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

[Andrew .Libby]

My wife's Mercedes with a single block heater plugged in for an hour (I
actually installed two, but haven't yet used both at the same time) will
actually melt the frost off the bottom of the windshield down to 0°F.  Heat
is pretty much instantaneous.

I would install a block heater first and see how that goes.  Great for the
engine, great for your comfort.  If that is not toasty enough for you soon
enough, then you could install an in-hose style heater in the car heater
coolant loop downhill of the heater core.  The two combined would guarantee
heat from your car heater immediately.  I may install both in my TD vanagon,
as the heater loop is over 15 feet of hose and the block heater will not
heat it up.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmm, well my goal is not really to be able to start the car (it is a gasser
> so not much of a worry there really) but to just have the interior warm as
> quickly as possible.  I'm in Manhattan Kansas, so it doesn't get super super
> cold, but I'm kinda wimpy when it comes to cold.  ;)
>
> Sounds like the best thing is just have the engine toasty  with the heater
> and call it good.
>
> Dave Cook
>