Your car is a brilliant machine as long as it’s engine is properly tuned, thanks to the brilliance of engineering. Somehow, you can’t damage any part of the engine if it’s at operating temperature, your fuel injection is accurate, and your exhaust system is not stuffed with a banana, or pisang goreng cheese.
The question you should be asking yourselves is this: Why are you idling for a long period of time in the first place?
Charging your phone
Photo credit: amazon.comYou can’t survive without your phone and you are no where near a power socket. So you keep your car running to get a some battery charged into your phone. It is not very wise to trade precious fuel for some battery life on your phone. The power bank is invented for this purpose but not your car.
Picking up someone who takes forever
Photo credit: shutterstock.comPatience is a virtue, they said. But picture this, you are in your car with the engine running while your friend is trying to take the perfect selfie knowing that you are waiting. Turn off the engine when you know that you are going to wait for more than 5 minutes. Why? Because those hydrocarbons coming from your vehicle is not doing mother nature any good.
Warming up
Photo credit: heandshefitness.comYour car don’t need no pilates every morning before the journey. Warming up the car before driving is so yesterday. In the present day, almost every car comes with fuel injection and on-board computer systems which practically makes the car ready to go in less than 1 minute.
The next time you are idling in the comfort of your car, do Mother Nature a favor and shut it off. Do you believe it is still practical to warm up modern cars before driving? Share this with your friends if you think they should stop being old school.
