How about a Rapid-Heat Supplemental heater?

[Davecr-v]

Hey I was looking through a car magazine the other day and noticed an ad for Ford which featured something known as a "Rapid-Heat supplemental cab heater" which apparently allows warm air to blow out of the heating system upon cold weather startup. I don't know how or if it works but I would love Honda to implement this type of technology into their new cars, I have to say honda's heating and A/C systems are fantastic the hot air is warmer than my blow dryer, and I rarley have to use the A/C on full blast.

[2RedV's]

Hey I was looking through a car magazine the other day and noticed an ad for Ford which featured something known as a "Rapid-Heat supplemental cab heater" which apparently allows warm air to blow out of the heating system upon cold weather startup. I don't know how or if it works but I would love Honda to implement this type of technology into their new cars, I have to say honda's heating and A/C systems are fantastic the hot air is warmer than my blow dryer, and I rarley have to use the A/C on full blast.This is funny to me.
Many years ago, I had a 1984 Porsche 928 (their super-car at the time) and when cold out, it had what I believed to be a high powered hair dryer that immediately blew hot air thru the vents. How much would a hair dryer cost? $20? I loved that feature for all of the 5 or so times I actually used it in a 3 year period.

[cderalow]

Think of it as a 12V heater that uses power to heat the air, just like the aforementioned hair dryer.

Would be nice in the really cold climates, but could also be achieved with an engine block heater.

Heated leather seats, and the 5-10 miles it takes to warm the car up, are enough for me.

[2RedV's]

An engine block heater does not do heat immediately. Trust me on this. It also uses a large amount of electricity which costs money. Many of the engine block heaters require you to have 20 amp circuits and you should always have a ground fault isolator installed to save you from possible death.

[Davecr-v]

Yeah but it may be a way to avoid mindless warming up people do, Honestly I maybe let my car warm for about 20 seconds and thats usually fiddling and getting my radar up. A lot of people warm their cars up for 10 minutes or more this type of system may protect cars from their owners people take the cold air as a sign of a car not warmed up.

[Vminence]

Yeah but it may be a way to avoid mindless warming up people do, Honestly I maybe let my car warm for about 20 seconds and thats usually fiddling and getting my radar up. A lot of people warm their cars up for 10 minutes or more this type of system may protect cars from their owners people take the cold air as a sign of a car not warmed up.

+123

Very true.

I remember a friend of mine had a remote start on his car and he would many a time start it and forget about it. It would run for like ten or fifteen minutes before it would shut off. He would just hit the button again.:confused: