Good to have car equipment

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Originally Posted by Mark

Winter morning procedure is get in the car and turn the engine on and press front and rear screen heaters and put the wipers on normal speed; then press the screen wash every 30 seconds or so, depending on how thick the ice is it's usually gone within a couple of minutes at the most. Much nicer than having to scrape the window!

Of course it doesn't help with snow but I can just brush that off and it'll deal with the ice underneath.

It doesn't help with side windows, so I often have to drive with those open until the heater comes in; that's if they aren't frozen shut!

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Ahh those were the days...

now I got meself a block heater though :p :bandit:

A block heater is standard equipment around these parts :mark: .

In addition, I've installed an interior cabin heater that is mounted underneath the dashboard. I have it set on a timer so that it engages an hour or two before I leave in the mornnigs. It not only warms the interior, it helps keep the windows relatively free of snow or ice.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

A block heater is standard equipment around these parts :mark: .

In addition, I've installed an interior cabin heater that is mounted underneath the dashboard. I have it set on a timer so that it engages an hour or two before I leave in the mornnigs. It not only warms the interior, it helps keep the windows relatively free of snow or ice.

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I get a warm engine and a warm interior with mine... but around these parts I only need 20-30 minutes instead of an hour or two :p

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Originally Posted by schmenke

A block heater is standard equipment around these parts :mark: .

In addition, I've installed an interior cabin heater that is mounted underneath the dashboard. I have it set on a timer so that it engages an hour or two before I leave in the mornnigs. It not only warms the interior, it helps keep the windows relatively free of snow or ice.

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A blockheater and interior heater plug are a must for me too, here you have to be careful when bying a car imported from Germany for example, it migth be missing those. My brother just bougth
an Audi A4 which has a parking camera, it feels a bit lolz but might actually prove to be useful. :-)

If I clear the air intake at the base of the window the heater is hot enough within a few minutes to start loosening up ice. The real problem after a night of freezing is getting the transmission oil flowing.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

A blockheater and interior heater plug are a must for me too, here you have to be careful when bying a car imported from Germany for example, it migth be missing those. My brother just bougth
an Audi A4 which has a parking camera, it feels a bit lolz but might actually prove to be useful. :-)

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You don't really need a block heater or an interior heater in an Audi A4, for example.
My A4 diesel did start without any problems at -30 degrees. Also it heats up the interior very fast, it took about 5 minutes to reach 18 degrees in winter after being parked outside all night long.

I would rather invest the extra money in better transmission, suspension and tires/wheels. And a good battery that will not die in the cold, otherwise you can forget all the built in stuff.

[ The real problem after a night of freezing is getting the transmission oil flowing.[/QUOTE]
Most cars manual and automatic,in the UK,now use ATF oil in the transmission now,so the oil in the transmission is thinner,and you don't get much drag changing gear when temperature drops below freezing

A/C, CD player, decent stereo ie. just so long as music doesn't sound like its coming out of crap speakers.

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Originally Posted by driveace

Most cars manual and automatic,in the UK,now use ATF oil in the transmission now,so the oil in the transmission is thinner,and you don't get much drag changing gear when temperature drops below freezing

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How long has that been going on? My car is eight years old and I wonder if new manuals here use ATF as well.

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Originally Posted by ioan

My A4 diesel did start without any problems at -30 degrees. Also it heats up the interior very fast, it took about 5 minutes to reach 18 degrees in winter after being parked outside all night long.

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Good to see the Germans learning their lessons, if they'd had Diesel engines in their tanks back in '41 history might have been very different.