Quickest Way to heat up car
12-16-2008, 02:46 PM
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Invite the wife to sit next to you for a few minutes, you know, all the hot air. 
12-16-2008, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by zerocool' post='746719' date='Dec 16 2008, 03:57 PM
i send my wife to start the car and turn all the heaters on....i go out after 5 mins 
12-16-2008, 05:44 PM
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I just leave everything on full auto and turn on the seat and steering wheel heaters. Maybe it's the V8 but my car heats up remarkably fast. No need to do anything except lower the setting on the seat heaters once my butt starts to smoke... 
12-16-2008, 05:58 PM
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LOL @ Calton!! Beans are always a winner! Or a good Madras! 
I tend to find my car is ok in the mornings... It's garaged though, so maybe that makes a difference, however, heated seat is always the first button pressed!!
I tend to find my car is ok in the mornings... It's garaged though, so maybe that makes a difference, however, heated seat is always the first button pressed!!
12-18-2008, 10:47 AM
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I park in an unheated garage and for last weeks, the morning temps have been in the -15 to -20C range (that's around +2 to -3F).
I have heated seats and heated steering wheel. I find the seat heaters will fry your ass quickly so I'm turning mine down, then off within the first 5 mins of driving. I find my 535 warms up engine-wise quite quickly.
I would not rev a cold engine.
I have heated seats and heated steering wheel. I find the seat heaters will fry your ass quickly so I'm turning mine down, then off within the first 5 mins of driving. I find my 535 warms up engine-wise quite quickly.
I would not rev a cold engine.
12-18-2008, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tuco' post='748037' date='Dec 19 2008, 03:47 AM
I park in an unheated garage and for last weeks, the morning temps have been in the -15 to -20C range (that's around +2 to -3F).
I have heated seats and heated steering wheel. I find the seat heaters will fry your ass quickly so I'm turning mine down, then off within the first 5 mins of driving. I find my 535 warms up engine-wise quite quickly.
I would not rev a cold engine.
I have heated seats and heated steering wheel. I find the seat heaters will fry your ass quickly so I'm turning mine down, then off within the first 5 mins of driving. I find my 535 warms up engine-wise quite quickly.
I would not rev a cold engine.