McDj18

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If you start your car up in power mode, the engine temp warms up faster vs not having it on at all? I could be wrong and totally crazy, but from my experience this has proven t be true

habeeb89

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Interesting, I am not sure why. I'm gonna try this out tomorrow morning.

VNN326

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im going to try this toamrrow morning also! or maybe the day after, im going to time it without the pwr mode first.

DrewGS350

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What was the outcome?

4play4dr

do you save gas by NOT having it on?

Debonair

Are you testing this with the car idling in a parking space or driving?

eternaldj

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I noticed getting a couple more miles with it off.

habeeb89

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I just tried this morning, keeping in mind the usual time my car takes to warm up on a a 10 miles trip, I found no difference using PWR Mode???

McDj18

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I am testing this while driving

swat1727

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10 miles?!?! my car warms up to the correct level after just 10 blocks of driving.

phillygs3

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With power on ,your car is revving at higher rpm before shifting . that explains the faster warm up

MJImport

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IL vs. CA....

habeeb89

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Yep, mornings are in the single digits and all this snow isn't helping

MJImport

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I hear ya. Im just over the border in Indiana. I let the car run for 10 to 15 minutes before leaving for work which is about 2 miles away. The car barely makes it up to temp.

I'm lovin' the Blizzak snow tires though, they hook up like craaazy!

jcat_350

as philly mentioned, in ECT PWR mode, your transmission control module is adjusting your shift points higher...and since RPM's mean revs per minute, the longer you stay at higher RPMs, the more times explosions happen in your engine

it could be just a figment of your imagination...but pay attention to where the baby shifts when you take it out next.