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JohnBoy
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• DFW, TX, USA |
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• Registered on 9/3/2002 |
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• 972 posts |
• 2 Vehicles
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 Posted:4/7/2004 09:11 |
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A little late for my $.000002 but
I go with the school of thought that you're wasting fuel if it's sitting...
just take it easy backing out of the driveway and thru the neighbrhood... which u should anyway !
and within those five minutes, it will warm up just as fast (and easy) at 20 mph and 1000 rpms as it will at 0 mph and 700 rpm ...
That being said... i rarely get in it that I haven't hit the remote start 
in the winter to let it warm up before my beauty complains about the leather being cold...
and in the summer when I whine about the black X getting so hot 
course cold and hot are both relative terms !
to me the definitions are:
cold = below 40 F , hot = above 90F
"your result may vary" 
2005 6.0L 4x4 Eddie Bauer Ex
2003 6.0L 4x4 Limited Ex - traded in (BooHoo )
"The Republicans should back off and let men marry men, women marry women, and legalize abortion. In three generations there would be no Democrats." |
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Dave Sullivan
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• Kitchener, XX, Canada |
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• Registered on 2/27/2003 |
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• 199 posts |
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Posted:4/13/2004 13:51 |
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| Quote: | Now I have to respond to the "Texans in Candian weather" crack
I was up in Ontario at the begining of January and due to a 5 hour delay, were were stuck in Toronto at 2 AM and obviously missed our connection to London. Luckily an Avis counter Agent stayed late and we got a car and drove, in a snow storm, from Toronto to London. We tried to follow trucks etc. so we knew where the road was (couldn't see where the lanes were) but I saw a LOT of Canadian trucks, cars etc. off in the ditches, jack-knifed, flipped as we drove by at 120km.
I admit, I told the guy driving topay attention to the cars and trucks off the road with drivers that were used to this stuff, and not to try to hang with that truck we were following at those speeds. We made it though.
The next couple of days there were bus route closings, people not showing up for work etc., due to weather. It was SNOW, not ICE like we get. ;) People don't realize what driving on 3-4" or more of solid ice it like. Our winters can suck  |
Yeah.. it was a particularily nasty year for off road parking. They closed a number of roads cuz of the wind causing white outs. Smart move slowing down. Theres lots of newby truck drivers that have yet to learn that tracktor trailers are not off road compatable and they don't stop worth crap when the road is less than bone dry. It used to be that you could follow a truck to some advantage but not any more.
You sometimes need rocket assist just to keep up. Have you ever seen a tractor trailer tippy toe?
I did this year when the 401 was just at the freezing point but still wet. Very nasty. I don't drive when we get ice storms. Just aint no way to get stopped unless you have a tree handy.
Dave.
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