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**Giselle** · 05-05-2007, 05:20 PM

Re: "warming up the car". Most car owners marnuals actually mention it's best to drive after starting rather than leaving it idling. Besides, it warms the car up much faster which means less fuel erichment, anyway, so that's good as well.

I forgot to comment on the heater use - this uses waste heat from the engine coolant so doesn't affect the fuel economy - if the heater wasn't being used it would be ejected by the radiator. Using the fan will use a small amount of energy but I would expect this to be negligible.

05-05-2007, 05:20 PM	#8
Giselle Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Re: "warming up the car". Most car owners marnuals actually mention it's best to drive after starting rather than leaving it idling. Besides, it warms the car up much faster which means less fuel erichment, anyway, so that's good as well. I forgot to comment on the heater use - this uses waste heat from the engine coolant so doesn't affect the fuel economy - if the heater wasn't being used it would be ejected by the radiator. Using the fan will use a small amount of energy but I would expect this to be negligible.
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