I live in central Canada, and temperatures reach as low as -30C. Just this week, it’ll be -20C overnight and I always park my car outside. From what people have told me I should idle for 10 minutes when it’s extremely cold, and then drive off. What should I really be doing?
People here seem to think that running our vehicles 10 mins only in the morning at these temps is the same as a pipeliner running his truck all day and night to have a warm space to go to, or to keep the def tank warm. It’s not like we rack up 20k engine hours for every 200k miles this way. It’s barely noticeable on the hour meter when compared to the mileage. At -30c, I like to make sure everything is warmed up and circulated a bit.