Warming up your car before driving in cold weather can damage the engine

Re:Warming up your car before driving in cold weather can da... by bombcar on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:02PM (#34131203)

This is a real important point - many drivers in the cold aren’t dressed for it at all and though even many rural roads will have someone pass by relatively soon a warm car is going to be nicer.

Of course anyone driving in freezing areas should have winter survival gear but who actually does?

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Re:Warming up your car before driving in cold weather can da... by cactusplant7374 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:11PM (#34131313)

Also, wearing heavy jackets in a car is just damn uncomfortable.

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Re:Warming up your car before driving in cold weather can da... by bombcar on Sunday December 25, 2022 @05:22PM (#34132096)

Especially since about ten minutes in you’ll be boiling and opening the window.

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Re:Warming up your car before driving in cold weather can da... by stephencanon on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:16PM (#34132554)

Since having kids, always. I’m not particularly fussed about my comfort, but I really don’t want to have to walk a couple miles carrying an underdressed two-year-old (or leave them in the car).

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