the only option.
Lesson learned though.
I digress...
The motor just basically tore itself apart. I had bought it used and it had just come back from a 3 yr lease. It looked great but once they started disecting the motor, they saw that it had never been maintained and was a ticking timebomb.
Unfortunately, the damn timebomb went off in my wallet. I was slightly upside down on the Jeep and fixing it was the only option.
Lesson learned though.
From second hand knowledge, you are not technically supposed to let your car warm up, as stated before. I personally have to because I find that my 6MT is almost impossible to drive when it is cold out (Anything below 30 degrees). My clutch pedal sticks, squeaks and is an absolute nightmare to drive. I have dried greasing the assembly and took it to the dealer, it is just the way it is. As a result, I let it warm up a good 15 minutes before I attempt to drive it. Even with warming up the oil/engine, the drivetrain and the other components still need to warm up so I do not push the car for another 20 minutes after driving. This is just my take on it though.
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