Had a teacher way back in high school tell the class to never buy a truck from "up on the Rez", because they commonly would park their trucks against the house and run it all night with the heater going full blast to provide warmth inside the house. 

Karl Wolz
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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 11:59 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Last but not least and used for decades in some parts of Alaska and other
> cold climates best left to creatures other than human you can always get it
> started and leave it running until Spring arrives.  i don't recommend this
> option especially with a Vanagon but it does work.  It is also why used
> trucks from the North Slope are a bad investment, way too much idling for
> their low mileage.  Years ago I worked in the Parts Dept of a Ford
> dealership and we sold reman. engines like they were popcorn to the Slope.
> 
> Mark in AK
> 
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/02/2016 02:35 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
>> 
>> All of our vehicles had block heaters. The vws had a circular thing
>>> under the centre of the crankcase. They also had a "battery blanket"
>>> to keep the battery warm. Vanagons have no space for those, but they
>>> were essential back in the day.
>>> 
>> 
>> Seems like there'd be enough space for something like this:
>> 
>> <
>> http://www.autozone.com/1/products/18125-battery-pad-heater-22400-kats-heaters-22400.html
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>