He can't wire a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator? Or at least covering one of the fans?
He's right of course, it'll be interesting to see how mine is this winter. They sell a coolant heater specifically for the TDI, 1000w he'd at least be able to start his commute warm. -Curt Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:52:17 -0500 From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Truck for Jamie Message-ID: <523c9961.5050...@bennell.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have commented on this before so hope I don't bore anyone. My neighbor accross the lane has a Golf TDI. The first winter, he took it to the dealer to have seat heaters installed because the car did not produce sufficient heat to keep them warm. He says that is understandable. He is a retired Physics professor and says that vehicles that make really good fuel mileage are not as likely to produce good heat. He says that burning fuel is converting one form of energy to another and if one burns lots of fuel then one generally creates a lot of heat as part of that conversion. Thus the old cast iron V8 blocks of our youth used a lot of fuel but made and retained heat well. Modern engines have so much aluminum etc that they also dispel the heat better. Not so good when we need heat. One of the things I see touted for one of the new pickup trucks is active shutters that close off the grill when the temperature sensors say they don't need the airflow. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
