Hi All,

So I have a remote starter, and it is freezing here, so in the morning I have to go out and start the car and leave it idling for a while (You can take the key out and the car will stay on for 5 minutes), anyway, so my friend and I were talking, and he says that when I'm running errands and stuff, I shouldn't leave the car idling. I think that leaving it idling is much better than turning it off and then on again in a couple of minutes... any thoughts on this??

Thanks.

 

Ive heard that leaving the car running is better. But just make sure that your neighborhood thieves dont pick up on this and steal your car.

 

if it's less than 5 minutes i would say leave it running, as long as it's locked. any longer shut it off.

 

if it's only for a couple minutes i'd leave the car idle.

 

Believe it or not, idling wastes more gas than shutoff and restart. If it's for the reason of keeping the car warm in winter, for a short period of time it's ok, but I wouldn't do it all the time.