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My car came with one and I use it both while my car is in my garage and at work. I usually let the car temp warm up to 100 degrees before I drive it. My commute is only 10-15 minutes.
Overall, I feel I do my part to reduce my negative impact on the environment.
The catylitic converter must get up to temperature to do it's job properly, I suspect getting it warmed up at idle rather than while your driving and creating more emmisions due to more fuel usage would actually reduce the tailpipe emmissions.
Why do I use a remote car starter? For days like today when the wind chill starts out at 4 below zero and is expected to fall during the day because of wind. I start my car from inside my house and when I get in the car 12 minutes later, it's warm.
anybody that saw the Movie Casino would understand why you use it......To keep someone from blowing you up when you start your car.
Right. I always hate when that happens.
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My car came with one and I use it both while my car is in my garage and at work. I usually let the car temp warm up to 100 degrees before I drive it. My commute is only 10-15 minutes.
Overall, I feel I do my part to reduce my negative impact on the environment.
Nice. I'd like to buy you a set of baby-seal seat covers for Christmas too. I think you'd like them. They're cute.
Somebody repped me on my post from about 2 years ago. That will make up for the negative rep I got from this thread way back in the beginning. Most of you probably weren't even around during our negative rep period.
What a fun thread. Thx 4 bumping it up. Sure is cold outside. It's 5 now.
Why would you use the remote car starter??? Makes no sense for me.
You should use an ice scraper to remove the ice from the car. Saves energy and is much better for the environment. Try it!
Oh my goodness. You are really trying to say that starting the car remotely and leaving it running for five minutes before driving it is going to release greenhouse gases and cause the earth to melt? Do you really buy into that nonsense?
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With the cold snap thats crossing a lot of the US now, I would wager that many folks are enjoying their remote start vehicles from the comfort of their warm home or work.
Why would you use the remote car starter??? Makes no sense for me.
You should use an ice scraper to remove the ice from the car. Saves energy and is much better for the environment. Try it!
Your joking right ? For us Diesel owners that live in cold climates the remote starter helps warm up the motor instead of driving it to warm up. Diesels generally take a little while longer than a gasser to warm up , and driving them cold is hard on them and the mileage suffers.
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