Letting A Vehicle Warm Up In The Winter

[easilyscan 1,029]

It's 21° here right now. The kid who goes out with my neighbors daughter has had his late model full-size Chevy 'warming up' on the other side of the street for 1 hour & 3 minutes.

He did the same thing last winter.  I think his record is around 75 minutes. Too bad some of my degenerate gambler friends aren't here, we could make bets on it

 

[lickin_starfish 2,019]

Don't most remote starters shut off after 15 minutes?

[BeenHereBefore 1,631]

36 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

It's 21° here right now. The kid who goes out with my neighbors daughter has had his late model full-size Chevy 'warming up' on the other side of the street for 1 hour & 3 minutes.

You sure they are not getting busy in there? I let my cars warm up to clear the windows for 5 to 10 mins.

[jerryskids 7,141]

35 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

It's 21° here right now. The kid who goes out with my neighbors daughter has had his late model full-size Chevy 'warming up' on the other side of the street for 1 hour & 3 minutes.

He did the same thing last winter.  I think his record is around 75 minutes. Too bad some of my degenerate gambler friends aren't here, we could make bets on it

 

I'm intrigued that you know how long it has been warming up to the minute.  If you had said "about an hour," that would be one thing.  But one hour, 3 minutes? Kinda stalky.  

[Bier Meister 1,761]

I recall 15-20 min being sufficient ( 7 month winters in Colorado)

[BeenHereBefore 1,631]

3 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

I recall 15-20 min being sufficient ( 7 month winters in Colorado)

Yea just depends on how cold out.

[easilyscan 1,029]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

I'm intrigued that you know how long it has been warming up to the minute.  If you had said "about an hour," that would be one thing.  But one hour, 3 minutes? Kinda stalky.  

I knew someone would ask that. His truck is really loud when it starts. I was on my desktop when I heard it and noted the time.

 

[easilyscan 1,029]

1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said:

You sure they are not getting busy in there? I let my cars warm up to clear the windows for 5 to 10 mins.

He'd have to have huge ones if that was the case. Her father was working on his truck about 25 feet away.

FYI, he didn't break his record from last year. Left after 70 minutes of idling.

[easilyscan 1,029]

1 hour ago, lickin_starfish said:

Don't most remote starters shut off after 15 minutes?

I've never had one, so I couldn't tell you, but that makes sense.

[BeenHereBefore 1,631]

3 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

FYI, he didn't break his record from last year. Left after 70 minutes of idling.

Why does he want to let it run that long ?

[easilyscan 1,029]

5 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Why does he want to let it run that long ?

No idea ?

 

[Fireballer 2,683]

Gasoline or diesel?

[BeenHereBefore 1,631]

19 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

No idea ?

 

Ahh you never asked?

[easilyscan 1,029]

56 minutes ago, Fireballer said:

Gasoline or diesel?

Gasoline.

[easilyscan 1,029]

45 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Ahh you never asked?

No sir, at least not directly.