Is Texas an extreme environment? Not particularly, but still, it’s nice to get the air conditioner going a minute or two before getting into a car in August.
Likewise, Midwest (ie: ND, SD, Minnesota, etc) can get down to -20 easily few weeks out of the year in January/February. Not "unsurvivable" but definitely not good to shift into drive without letting things flex from heat a bit first.
Side note, without remote start, it is illegal to run a vehicle without an occupant in many states (** with keys in the ignition).
> definitely not good to shift into drive without letting things flex from heat a bit first
For how long? I heard, anything more than 10s is unnecessary.
Open the windows maybe? Sure it's nice but I wonder if we should consider living without the luxury of having an ICE bring your car to the perfect temperature. I guess people have less GHG emission guilt as me.
The marginal amount of gas used by idling the car for a minute before driving it around rounds to zero.
You can make everything "round to zero" when in fact, it adds up.