Date:         Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:32:56 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Cold weather, short trips
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I've read here many times that short drives which don't allow the engine
to come up to full temp are tough on it. Unfortunately, this little town
isn't large enough for most trips to get the temp gauge up to normal,
and these days we're hovering around freezing.

So then what's better for these short trips: low rpms or high rpms? I
have an auto but even then I can choose between 2nd and 3rd for the
surface streets.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

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