BrianMcL said:

I follow an America website Jalopnik.com pretty closely and they've had a heated (sorry) discussion about the merits of warming up the engine prior to setting off. One of the posters mentioned a block heater as an alternative.
I was aware of them for Scandinavian vehicles but had never really thought about them much for the UK.
I'm not really keen on scraping ice of the car and the whole demisting thing so had a quick look on eBay, as you do, and I was quite surprised at how cheap they are.
Has anybody had any experience of them, esp. in the UK, and are they particularly difficult to fit? I was most intrigued about the ones that fit to the cooling system. Electricity's not a problem as the car sits in the drive.

Oh, and Happy New Year to everyone and best wishes for a year of trouble free motoring in 2018.

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BrianMcL said:

Hi Robert,
Reading up on them there does seem to be a school of thought that even in the climates like parts of the UK in winter they'd reduce both time spent defrosting and demisting as well as wear and tear on the engine.

Don't suppose you've got any idea which hose it would be fitted into?

Thanks again,
Brian

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