[Vwdiesel] Cold TDI

[Dave Cook]

I agree with Justin's point when traveling out of town.  But for in-town driving, I don't want to wear more clothing than necessary for work or whatever I'm doing plus a coat to get from the car to the building.  Just impracticle to be changing in/out of clothes each time I went into a building.  

Thus, I want a nice- toasty car to drive around town in.

BTW, I don't think automatic transmission equipped TDI's came with coolant glow plugs.  Also not sure about the first edition of the TDI.  

Until recently, the extent of my TDI experience was auto tranny cars and Dad's '96 and I hadn't noticed the glow plug heaters until I worked on a manual transmission TDI New Beetle.

Dave Cook


--- On Sun, 12/20/09, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:

> From: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Cold TDI
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 5:03 AM
> Justin makes a very important point
> which could be a matter of life & death! In cold
> weather, dress warm enough so that you will remain warm
> enough so that if your car breaks down or you have an
> accident, you won't freeze to death. I'm sure you don't have
> to tell this to Canadians or Alaskans but people from warmer
> climates such as the East Coast, USA may benefit from this
> in view of the big blizzard they are now experiencing. I
> have never heard of or seen "Gill liner". I haven't tried it
> but suggestion of maintaining a small gap between the
> radiator & the cover makes since, just like storm
> windows have an air gap between the glass panes. As to that
> 110 volt electric car heater, I think I still have it stored
> "somewhere" as I removed it from my Citroen back in 1969
> when I moved to Calif. Fortunately, I don't have to worry
> about these cold weather measurers since I now live in
> Calif. However, people in the eastern part of Nevada County
> (Truckee & around Lake Tahoe) do have to be concerned
> with these cold weather issues. My memories of Minn. cold
> weather are still vivid.
> As an aside, for those of you who may think I live in
> Nevada, a little history lesson. Back around 1850, when Utah
> became a state, they had to re-name what was left of the
> Utah Territory. At that time due to the Gold Rush, the City
> of Nevada,CA., was the third largest city in Calif. Only San
> Francisco & Sacramento were larger. Because of its
> proximity to the left over Utah Territory, they re-named it
> Nevada, & the City of Nevada became Nevada City. Nevada
> County, CA also retained its name.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA.
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