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13142 messages, Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 7:34 PM
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Replying to: thegraduate (Jan 12, 2009 9:08 am) Yeah...we are projected to be -3 on Wednesday without the wind. It will feel like -20 with the wind chill. I'm gonna burn all my gas just trying to warm up my car in the morning!! Not looking forward to it... |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Jan 12, 2009 9:25 am)  P.S. A car warms up faster while driving. There was an invention within the recent past (speaking of technology like keyless start) that helps drivers who need to drive a cold car on days like this. It's called Coat, Hat, Gloves. Works very well! 
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Replying to: backy (Jan 12, 2009 9:40 am) I can take it. I just don't like it!! If my wife was not big into snow sports (skiing/snow boarding) and all my family were not up here, I would be looking to migrate my flock down south.
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Replying to: backy (Jan 12, 2009 9:40 am) Dont forget a cup of hot coffee! |
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Replying to: backy (Jan 12, 2009 9:40 am) 
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 12, 2009 10:28 am)  Also "Defroster." It helps too to learn how to breathe shallowly, through the nose, while the car is warming up on the really cold days. I find that within a mile or so, the defroster has no problem keeping the windshield clear w/o the shallow breathing trick (assuming you first clear snow/ice off the air intake), and the wires in the back window work pretty fast also. The bun warmers help a lot also. Had some on a 3 Series but just said good-bye to that. Which leads to a (on-topic!!) question: which mid-sized sedans offer seat warmers, with cloth and with leather? I'd guess all of them with leather at least, but maybe some with cloth too (not as important though, IMO). Even some compacts now offer bun warmers with cloth and leather seating.
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Replying to: backy (Jan 12, 2009 10:56 am) |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 12, 2009 11:07 am)
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Replying to: akirby (Jan 12, 2009 11:37 am) The heated leather seats in our SEL AWD 2007 Fusion work like a dream, have high-low setting, too. |
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Replying to: backy (Jan 12, 2009 9:40 am) Ah, had not thought of this archaic "warm the car up" practice really being about babying the driver and not the vehicle. Of course, I'm somewhat coddled myself with an attached garage on the really cold days it is maybe ~20 degrees warmer in there than outside. |
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