I always heard it was bad to let an engine sit and idle longer than a stoplight.
I often use my car when I'm at work so I need it with me. And it's not a fun walk when it's windy and below zero when you have to be dressed up for work.
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I often use my car when I'm at work so I need it with me. And it's not a fun walk when it's windy and below zero when you have to be dressed up for work.
Being smart and well educated doesn't always mean you find it easy to Finnish the job.
Ok, that may require a timeout.
Bah Dum DUMP. He will be here all week folks for two shows a day. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your server!
To the best of my knowledge, both of these ideas have little basis in fact.
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Actually a idling engine doesn't burn fuel as efficiently as one that is under a load. Also your just putting more pollution in the air when idling. At the transportation companies I worked at there was a no idle policy when parked. Unless it was a certain temperature range.
I'm looking at new cars. One has a 1500W inverter as an option. What could I -reasonably- power with that?
I'd think running stuff off that without the car running would suck your battery dead pretty quick.. With the car running, why not just run the heat and D/C compatible stuff?
The next season of Mrs. Maisel will feature Phil, back in the Catskills.
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Just musing here, adding a cover, couple of folding chairs and an induction or propane heater of some sort......:
Okay, so I've almost always used my car as home base - lunch, extra water, clothes, layers, extra skis and poles. Not a big deal. My bag heated boots go on standing up, for leverage, right out of the warm bag, right after the car's turned off. Maximum warmth all around. Often when it's snowing heavily, depends on the wind direction, sort of, but generally, with the SUV back hatch lifted, that provides enough protection/cover from what's falling for putting on parka and boots. The wet ground is a partial problem at times then, so I bring a rolled up rug/mat (for below back door or back hatch), that gives boots and shoes something they won't slip on, and that my foot out of the boot won't get wet on if I happen to have to put it down on the ground. This works fine at subzero in a driving blizzard at, say, Loveland or A Basin, long before first chair, even in the dark.
Yes apparently - check the website also, but I gave up my seasonal locker at main last month, no longer cost effective for me. Mammoth called me at least 6 times asking if I was going to renew and extended the time to pay. When I cleaned it out there were a lot of other lockers that were either empty/ or had non renew tags. I understand that NO teams will have lockers this season either. That should free up a lot of traffic in the lodge between 8:30-9am. If you pick your day use area correctly, you could be booting up with very few people around.....
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I had a new thought. I'm :15 from my mountain. I use ZipFit liners in my boots and take them out, put my feet in, then put my feet in the shell with the liners already on. Doing this for a few years, first with Intuitions.
So I'll drive with the Zipfits on, the shells heated up in the hot bag, and kept warm on the 12VDC on the drive over. Then all I have to do is put my shells on in the parking lot.
So I'll drive with the Zipfits on, the shells heated up in the hot bag, and kept warm on the 12VDC on the drive over. Then all I have to do is put my shells on in the parking lot.
Glue some climbing rubber onto the Zipfits and zoom.
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^^ Huh?
