How do you start your car?

[Roller]

Hello!

 

Just some doubts that you guys can help:

 

When you start your car EVERYTIME, is it better to switch off aircon and radio first? Or just aircon enough?

Or it is perfectly alright just leave them on when switiching off and starting up your car?

 

Read somewhere that it affects the car battery or alternator or something like that..

 

Cheers

Edited June 30, 2010 by Roller

[Xfyin]

think swith off the aircon is better for battery life

[Roller]

so radio leave on ok?

[Dunno]

Best way is to switch OFF all electrical stuff. Reason is simple. When the car is cranking to start up, the current draw and load on the battery is the highest, ie, voltage will dip like crazy. If you have all the electrical stuff ON, they will fight for the current as well. This puts additional high load on the battery, making it die faster.

[Dunno]

Just to add. Some cars like my current Passat, it's ok to leave the electrical stuff on because the ECU is "smart" enough to cut the current to all electrical stuff during cranking and switch them on only 2 or 3 secs after the engine has started up. But then, I still switch everything off due to habit.

[Kiadaw]

Just to add. Some cars like my current Passat, it's ok to leave the electrical stuff on because the ECU is "smart" enough to cut the current to all electrical stuff during cranking and switch them on only 2 or 3 secs after the engine has started up. But then, I still switch everything off due to habit.

 

Never pass up an opponunity to self promote your car huh?

[Therese]

so radio leave on ok?

 

basically, i off my radio, aircon and auto head lights mode too before I turned off my engine.....

[Dunno]

Never pass up an opponunity to self promote your car huh?

 

Hehe...it applies to all VW cars as well if I'm not wrong. I only noticed it when I forgot to off everything one day. Then after I start engine, few seconds later then the air con and head unit turn on.

[Dunno]

basically, i off my radio, aircon and auto head lights mode too before I turned off my engine.....

 

I don't off auto headlights for a good reason....my wife may forget to on it when she drives the car...too used to auto headlights already.

[Caravan]

Just to add. Some cars like my current Passat, it's ok to leave the electrical stuff on because the ECU is "smart" enough to cut the current to all electrical stuff during cranking and switch them on only 2 or 3 secs after the engine has started up. But then, I still switch everything off due to habit.

 

big deal, KIA also got this feature.

[York]

most lately conti....car or van have this feature liao...

 

the whole electrical circuit is control by the mainboard or can call it the motherboard

Edited June 30, 2010 by York

[Dunno]

big deal, KIA also got this feature.

 

Small deal only. Kia is big deal I know.

[Krado]

Hello!

 

Just some doubts that you guys can help:

 

When you start your car EVERYTIME, is it better to switch off aircon and radio first? Or just aircon enough?

Or it is perfectly alright just leave them on when switiching off and starting up your car?

 

Read somewhere that it affects the car battery or alternator or something like that..

 

Cheers

 

This is my switch off habit:

 

1) off lights

2) off aircon (fan still on)

3) off head unit

4) fold mirror

5) fan off

6) engine off

 

Starting up is in reverse order.

[Ladykillerz]

for my case, i just drive lah.

off this, on that.. seemed like ready to take off my plane. Haaaaaa~

[RadX]

for my case, i just drive lah.

off this, on that.. seemed like ready to take off my plane. Haaaaaa~

 

 

then some cars got gauge....machiam jet fighter lah..with the meters

[RadX]

The newer cars are pretty smart, and will not load the battery. Notice the compressor kicks in only after the engine started and after a 1-2s....

 

old habits die hard though...but since the new technology is there for you to drive and park stress-free, why not utilise it.

[Requiemdk]

I start my car by...

 

1. open door

2. sit down, chuck stuff in back seat, put key in

3. damn, is that a parking summon or a stupid flyer?

4. get out of car to remove the trash on windscreen

5. beo beo tyres a bit to check whether those ginnas around the place got play punk at night or not

6. realize i need get kopi for my morning drive

7. take out key and cross the road to buy kopi

8. come back, open door, put key in

9. get out to chase away the cat that's still sleeping on my boot

10. get back in and crank

11. crank again because the car's lazier than me and still hasn't woken up

12. put on seat belt, turn on headlights, turn on radio, turn on aircon

13. drive straight into the jam in my carpark that's just formed because of the school next door

14. turn on handphone and go rant about peak hour jams in some forum

 

car battery and alternator? wear and tear items lah.

[Mike1234]

Hello!

 

Just some doubts that you guys can help:

 

When you start your car EVERYTIME, is it better to switch off aircon and radio first? Or just aircon enough?

Or it is perfectly alright just leave them on when switiching off and starting up your car?

 

Read somewhere that it affects the car battery or alternator or something like that..

 

Cheers

 

When you start the engine( cold engine as in a few hours never start one)......Don't on the A/C.....Radio is ok....

 

But not the A/C....Its because the engine is still cold...And the engine oil have not "went up"....

 

One easy way is to see, is to check if there's is a blue colour light on the speedometer there..........

 

If you start the cold engine, there will be blue colour light to show it...

 

After running it like a few mins...

 

It will went away....Thats when usually i start to turn the A/C on....But of cos....Not full-blast.....