Re: Remote car start via phone?

[szekeres@xxxxxxxx (GregS)]

In article <EnoFg.422264$iF6.409047@pd7tw2no>, Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>mikey wrote:
>> I'm sure the engine warms up everything connected to it sooner or later. My
>> postion is that everything should warm up at the same RATE. Not a good idea
>> to have a warm motor pushing a cold car, wheel bearings, axle, dif, tranny,
>> whatever.
>
>So either you take off right away so you have a COLD motor pushing a cold
>drivetrain, or you let the thing warm up for half an hour.
>
>I see no logic at all to your "position".  WHY is it "not a good idea to have a
>
>warm motor pushing a cold car, etc..."?
>
>My answer to ALL this silliness is again to point out that almost every modern
>car manufacturer recommends a start-and-go procedure and not allowing the car
> to
>warm up more than 30 seconds in normal circumstances... seems to me they know a
>
>damn site more about how their products will best respond than any of the
>pundits in these groups.

i wonder how many of the executives of the car companies have remote start??

greg