The all time record low for NYC is -15F. The last time NYC had a low below 0F was 2016 at -1F. Before that, it hit -2F in 1994.

So, GTFO with your need to warm up your engine for half an hour.

https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/USA/NY/New-Yor...

>The winter temperature extreme in NYC is around -16F

That is generally implied by the word 'extreme'.

>GTFO with your need to warm up your engine for half an hour.

Nobody said 30 minutes anywhere in this thread.

Get an electric engine warmer, defa or calix are popular here. Don’t know about NY but here in cold Sweden you can find such outlets on most private apartment block parking spaces. This is not an EV charger, just a normal power outlet you plug into your car for the purpose of heating the engine and some times also the cabin.

Today they aren’t as popular as they used to be, modern cars usually have no problem starting anyway. And most people are lazy to plug a cable so instead use the cars built in pre-conditioner, which sadly also burns diesel and smells even worse than when combusted through the engine.

More modern cars can also utilize the EV charger for this purpose. Another reason why hybrid or EVs are superior to diesel in the city.

For the last min. 20 years a minute of idling was more than sufficient even with temps below -25 Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit). Engine was lubricated after 15 to 25 seconds.

The rest was nice stories we told ourselves to not feel our butts freeze.

I learned a long time ago not to put the burden of this specific comfort (warm car in freezing winter) onto my neighborhood. But maybe that is just me being raised with values towards being a good citizen and a potential good ancestor for the next generations to come.

It is hardly ever -16F in NYC, or anything close to that.