On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:02:48 -0500, George
wrote:

On 2/10/2013 7:21 PM, wrote:

If I think it will be icy in the morning, I set it to "defrost" when I
shut the car off at night. I also put the heated seat switch tot he
"on" position too.

Remote starter..... NOT!
It's costly to burn up several gallons of gas to defrost a half inch
coating of ice, not to mention having to wait a half hour or more before
I can drive.

Several gallons? I think that would be pretty unlikely.

The whole point of a remote starter is you don't need to wait. As you
are sitting there eating breakfast or whatever you usually do before
leaving you tap the button. The car starts and warms up. Aside from the
convenience it is considerably safer because you can actually see out
all of the windows.


Figures I've seen are about an ounce of gas per minute. (will vary
with engine of course) and at today's prices that is about 3¢ a
minute. So, five minutes is 15¢ on a typical day. Maybe a gallon a
month in the winter, again in July and August, very little the other
temperate months. .

If my car has a half inch of ice, I'm going back to bed.