Coolmanfever, I just buy packets of those really cheap knit gloves for kids. They stretch to fit most adults. No worries if one goes missing. Thin enough not to interfere with driving. Mostly wear them on cold days walking the dog, only wear bulky winter gloves when actually seriously cold out.
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How do you deal with cold steering wheel ?
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JCtx
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Have 2 questions. How long does it take to preheat the car if the garage is like 50F? And can you adjust air vent direction on the M3? I don't remember seeing any way to adjust vents when we test-drove it... but maybe we didn't look close enough, since we didn't need to. Thank you.
Torque Monster
Member
I deal with it the same way I did in the 90s and early 2000s.
SageBrush
REJECT Fascism
Sounds like a job for AP parallel parking.
Not sure where they’d parallel park; if I could just get Autopark to pull in the driveway for me, I’d be thrilled. LOL.
I don't know how fast the newer heat pump models take, but the resistive heaters take no time at all. Almost instant heat, so to preheat a car in a 50F garage? Maybe a minute at most. The vent direction can be easily adjusted via the central display.
I spent my youth in Toronto and Ottawa before California came calling. I have too many memories of sitting in the car, freezing my stones off, for that first 10 minutes it takes to warm up.
In the days before HEAT....let alone heated seats or steering wheels...
timk225
Active Member
Maybe it's just me, but cold steering wheels don't bother me at all. I think you're all making a huge issue out of nothing.
Now cold seats and cold cars and cold wintertime weather is another issue.
Now cold seats and cold cars and cold wintertime weather is another issue.
Mrcarcrazy
In need of a shrinking gun to zap a plaid with.
5 min
Touch fan icon bottom center part of screen then use finger to move airflow animation around
A ton of ignorance here. He could naturally get cold hands or have poor blood flow. My hands easily are the coldest part of my body so it is a very nice feature to have. Just let ya'll know how much of a pussy I am, I use the heated steering wheel in under 60 degree weather .
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CyberGus
Not Just a Member
I used ot think all you Yanks were crying like little girls over your heated steering wheels, but then this Texan spent the last week in upstate NY with a heated steering wheel in the rental car
Now I want a heated keyboard lol
Now I want a heated keyboard lol
My 2017 prius prime had a heated steering wheel. It was great.
I wish my 2020 model 3 had one. Couple of days ago, the high was 19F
Earlier this year I disassembled the steering wheel to determine if there was a 12 volt source suitable for an aftermarket add on.
I didn't see anything that could handle the 5-10 amps.
I would then have to find a place to mount a switch to turn it on or off.
I wish my 2020 model 3 had one. Couple of days ago, the high was 19F
Earlier this year I disassembled the steering wheel to determine if there was a 12 volt source suitable for an aftermarket add on.
I didn't see anything that could handle the 5-10 amps.
I would then have to find a place to mount a switch to turn it on or off.
I also have a 2017 Prius Prime. Funny that the $25k Prius had several advanced features, that you quickly take for granted in a modern automobile, that Tesla 3/Y simply can't touch.
Heated steering wheel
Blind spot monitor
Rear cross traffic monitor
Flawless intermittent wiper sensors
Flawless auto highbeams that don't blind others
This is such low-hanging fruit.
About 3 mins. I timed how long it would take to go from around 40F to 70F inside and it was 4 mins.
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