Why do you have to wait for your car to warm up?
The Truth about Warming Up Your Engine It’s commonly believed that, in cold weather, you need to warm up your car for several minutes before you begin driving in order to reduce wear on your engine. In fact, not only does this practice waste valuable time–it wastes valuable fuel as well.
What happens if you drive your car before it warms up?
Warming up your car in winter before driving it is actually terrible for your engine. By letting your car sit to warm up, it’s actually putting extra fuel into the combustion chamber, which can get onto your cylinder walls.
Is the Volkswagen Passat 2.0T faster or slower?
Torque holds steady at 184 lb-ft, which comes on at a low 1500 rpm. The Passat 2.0T proved no quicker than the prior 1.8T—it actually was slower in almost every acceleration measurement we perform. The newer car needed 8.1 seconds to get to 60 mph and 16.1 seconds to cross the quarter-mile, 0.3 and 0.1 second behind the last Passat 1.8T we tested.
What kind of gas mileage does a Volkswagen Passat get?
In our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test, the Passat 2.0T returned 36 mpg to the 1.8T’s 39 mpg. The EPA, however, rates the 2.0T at 25 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway—each 2 mpg better than the 2017 model with the 1.8T.
What kind of tires does a Volkswagen Passat 2.0T use?
Against expectation, the Passat 2.0T SE outgripped the racier-looking Passat 2.0T R-Line despite the latter’s larger tires. Riding on 215/55R-17 Hankook Kinergy GT rubber, the Passat 2.0T SE generated 0.87 g of grip on our skidpad and braked from 70 mph to a stop in a fade-free 168 feet.
What’s the price of a new VW Passat?
Those in search of more power can opt for the available 280-hp 3.6-liter V-6 in the SEL Premium trim or check the box for the V-6-only Passat GT, which is new for 2018. For this review, we drove a pair of new Passat 2.0T models: a $25,845 R-Line and a $27,145 SE.