[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2k_redhead
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This might work for guys but it wouldn't work for a female,.

 

Thanks.


You gotta go to the Asian grocery store to find this brand.

 

Simplist solution - leave the top down all the time!

 

 

Idling is bad because your engine runs hotter than usual due to lack of airflow. Also it's bad for the catalytic converter/exhaust system due to extreme high temperatures. An hour probably isn't that bad...unless you were in your break-in period where you're supposed to run at different RPMs to break the seals in properly.

 

"If you only want to open the door, you don't need the immobilizer chip. "

my bad, i forgot the factory key would be in the car.

 

It's no big deal but don't make a habit out of it. In my younger (psychic-ly enhanced) days I once locked the keys in the car with the engine running. I also left the lights on and the automatic transmission in drive. Good thing there was a good curb bumper... (Don't tell my dad!)

 

I'm with the majority who agree that (most likely) no damage was done, haven't we all been stuck in traffic jams that sometimes had us sitting there for nearly an hour with very little movement? Or maybe being a New Jersey resident this seems somewhat normal to me.

My ex used to take her Labrador Retriever with her in her Volvo Turbo Wagon all the time, and if she had to leave the dog in the car on a hot day, she would typically leave the car running with the A/C on high for hours at a time. This I'm sure would have shortened the long-term survivability of the Volvo's engine, but she lost the car in her divorce anyway so we never did find out how much damage she had done with this behavior.