Cars with coolant/oil pre-heaters?
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Folks
Am aware there are cars that will pre-heat the interior for you on a cold day using residual coolant heat or an auxiliary heater. Do any of these systems actually pre-heat the oily bits of your engine?
The wife's commute is ridiculously short (7 minutes of congested A road) but just too far/wrong kind of roads to either walk or cycle in winter, plus a scooter is not an option. Also have a need for sprog drop off which rules out the more logical choices a male might opt for!
Our current A6 has not been enjoying the short commute and has required significant cleaning/replacement of breather pipes and components due to mayo clogging them.
Not sure whether to go for a bog standard utterly horrid box on wheels and just change it when it dies, or if something a few years old can be had that won't suffer from short journey use. I know if we lived in Finland etc we'd just plug it into the mains ready for the next start but not particularly keen on that plan!
The longer term plan of moving further from work is on hold......
Am aware there are cars that will pre-heat the interior for you on a cold day using residual coolant heat or an auxiliary heater. Do any of these systems actually pre-heat the oily bits of your engine?
The wife's commute is ridiculously short (7 minutes of congested A road) but just too far/wrong kind of roads to either walk or cycle in winter, plus a scooter is not an option. Also have a need for sprog drop off which rules out the more logical choices a male might opt for!
Our current A6 has not been enjoying the short commute and has required significant cleaning/replacement of breather pipes and components due to mayo clogging them.
Not sure whether to go for a bog standard utterly horrid box on wheels and just change it when it dies, or if something a few years old can be had that won't suffer from short journey use. I know if we lived in Finland etc we'd just plug it into the mains ready for the next start but not particularly keen on that plan!
The longer term plan of moving further from work is on hold......
skyrover said:
Good call, although don't currently have a driveway so would be illegal to use - in discussion with local council over whether they'd be minded to allow me to install a space in my front garden, but that's another story! Not sure insurance companies in the UK are too keen on the concept but worth investigating 
Adrian E said:
skyrover said:
Good call, although don't currently have a driveway so would be illegal to use - in discussion with local council over whether they'd be minded to allow me to install a space in my front garden, but that's another story! Not sure insurance companies in the UK are too keen on the concept but worth investigating Very popular in the cold US states where it's common to come out in the morning to find your car frozen solid.
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