"Floyd Davidson" wrote
It gets plenty cold enough here to be able to see what happens to vehicles when you cold start them. So you live somewhere "really" cold. In that case, your advice is correct..."for you".
Feel free. Might as well call probably 80 percent of our one million inhabitants of this city idiots too. Our cars start quite well and don't "blow up" because of the cold starts. I work as an automotive technician for a living and engine failures are almost always due to poor maintenance, coolant intrusion into the engine oil...etc. Not cold starts on regular oil.
What does occur to me is that you really do have no clue. The whining noise is "metal being shaved off of cylinders, bearings etc" eh? That's a good one. Just for you own personal info, the whining noises happen to be emanating mainly from the alternator, and a bit from the power steering pump. I couldn't hear any whining noise from the engine anyway, as the piston slap is loud enough to drown out any other noises. Oh yeah....the piston slap is there at all temperatures, don't get excited.
I didn't say at -50C. If I lived in those conditions and drove in those conditions for any extended period of time, I'm sure I'd change to a different oil and use my block heater. Even now, if I get the chance, and I remember, I'll plug the car in. Simply for ease of starting and quicker heat.
Please....I've gotten more then that out of most of the vehicle I've driven. Two of them that I drove for another
4-5 years already had over 200,000 miles on them. Other, more gullible people on the internet will probably lap up your nonsense, but I've actually been driving and repairing cars long enough to know better.What planet are you from?
Ian