Goodtohave
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I am going to insulate all the heater hoses on my 2012 and was thinking of making a removable cover for the grill opening.
It is -19 C today, any extra efficency on the heater would help. It blows approx 145 degrees F when I preheat, drops to 110-120 in moderate cold, last night at highway speeds it dropped to 80 degrees F at -18 C. (I apologize for mixing metric and non metric but the little thermometer I bought on Ebay to stick in the vents is Farenheit ).
I imagine the grill opening is only for the AC condensor anyways, not an issue in the super cold weather....
My range is bad but the battery still charges to over 93% on my Dash Display and the fact that it runs flawlessly in ths kind of cold amazes me...I preheat and leave it plugged in. My gas car would be freezing and burning tons of gas on cold short trips anyways.
It is -19 C today, any extra efficency on the heater would help. It blows approx 145 degrees F when I preheat, drops to 110-120 in moderate cold, last night at highway speeds it dropped to 80 degrees F at -18 C. (I apologize for mixing metric and non metric but the little thermometer I bought on Ebay to stick in the vents is Farenheit ).
I imagine the grill opening is only for the AC condensor anyways, not an issue in the super cold weather....
My range is bad but the battery still charges to over 93% on my Dash Display and the fact that it runs flawlessly in ths kind of cold amazes me...I preheat and leave it plugged in. My gas car would be freezing and burning tons of gas on cold short trips anyways.