[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by svandamme
what's the point? to have the car warm up while you have breakfast?
cars don't warm up properly when idling like this.. they need to be driven, then need a load and then they warm up a lot faster...

I can see you have never lived anywhere that its -30 degrees and the car sits outside in the weather all day long! If the oil gets to a certain point the car just will not turn over, not to mention start. You come out of work, put the key in and all you hear is "click" and nothing else...

With airplanes we drain the oil out of the car and keep it warm inside. Then refill and preheat the engine, otherwise there is no way it will start. With cars its too much hassle to do this so people rig up starters to warm the engine and systems every 3-4 hours until they drive home. Other option is to put a block heater on them IF you can get to an electrical plug-in every day.

Canada and northern parts of America deal with this all the time. Otherwise you tow the vehicle into a garage and let it warm up overnight and start over again.