[Frank Lee]

Are you thick? I've been shoveling exclusively for decades. I was just given this thing- put gas in it three times now; still shovel for the light snows. I've put way, way more energy into that shovel than I have into this blower! Eventually shoveling three foot deep snow gets old, just like my carcass. My favorite snow is that hard, heavy, icy, lumpy, dense crap the plow loves to fill the first 10' of my driveway in with every other day.

I like my engines to warm up fast- the moving parts like each other better that way, the oil gets kicked around more, and I can open the choke fully sooner and open the throttle all the way.

All I've done is the same thing that's been on all my Corvairs and VWs for the last 50 years: slow the cooling air down from a gale force to a breeze for the first few minutes when it's cold. Sheesh.