<VV> Curious Question

[RoboMan91324@aol.com]

Hi Garland,

Yes, I have an opinion on what is best.

ALWAYS shut the engine off and take the keys with you.  I assume that you 
must live in a small town or some other place with a low crime rate.  Even so, 
there is always the temptation to some transient or teenage joy rider who either 
figures that he won't get caught or you "deserve it" for leaving it running.  
I lived in a very rural town in Minnesota before moving to SoCal a few years 
ago and saw this practice on occasion.  It was usually to keep the heater 
going during the winter.  It was always the older folks who grew up when things 
were relatively secure even in the city.  What would your insurance company say 
if your car was stolen under those circumstances?  Also, the police in many 
communities can ticket you for leaving your car running and unattended.  

Obviously, if you have a restart problem, you may want to leave it running 
but I assume that you would fix that at your earliest opportunity.  If you have 
an overheating problem during normal driving conditions, you should fix it.  
You may trade the restart problem for a fried engine.  JMHO

Doc
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In a message dated 10/20/2004 3:58:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:

> Message: 7
> From: Vairdad@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:17:55 EDT
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Curious Question
> 
> When driving my corvair and need to stop,  if I am going to be out of  car 
> less then 5 min. I leave car runing. I feel that it is better to idle and  
> cool down than restarting hot car. Does anyone have an opinion on what is  best.
> Corvair Driver
> Garland