I would normally agree with you but in PJabber's latest thread he has now speculated that those that are not agreeing with him were the victims of child molestation. Yeah, he's kicked it up a notch. So PSA, fleabag, the ball's in your court now!
I love this thread. Better than any in P&N.
It was damn cold again this morning. Somehow my car was nice and warm again before I left the driveway.
They are calling for blizzard conditions tomorrow, if I'm not too lazy ill post a video of my car performing this magic.
If it wouldn't seriously fuck up my windshield I would do it just for the novelty.Please make sure to spray water/vinegar on your windshields then cover them up with cardboard tonight. Also, inflate those tires to max sidewall so you can cut right thru the snow.
No, actually you seem to be. A car's thermostat does not open and close while it's running and after it's opened the first time.
The thermostatically controlled fan on your radiator, on the other hand, will cycle on and off in response to climbing coolant temps....comes on at a predetermined temp and turns off at a lower predetermined coolant temp. The thermostat, once open, remains open.
Like I said, you're an idiot... First of all, you're assuming the electric fan is running all the time.
You're wrong.
To say that a car's thermostat does not open and close due to the hot coolant flowing through the radiator is a complete lie unless you're talking about a malfunctioning vehicle. You have no idea how the cooling system of a car works. Since nobody here wants to argue with me, against you, this only confirms my fears that you people haven't a fucking clue as to what you're talking about.
Listen KID, thermostats open when it reaches a designated temperature and close at a designated temperature, END OF DISCUSSION.
If it doesn't close or doesn't open, then it is broken and somehow you've gotten yourself to believe a broken thermostat is one that is working. You are completely confused as to the purpose of a car's thermostat.
Radiators are quite effective in the dissipation of heat without the assistance of a fan which is why in temperate climates, it's very possible for the radiator fan to never come on if it is electric because the radiator is able to cope with the job of dissipating excess heat. The fan is for when the heat output exceeds the ability for the radiator to dissipate heat through regular convection.
If the thermostat was stuck open, the car would probably have been closer to 100F and would have a whole host of other problems. You've conveniently avoided the parts where I said you can clearly see when the thermostat has opened and closed.
When i am sitting idle my car warms up just fine but when i start to drive the temp drops.
Well then you can go fuck yourself because obviously you're just a troll. My car works fine, I gave an example of a time when a vehicle loses its operating temperature due to something stupid that the driver does and then you just basically call me a liar. Well you know what? You and all the idiots that have attempted to refute what I've said in this thread are either a bunch of idiots or a bunch of religious fundamentalists (idiots). Your religion is sticking to what ever the fuck you do regardless of how stupid it is because your faith tells you to do so.
So, you idled your car for 15 minutes? What a waste of gas not to mention you just wore down your engine far more than you should have. It is a fact that the quicker the warm up time, the longer your car will last. There is a reason why highway vehicles even with a lot of miles are in better condition than city vehicles and that doesn't just include the number of engine rotations. (See the guy with the Volvo 1800 S with 2.5million miles, few maintenance items done all with the original engine and transmission)
You said:
I never said never, I said there was a possibility if it was cold enough. But I DID say that running the heater would extend the warm up time considerably in most circumstances.
You're not going to heat up your car by idling it. If you want to heat up your car, you actually have to drive it. In some areas (like Alaska), if it's actually cold enough to warrant using the remote start, then you'll NEVER get your vehicle up to operating temperature. In fact, if your vehicle is at operating temperature in these climates, there is a good chance that it will actually get colder and not be at operating temperature any more if you happen to idle the vehicle for an extended period of time.
You're some special kind of asshat, aren't you?
You're not going to heat up your car by idling it. If you want to heat up your car, you actually have to drive it. In some areas (like Alaska), if it's actually cold enough to warrant using the remote start, then you'll NEVER get your vehicle up to operating temperature. In fact, if your vehicle is at operating temperature in these climates, there is a good chance that it will actually get colder and not be at operating temperature any more if you happen to idle the vehicle for an extended period of time.
Oh and for those douchebags who are working hard to discredit me entirely, it's in the owner's manual not to do extended idling and driving the car lightly is the best way to heat it up.
Well first you get the people in here who say "40F is NOT COLD! ZOMG STOOPID COMMIEFORNIANS!!! and then you get "nobody is going to be driving their car when it's -40F".. WHICH IS IT!? DURRRRR You've got two different or maybe the same person (troll) claiming two things that are contradictory to each other. How can you claim that 40F is not cold but then get angry at me when I mention that there are temperatures in which idling will never allow the engine to reach operating temperature.
Hey, Einstein, the reason a thermostat remains open is this, THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING, THUS HEATING MORE WATER WITHIN THE BLOCK therefore the thermostat remains open!. Never has anyone, anywhere, been proven so wrong by so many people at one time as this thread. You are the patron saint of morons, a deity to the clueless..
You're a dumbass.. See "Air cooled engine"...
I would normally agree with you but in PJabber's latest thread he has now speculated that those that are not agreeing with him were the victims of child molestation. Yeah, he's kicked it up a notch. So PSA, fleabag, the ball's in your court now!
Holy crap, stop posting.
Yur so qute.If you people aren't idiots, then you're just a bunch of assholes/trolls looking for a "kill". You people have been trolling for the longest time, I can make a statement that is obviously true, and then you either say "nope YOU'RE WRONG, OWNED!!!!" or you misinterpret what I say and then claim I'm "OWNED". Your behavior in this thread would indicate that you people are extremely childish. Of course you're going to retort just to keep this thread going as long as it has, because after all IT IS EPIC! SO AWESOME HUR!!!! I feel like I'm arguing with a bunch of children of which are all screaming in my ear telling me how I'm wrong about how Santa Claus is not real.
Will do, I'm sick of this stupid fucking thread with the same morons working so hard to disprove what I'm saying and claiming "ownage". This thread isn't about facts, it's about who can claim the most "points" in proving the other person being the idiot.
I'm done posting in this thread, please close the thread because there is nothing constructive that can be found in this thread due to it being cluttered by all the nonsense that has been posted.
I'm done posting in this thread