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Originally Posted by JRMichler
When our daughter was a baby, we would just bundle her up, put her in the child seat, load kid and seat in car, and THEN start the engine and go. Even at 30 below.
It's different for a baby in child seat. The baby never has to sit on a cold car seat because the child seat is prewarmed from being indoors.
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This is pretty much what we do with a 2yo and 4mo. Wool blankets in the back of the car, and winter gear for being out in it either on the kids or quick to grab as sitting in a warm car in full gear sucks.
Still a good idea to preheat an engine though. My preference for heating is a pad on the oil pan (with the warning not to burn your oil), and an inline/tank heater that has good thermo-siphon, or a pump. Bigger is better. 500 watts for one hour will get the engine warmer than 250 for 2 hours.
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