Also Diesels take longer to warm up due to their better efficiency and
since there are huge numbers of diesel vehicles of all kinds in Europe
you would expect there to be many more pre heaters. It seems that a
preheater takes less battery power than trying to start a very cold
diesel without heat.
John and Muddy
David Scheidt wrote:
>
> >Sorry for the cross-post but I think this might be of interest to everyone.
> >
> >Does anyone have any thoughts on why engine pre-heaters don't seem
> >as popular in the US as they do
> >elsewhere?
> >
> >Although several companies (Eberspdcher, Webasto, and Kenlowe) offer
> >pre-heaters, only Webasto and
> >Eberspdcher appear to be represented in the US. According to their
> >web sites, only Webasto offers a
> >pre-heater for petrol vehicles.
> >
> >As everyone knows, it's a little chilly here, so does anyone else
> >find this a little odd?
> >
> >Are they too expensive?
>
> I suspect it's that gas is too cheap. Modern petrol vehicles will
> start in just about any weather, so you don't really need it for
> starting. (And in those parts of the country where it's routinely
> really cold, electric block heaters are pretty common.) If you're
> too much of a mamsy-pansy to just drive off, you can let the car run
> for a few minutes while it warms up a bit. With US gas prices, that
> doesn't cost too much; if you paid what people in other parts of the
> world did, you might think twice about it.
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