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Originally Posted by COcyclist
I sometimes use two heaters on the engine and one in the cabin and do not even notice a difference on my electric bill.
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How long do they need to heat up?
An 'easy' solution could be putting an ordinay ceramic heater underneath the car or simply blowing hot air into the engine bay. If it warms up the engine to 40°C, that's a big difference to freezing temperatures outside or 15°C garage temperature.
Besides, that diesel in my car doesn't like very cold starts at all. Take a look at this video and shiver!
This one starts similar as mine at aprox. -10°C after 3 times preheating the glow plugs. And that is not necessary due to bad plugs, it is characteristic of these three-cylinder diesels.