Subzero temperature starting.

[hayes myers]

Well...mine might be more/less depending on ambient temp...but it is reallll
close.  I like to run an electric  ceramic cube furnace in the morning
...and let that take away the ice etc for me.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Danton J.A. Cardoso
<djacardoso at gmail.com>wrote:

> I took the route of letting it idle for about 5 min....FWIW though, it
> started without any glitch....and it went down to -15 last night.  I
> wish my heat would kick in at .62 of a mile, mine kicks at 1.2 miles.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM, hayes myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2nd that.  I like to start my car and then adjust my seatbelt and make
> sure
> > my smokes are close at hand!...by that time (30 seconds max) i'm off...
> > these cars warm fast...within 1km my heater is kickin it. lol.  Wait
> until
> > your oil temp nudges up a fraction and you are good to go a little
> harder.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> drive off nearly immediately, using low revs and a light throttle.
> >>
> >> If you leave it idling, it warms up far more slowly, all the time
> >> running rich and dumping gas effectively down the cylinders and into the
> >> oil.
> >>
> >> This way it warms up more quickly.
> >>
> >> Your instincts to be very light on throttle and revs are good!
> >>
> >> Grant
> >>
> >> Danton J.A. Cardoso wrote:
> >> > Overnight tonight here in NE Missouri it is going to be around -5 or
> >> > lesser for the temperature.  Unfortunately, my A4 is parked outside,
> >> > but at least it is under a carport.  The starting ritual I do in
> >> > temperatures like this is shove the clutch in, hit the gas a 1/4 way
> >> > and fire it up.  Now, I know the traditional way is wait a few
> >> > seconds, and drive off, which I do shifting at 2000 rpm.  However, in
> >> > the past there are times I have had let it idle for about 10-15
> >> > minutes, or until the water temperature gauge is reading two or three
> >> > notches above cold, or even to normal temperature.  Should I do this,
> >> > or do the drive off the traditional way?  108K on the odometer Castrol
> >> > Syn-blend in the crankcase, 5W30.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >
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