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 Dec 18, 2005 - 9:59 PM
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i hear that starting your car is the equivalent of letting your car idle for about 3 minutes or so, and by equivalent i mean the amount of gas being used. Has anyone else heard of this? Or if it is true?
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Dec 18, 2005 - 11:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 25, '03 From Miami, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
QUOTE(Terzin1 @ Dec 18, 2005 - 7:59 PM) [snapback]368732[/snapback] i hear that starting your car is the equivalent of letting your car idle for about 3 minutes or so, and by equivalent i mean the amount of gas being used. Has anyone else heard of this? Or if it is true? thats not true. i forgot what it was on tv but they did some tests and it's actually better on gas to turn off your car when your at a red light than to let it idle. i doubt anybody does this, but still. i mean, i doubt it makes a difference at all. i just drive and not think about things like that because it's not worth it and it'll probably give me a headache.--------------------  |
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Dec 18, 2005 - 11:41 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Calgary Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
i'm not sure if that's true.... but i would guess not.
i'd agree to something more like: "starting your car is equivalent to 15 secs of idle" -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Dec 19, 2005 - 12:57 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 10, '05 From San Diego Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
a little off topic, but gas prices in san diego are down from $3.00 a gallon to $2.18 a gallon
so now i feel better about letting my car run period. it can idle all it wants now because now i can afford it |
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Dec 19, 2005 - 1:26 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 19, '05 From Auckland New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
my car putts out when it is cold in reverse piece of crap. That really saves fuel lol. Our fuel prices have gone up again.
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Dec 19, 2005 - 1:41 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 25, '05 From Sydney, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I dont think that is true.
But if you were to keep turning your car off and on. Your starter motor will go pretty soon too. So in my opinion it's not worth it. --------------------  98 ST204 ZR - Black Beauty - Roaming the streets of Sydney 73 TA22 LT - Tiffany Blue - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 75 TA22 LT - Snow White - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 77 RA28 LT - Flubber Green - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 94 MX-5 NA8 Clubman - Red Racer - Looking for corners WIP Project: 69 RT40 Corona, 2nd WIP Project: 66 RT40 1600s Corona 86 Corona RT142 - Daily Driver 6GC 4 Life Baby!!! |
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Dec 19, 2005 - 11:31 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 25, '04 From Henniker, NH USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
it is true that during start your bearings incurr more wear then anytime while running (that is in the engines operational range). And ya you would burn out your starter and in heavy city driving you could kill your battery depending on how close the lights are being it draws the most power of any part of the system (that is other then large stereo systems, I think)
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Dec 19, 2005 - 12:33 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 18, '04 From Portland OR / Vancouver WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I hope its not true...
I saw a price of 2.01 last night. I bet its even lower at other locations...ill have to check --------------------  |
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Dec 19, 2005 - 2:16 PM
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QUOTE(amysmojo @ Dec 19, 2005 - 11:33 AM) [snapback]368956[/snapback] I hope its not true... I saw a price of 2.01 last night. I bet its even lower at other locations...ill have to check 1.96 in idaho 
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Dec 19, 2005 - 3:06 PM
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QUOTE(nik @ Dec 19, 2005 - 11:16 AM) [snapback]368975[/snapback] QUOTE(amysmojo @ Dec 19, 2005 - 11:33 AM) [snapback]368956[/snapback] I hope its not true... I saw a price of 2.01 last night. I bet its even lower at other locations...ill have to check 1.96 in idaho haha well I saw the 2.01 price @ chevron or shell. If I went to arco im sure its even lower lol -------------------- |
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Dec 19, 2005 - 3:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Annapolis, Md Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
I always thought it was like 2 min.. But yeah you always want to let you engine warm up before driving it.
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Dec 19, 2005 - 4:18 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 19, '05 From Auckland New Zealand Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Anyone ever heard of a car putting out in reverse when cold?
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Dec 20, 2005 - 9:46 AM
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petrol where i'm from is about £5.00 a gallon at present, i guess thats about $7.50. i'm so lucky to live it the UK.
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Dec 20, 2005 - 1:31 PM
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Last I saw over here was 1.99 at 76
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Dec 20, 2005 - 2:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '02 From Blairstown, New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
Gas sucks.
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Dec 21, 2005 - 12:27 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 24, '04 From Moscow, russia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
on a cold start you fuel usage is like the same as 5 min's idel on a warm engin..... if the motors warm then it's not worth thinking about.... but wear and tear on the starter will increase....
as for petrol i'm paying @ 60 cents a liter for 98....... in gallons.... sorry thick this morning 
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Dec 21, 2005 - 12:53 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 3, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i let my car warm up 5 minutes before moving, and 3-5 minutes before stop engine to warm down turbo bearings. so a turbo car owner pays twice
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Dec 21, 2005 - 2:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From Philadelphia, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
all that happens when you start a car cold, is that the 5th cold start injector fires to help the starting process.
i understand not having enough money to go take a long trip because of gas prices, but being too cheap to start your car is kind of sad...lol . -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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Dec 21, 2005 - 3:50 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 1, '05 From Charlotte NC Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
i understand not having enough money to go take a long trip because of gas prices, but being too cheap to start your car is kind of sad...lol . [/quote] i agree... though i will turn my car off at a light that is taking too long to turn green Lagos do you let your car "idle down" to cool the turbo? and yes its sad... but gas for meis like 2.26 i use 93 octane...usually bp only but shell is way cheaper bp is like almost 2.40 for premium This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Dec 21, 2005 - 3:51 PM --------------------  QUOTE (Galcobar @ Oct 15, 2008 - 2:44 AM)  You want power but have no money. That's a problem. Cheap. Reliable. Fast. Pick two. |
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Dec 22, 2005 - 1:29 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '05 From Lincoln, Ar Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
Starting the car is like priming the engine first. U will use only a small amount of it to make the car start up. Too much kills it. Idle the car is like feeding it to run after priming it. so I guesss idling the car uses more gas cause all 4 cylinders are being used at once. When you prime u use only 1 or 2 cylinders to start it going.
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