What you actually get out of it装了到底图什么
On a −30 °C morning the windshield has a quarter inch of frost on it. Scraping that off takes
five or six minutes with bare fingers going numb, and the inside of the glass fogs again the moment you breathe on it.
Ten minutes of remote start and the defrost has done the work before you put your coat on.
零下三十度的早上,挡风玻璃上结一层霜,拿刮片刮要五六分钟,手指头冻得没知觉,
刮完坐进去一哈气,里面又是一层雾。提前十分钟打着,穿外套的工夫,除霜已经替你干完了。
Cold oil is thick. Letting the engine idle a few minutes gets it pumped everywhere it needs to be
before you pull out and put a load on it. Nobody needs to idle for half an hour — modern engines warm up fine on the
move — but in a Manitoba January those first few minutes are not wasted.
机油一冷就稠。着车怠速几分钟,让它先泵到该到的地方,再上路加载,比着车就走强。
也不用热半小时——现在的发动机边开边热就够了——但曼省一月份,头几分钟不算白等。
Beyond convenience, pre-warming addresses conditions specific to a Manitoba winter: door seals frozen shut,
a child seat that has to be buckled with wind coming across the parking lot, an elderly passenger waiting in the car.
In this climate a warm cabin is a practical and safety consideration rather than a luxury.
此外还有些广告未曾提及的细节:冻住的车门胶条,在停车场刺骨寒风中为孩子扣紧安全座椅,
副驾上等待的年迈父母。在曼省的冬季,提前预热不只是舒适问题,更关系到家人健康与起步时的视野安全。
One rule: never remote start a car in an attached garage, even with the door up.
Carbon monoxide gets into the house faster than people expect.
一条规矩:连着房子的车库里别用远程启动,门开着也别用。一氧化碳进屋比大多数人想的快。