[Vwdiesel] Anyone try this? (To have a warm, toasty car)

[Justin Bennett]

I wished I had a nice toasty warm car.  But at these temperatures my 98 Jetta shows its VW parentage.  Even with the radiator blocked off I cannot run the heater more then 1/4 above full cold or the engine will not get up to operating temp.  So I dress warm and run the defrost on cold.  The bonus is that when I park any new snow doesn't melt and then refreeze. So no scraping a lot of mornings.  No it isn't the thermostat.  Two new German thermostats and no change.  
Justin