"Ok, but do they need to be left idling for hours on end?  I'm talking
about personal vehicles, not giant tractors.  I do see them that way,
including a GM pickup yesterday.  mcneely"

Sigh. It's a pet peeve of mine, too. I promised myself I would not add
anything to this thread. But I'm not strong enough to resist.

I think it's tied up with an "I have an oversized truck with an
obnoxiously noisy engine -- what are you going to do about it?" attitude.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 11/18/2014 10:00 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Ok, but do they need to be left idling for hours on end?  I'm talking
> about personal vehicles, not giant tractors.  I do see them that way,
> including a GM pickup yesterday.  mcneely
>
> ---- KI4TLF <ki4tlf@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Yes and no.  The larger truck diesels can be, but it's like a
>> turbocharged gas engine.  Best to let them run for 1 to 3 minutes
>> depending on the outside temperature.  Same for shutdown.