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Originally Posted by ZOMGVTEK
I agree that a 400W block heater is simply not enough. Even with the car in my garage, now that its about -10ºC outside, my car takes a LONG time to warm up, and everything feels stiff until it does. The garage barely helps, since the door is open most of the day. Its maybe a few degrees above ambient.
Im looking into putting a 250W heater pad onto the transmission, and possibly a electric heater in the interior to warm everything up before I leave.
And wow, your KIA gets the same MPG as my 3.0L V6!
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I only wish I had a garage to put the car in, and yes, everything is very stiff in the cold. All our driving is short trips right now so it usually doesn't even get warm enough for the thermostat to open. By next month, my mileage will probably be much worse than yours.
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Almost all my driving is done 1-5 miles at a time.
Best short trip: 2.4 l/100 km, 3.9 km