Remote Start is Flawless and Easy to Use - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test
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Remote Start is Flawless and Easy to Use - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test
Remote start isn't always an easy procedure, but in our long-term 2015 Ford F-150 it always works and it's simple to operate.
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For hot weather, I would rather have the ability to remotely lower the windows and open the sunroof than remotely start the A/C...I think that given probably a 150-degree interior temp with it 100 outside, the interior temp would drop faster by opening it up than by leaving it sealed full of 150-degree air and starting the A/C.
Also not a fan of trying to walk through a parking lot full of vehicles with their backup lights on...you don't know which are remote-started and sitting there and which are actually ready to start backing up.
The fastest way to get coolant to operating temp when it's 10 degrees out is to start, let it run for 30 seconds, then drive normally. It will have a normal idle within 90 seconds, tops, if it was built within the last 15 years.
I do find it amusing that this vehicle has been criticized by almost every Edmunds staffer for its supposedly poor fuel economy...but now is praised in this post for its peerless ability to sit motionless, burning gas. "When it's cold outside, I like to warm up the truck before I get in." In Santa Monica. Uh-huh. You wouldn't want the heater blowing "cold" air through the holes in your Crocs.