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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18800 on: January 15, 2024, 03:00:35 pm »
Apparently VW/Audi don't even sell block heaters anymore.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18801 on: January 15, 2024, 03:21:59 pm »
Quote from: Arthur Dent on January 15, 2024, 03:00:35 pm
Apparently VW/Audi don't even sell block heaters anymore.

Well scratch those from the list.

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« Reply #18802 on: January 15, 2024, 03:34:48 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18803 on: January 15, 2024, 03:36:31 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18804 on: January 15, 2024, 03:39:06 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on January 15, 2024, 02:34:16 pm
Quote from: ktm525 on January 15, 2024, 10:11:28 am
So much stress starting engine at -30. Yes it starts but at what cost? Block heater gets that coolant and then oil warm.

Started my car at -24C air temp yesterday; coolant was +10C.  Block heater was doing its job.

I’m so jealous.  :'(
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18805 on: January 15, 2024, 03:40:41 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18806 on: January 15, 2024, 03:43:20 pm »
Quote from: ktm525 on January 15, 2024, 03:21:59 pm
Quote from: Arthur Dent on January 15, 2024, 03:00:35 pm
Apparently VW/Audi don't even sell block heaters anymore.

Well scratch those from the list.

Couldn’t get one for my 2010 GTI.

But they did sell an inline coolant heater. Was pricy, but worth it. Unfortunately, they don’t install many of them, so dealer was kind of clueless. They ended up breaking the rad fan during install, glued it back together and didn’t even bother to tell me. I found out in the summer when the fan blade came off and you could still see the bead of super glue on the remaining stump.  >:(
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18807 on: January 15, 2024, 03:45:44 pm »
^same for my wife's 2011 Tiguan. But I thought they might've offered a stick-on oil pan heater? Memory of that vehicle is very vague as we didn't have it for very long.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18808 on: January 15, 2024, 03:47:27 pm »
Did the Germans learn nothing in 1941?
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« Reply #18809 on: January 15, 2024, 04:40:58 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18810 on: January 15, 2024, 04:47:41 pm »
Quote from: TheHire on January 15, 2024, 04:40:58 pm
Quote from: ktm525 on January 15, 2024, 03:40:41 pm
Quote from: TheHire on January 15, 2024, 03:34:48 pm
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-volkswagen-touareg-v10-tdi-2/

Gulp.. here we go

Does it have a block heater?  ;)

Yes! Factory installed Webasto!

That's an inline is it not? Looks much better than that orange thing that went up last week.



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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18811 on: January 15, 2024, 04:49:06 pm »
Quote from: TheHire on January 15, 2024, 03:34:48 pm
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-volkswagen-touareg-v10-tdi-2/

Gulp.. here we go

"Excellent machines, these, but they require a delicate touch to be kept up to nick.

Our tech has developed an intimate relationship with V10 Touaregs"    :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18812 on: January 15, 2024, 05:10:45 pm »
Quote from: TheHire on January 15, 2024, 04:40:58 pm
Quote from: ktm525 on January 15, 2024, 03:40:41 pm
Quote from: TheHire on January 15, 2024, 03:34:48 pm
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2007-volkswagen-touareg-v10-tdi-2/

Gulp.. here we go

Does it have a block heater?  ;)

Yes! Factory installed Webasto!

Oh, that is awesome! Have always wanted one of those. Absolutely the best solution, but $$$.

Much more than an inline heater. Short video explains it: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z8z2ZmDtgnY

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18813 on: January 15, 2024, 06:47:03 pm »
cool. You should bid.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18814 on: January 15, 2024, 07:07:28 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18815 on: January 15, 2024, 08:56:41 pm »
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18816 on: January 15, 2024, 11:33:15 pm »
Quote from: ktm525 on January 15, 2024, 06:47:03 pm
cool. You should bid.

Ha! Anyone from here who bids and wins gets the bonus of the keys to any of my toys for a weekend  :-*
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18817 on: January 16, 2024, 12:04:01 am »
I would love this vehicle! Just the road trip in this to bring it home from Ontario would be awesome!

But my wife was asking the other day if it’s time to think about replacing the Yukon. She’s worried it might start to get unreliable.  ???

I mean, it’s 13 years old and has 295,000 km on it, so it’s not an unreasonable question. But it’s been damn near perfect so far, and there’s nothing on the horizon I’m keeping an eye on or even concerned about (well, maybe the exhaust. :-X ) And when something does break, any mechanic in any backwoods village can get it back on the road with a hammer, a monkey wrench and a few parts from NAPA.

So, sadly, I don’t think I’ll be replacing it with a 2007 Touareg V10 TDI.  :'(

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18818 on: January 16, 2024, 01:12:10 am »
Quote from: HeliDriver on January 16, 2024, 12:04:01 am
I would love this vehicle! Just the road trip in this to bring it home from Ontario would be awesome!

But my wife was asking the other day if it’s time to think about replacing the Yukon. She’s worried it might start to get unreliable.  ???

I mean, it’s 13 years old and has 295,000 km on it, so it’s not an unreasonable question. But it’s been damn near perfect so far, and there’s nothing on the horizon I’m keeping an eye on or even concerned about (well, maybe the exhaust. :-X ) And when something does break, any mechanic in any backwoods village can get it back on the road with a hammer, a monkey wrench and a few parts from NAPA.

So, sadly, I don’t think I’ll be replacing it with a 2007 Touareg V10 TDI.  :'(

It's just getting broken in.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #18819 on: January 16, 2024, 07:43:39 am »
Quote from: ktm525 on January 16, 2024, 01:12:10 am
Quote from: HeliDriver on January 16, 2024, 12:04:01 am
I would love this vehicle! Just the road trip in this to bring it home from Ontario would be awesome!

But my wife was asking the other day if it’s time to think about replacing the Yukon. She’s worried it might start to get unreliable.  ???

I mean, it’s 13 years old and has 295,000 km on it, so it’s not an unreasonable question. But it’s been damn near perfect so far, and there’s nothing on the horizon I’m keeping an eye on or even concerned about (well, maybe the exhaust. :-X ) And when something does break, any mechanic in any backwoods village can get it back on the road with a hammer, a monkey wrench and a few parts from NAPA.

So, sadly, I don’t think I’ll be replacing it with a 2007 Touareg V10 TDI.  :'(

It's just getting broken in.

What? The Yukon or the Touareg?  ;D
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