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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Nobody is forcing anything.
But if you join a fuel economy forum, you should expect that people will be discussing ways to reduce fuel consumption, not waste it idling.
There are several better ways to pre-heat your vehicle than by letting it sit idling.
If that concept gets your hackles up, you're on the wrong forum.
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There is at least one member advocating the forcing of the issue. That gets my hackles up and I am, apparently, pretty on board with not wasting fuel.
Anyway even down to 30 below I don't bother letting the car come up to full temp before driving. I start the car, get out unplug it, scrape the windshields then get in and drive off. Once the temp gauge comes off the peg I turn the heater on. The extra minute or so of idle gets the defrost that much closer to a functional temp before I leave the low speed area of the neighborhood.
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