Morning -4 here

[J.B.]

Why's that?
I leave the M3 running for 5 mins minimum any morning as it runs like a bag of s**t when stone cold. Plus it gives the heated seats time to get toasty in the cold, or the aircon to cool it down in the warm!

It's quicker to warm up the car by driving it, on idle it sits there with cold oil in it for much longer increasing engine wear. With a decent scraper it takes about 2 minutes to clear the ice. It's only a bit of cold, man up!

It actually says in the manual that you should not leave it idling to warm it up.

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

It's quicker to warm up the car by driving it, on idle it sits there with cold oil in it for much longer increasing engine wear. With a decent scraper it takes about 2 minutes to clear the ice. It's only a bit of cold, man up!

It actually says in the manual that you should not leave it idling to warm it up.

xD Been doing it for over 2 years, tbh, its a 1.2, i'm not that completely bothered about doing it, Probably won't do it to the EP3 I plan on getting around september time.

My dad's the worse for it, He's had alot of cars, and his current 03 Honda Accord 2L Vtec, Had it for 5 years, and just clocked 100k on the clock, no problems what so ever.

 

[Jakey92]

It's quicker to warm up the car by driving it, on idle it sits there with cold oil in it for much longer increasing engine wear. With a decent scraper it takes about 2 minutes to clear the ice. It's only a bit of cold, man up!

It actually says in the manual that you should not leave it idling to warm it up.

I was under the assumption that it was better to idle until the choke goes off. Oops

 

[Hixle]

Passanger lock froze this morning. Bloody Fiat.

Hardly any ice on the windscreen though, G1's awesome in that respect.

 

[Craig.]

Wtf is your radio? Mine doesn't look like that lol

i figured, since the 197 handbrake was froze, and the radio screen looks different, that you were in the 172 lol

its a radio lol, some screens are different.

A 172 with a 197 dash? You should have looked at the picture abit better lol.

 

[Knuckles]

I know, I took one look at the radio screen and assumed it was a 172. If i looked at the dash I'd have realised

 

[Knuckles]

Forgot to leave my handbrake off tonight, just been out to take it off, my god it's freezing!

 

[aucky]

Forgot to leave my handbrake off tonight, just been out to take it off, my god it's freezing!

The heating is broken at work

 

[Knuckles]

Where I'm working ATM, I don't even have heating... 3 jackets, gloves, a hat and scarf, and I'm still freezing lol!

 

[Craig.]

I know, I took one look at the radio screen and assumed it was a 172. If i looked at the dash I'd have realised

:rasp:

It was -10 this morning too it getting colder

 

[LS14-CUP]

Got in the car today, night before i left the handbrake off - drove off nicely smug. Remembered been nursing car around last few days on fumes, trip computer has been showing --:-- for a while so best go get some juice, friggin lock on fuel cap frozen.

 

[Knuckles]

Lol! Very unfortunate, a few years ago I sat and watched some bint hack into her petrol cap with her car key

 

[kerry-w]

No problems with the handbrake freezing on mine, did have the door frozen shut the other day though and the lock! Had to get in through the passenger side and boot the door open from inside, what a task!

 

[Stu.]

-30 in the Valver, has been since November. My handbrake has been fine too.

 

[steviem]

-11 here the other morning. Nicks DCi fired up no problem. My 172 did the same. luke warm water to de-ice all over only for it to re-freeze 2 seconds later.
How i miss my heated front screen from my old Focus.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

-30 in the Valver, has been since November. My handbrake has been fine too.

Such a poof! <3

 

[-Craigo]

Latest temperature in Near Durham...

 

[mark smith87]

When I had my Nissan Primastar the handbrake froze several times in 2010 when we had the last really cold winter. It was the inner cable that froze inside the sleeve at the back where the cable dipped under the caliper. The Clio has been playing up a bit this winter with the handbrake as well. I think the only way to cure it is to spray light grease into the handbrake linkage at the back but taking care not to get grease on the pads and discs and work a bit of light oil or grease into the cable at the back as well.