On 12/30/17 1:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/30/2017 1:28 PM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:33:23 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:35:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 12/29/2017 9:06 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 29 December 2017 20:32:03 UTC-4, Mr. LudditeÂ* wrote:
On 12/29/2017 7:21 PM, Alex wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
Rethinking my early morning Dunkin' Donuts run.
4 degrees F. right now with a wind chill of minus 5-10.
Got remote start on that Colorado?
Thankfully, yes.Â* This morning I let it run through two complete, 10
minute warm up cycles before I ventured out.Â* Temp had actually
dropped
another degree to 3.
Below a certain temp the remote starter also automatically turns
on the
seat heater which is nice.Â* Makes a big difference!
Â* From what I've read...warming up while sitting idling isn't good
for the vehicle or the environment.Â* They say it's better to drive
away slowly for the first 5-10 minutes.
I have a dedicated long extension cord that I use to plug in the
block heater. I bought an electric battery blanket also but haven't
installed it yet.
An hour before I go anywhere on mornings below -10C, I throw the
inside switch that controls 2 of my 3 outside plugs.Â* The
Highlander starts easily and warms up much faster.
Car manufacturers used to warn about idling a car for long periods
because it was bad for the catalytic converter.Â* Don't know if that's
true anymore as remote starters in cold climates have become very
popular.Â* I don't have a garage and when you use the remote start it
also turns on the windshield and rear window defroster full blast.
Without that benefit, I'd be sitting in the driveway for a while anyway
waiting to see where I was going.
In any event I only use it on these very cold mornings.Â* My total drive
to and from the local Dunkin's is only 10 minutes and I like doing it
without freezing my ass off.
I can see why the rest of the world is ****ed at Americans. You ran
your car for a half hour to take a 10 minute drive for a cup of coffee
and a doughnut. Maybe Uber should deliver doughnutsÂ* ;-)
Would that Uber guy be saving a lot of resources?
I can really empathize with this. I used to go to a local 7/11 every
morning for coffee, when I was
stationed at Fort Belvoir. The manager and I would shoot the ****, and
the coffee was always on the
house. He wouldn't let me pay. Said he really liked having a customer
in the place at 5:30 AM. Made
him feel a bit more secure.
5:30 am is just about the time I arrive at Dunkin's every morning.Â* The
girls there know my voice when I pull up to the order speaker and
automatically know what coffees and donuts to get.Â* I gave the morning
crew there a $100 tip on Christmas Eve morning.Â* They have to be there
before 4 am to receive the donuts that are made and then distributed by
truck.Â* They probably have remote starters too.Â* :-)
I remember the days when the donuts were made fresh in the store. I
don't eat them anymore, but I did read a couple of years ago that the
donut dough was frozen and delivered that way to the stores. I use to
like the thin, cruller-like, round donuts. Haven't had one in at least a
decade.
