aero blades more fragile?

[Jeremiah Curry]

I believe idling accelerates engine wear because it makes the engine run
cool longer.  Idling itself is not bad, just the by-product of having an
engine that is running cool for a longer period.  Idling in traffic
presumably your engine has already warmed up enough.

That said, Most Audis will likely never have engine wear issues before the
rest of the car falls apart or the electronics fail.

Jeremiah
'01 Allroad
'92 MR2 Turbo
'57 Triumph TR3

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Brendan
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:55 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: aero blades more fragile?

> As for leaving the car running to warm up, it's not recommended by
> most car companies.  Accelerates engine wear quite a bit to have the
> engine idle so long (driving generates much more heat and the engine
> warms up faster.)  Dunno about Audi, but Volvo sells auxiliary heaters
> that crank out a large amount of heat to warm up the engine and
> coolant.  I don't think they are available in the US, though :(
> 
>   In MA, though it is almost never enforced, there's also an
> anti-idling law that was mostly aimed at diesel trucks, but applies to
> all vehicles.  I know NYC has a similar rule...a number of states
> probably have similar laws.

Blah to both.

So, when I am idling in traffic, that accelerates engine wear? Shucks, I'll 
have to tell that to my two 300k+/mi cars that have both been idled every 
winter for 20 winters and idled in traffic 5 days a week for 20 years...
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