Driving only a km each day?

VMG · 21st December 2007, 15:03

What is the minimum driving distance? means ......
My office is shifted to very to close to my home which is 1km each way. Is the battery charging required any minimum distance driving is required?

nitrous · 21st December 2007, 15:06

Its bad for the engine and engine oil.
U'll need to reduce ur oil change interval timings.

Raajiv · 21st December 2007, 15:54

Congrats and you are one lucky Soul.Where are you in Chennai?

OT :1 KM - Why car?A simple walk must do great things to your health.

sbasak · 21st December 2007, 16:07

For 1 km, you better get a bicycle

As a thumb rule, min distance/duration is when your temp gauge reached halfway mark.

Jeep · 21st December 2007, 16:23

Either walk to office
OR keep the engine in idling for about 20 seconds after you start your car(if it is a petrol car).

HappyWheels · 21st December 2007, 16:35

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Originally Posted by Raajiv

OT :1 KM - Why car?A simple walk must do great things to your health.

saves ur vehicle maintanence cost, saves petrol, good for ur health, saves a parking space at office, one less vehicle on the road...

akroy · 21st December 2007, 16:36

1km, Walk dude, just walk....
4 years ago, my office was 1.5km from home...Then I decided to use my bike (i didnt have a car then) only for weekends and used to walk up and down. My health was like perfect, extra fats burnt away...

Life is not always same, now I drive 26km each way and I get tired driving in my car in mad blore traffic (although i donot get tired driving all day on a NH for 500km)

Abhi

supercars · 21st December 2007, 16:52

Just drive your car and enjoy it.

Samurai · 21st December 2007, 16:57

I too have similar 1Km commute each way, but I won't bother walking. The road I take has no shoulder or footpath. I don't want to become roadkill in the night.

Technocrat · 21st December 2007, 16:57

How can you enjoy in a 1 Km drive, I mean it would be like taking a test drive of the same car Daily

Well unless the road conditions are bad I mean traffic dimly lit etc walking\riding a bike cycle(for health ) should be fine

DirtyDan · 21st December 2007, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by VMG

What is the minimum driving distance? means ......
My office is shifted to very to close to my home which is 1km each way. Is the battery charging required any minimum distance driving is required?

My guess is that you do NOT recharge enough in 1 kilometer of city driving to make up for the discharge of 1 start. But it is only a guess. As noted by others, it is not a good idea for other reasons. I think you might tend to carbon up the anti-polution equipment for one thing.

Jaggu · 21st December 2007, 17:12

if you only commute between office and home then better walk, if its viable.

Battery will be fine till it ages, modern alternators are pretty efficient that way. The silencer can be a problem area with rusting due to vapor condensation of short commutes, esp if your car belongs to susceptible list (iKON for one is notorious). And yes sticking to 3 months service interval definitely will do you some good.

Otherwise short commute will not kill the car in anyway

nitrous · 21st December 2007, 17:34

I believe U have a santro too.
So, use the santro instead of the cedia if U MUST drive to work.

neoranjit · 21st December 2007, 18:15

I thought I was very lucky to have a 4km distance.... until now

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nitrous · 21st December 2007, 18:18

Warm her up for 2-3 minutes at idle ,every start.It'll minimise wear & tear very much, ranjit!

21st December 2007, 15:03	#1
VMG BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 344 Thanked: 33 Times	Driving only a km each day? What is the minimum driving distance? means ...... My office is shifted to very to close to my home which is 1km each way. Is the battery charging required any minimum distance driving is required?
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21st December 2007, 15:06	#2
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Its bad for the engine and engine oil. U'll need to reduce ur oil change interval timings.
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21st December 2007, 15:54	#3
Raajiv BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Monterey Bay,CA Posts: 263 Thanked: 5 Times	Congrats and you are one lucky Soul.Where are you in Chennai? OT :1 KM - Why car?A simple walk must do great things to your health.
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21st December 2007, 16:07	#4
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 608 Thanked: 14 Times	For 1 km, you better get a bicycle As a thumb rule, min distance/duration is when your temp gauge reached halfway mark.
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21st December 2007, 16:23	#5
Jeep BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 438 Thanked: 67 Times	Either walk to office OR keep the engine in idling for about 20 seconds after you start your car(if it is a petrol car).
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21st December 2007, 16:36	#7
akroy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Posts: 2,423 Thanked: 85 Times View My Garage	1km, Walk dude, just walk.... 4 years ago, my office was 1.5km from home...Then I decided to use my bike (i didnt have a car then) only for weekends and used to walk up and down. My health was like perfect, extra fats burnt away... Life is not always same, now I drive 26km each way and I get tired driving in my car in mad blore traffic (although i donot get tired driving all day on a NH for 500km) Abhi
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21st December 2007, 16:52	#8
supercars BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bombay Posts: 484 Thanked: 27 Times	Just drive your car and enjoy it.
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21st December 2007, 16:57	#9
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,813 Thanked: 45,435 Times View My Garage	I too have similar 1Km commute each way, but I won't bother walking. The road I take has no shoulder or footpath. I don't want to become roadkill in the night.
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21st December 2007, 16:57	#10
Technocrat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: GTA Posts: 14,813 Thanked: 2,700 Times	How can you enjoy in a 1 Km drive, I mean it would be like taking a test drive of the same car Daily Well unless the road conditions are bad I mean traffic dimly lit etc walking\riding a bike cycle(for health ) should be fine Last edited by Technocrat : 21st December 2007 at 16:59.
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21st December 2007, 17:12	#12
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 20,212 Thanked: 15,892 Times	if you only commute between office and home then better walk, if its viable. Battery will be fine till it ages, modern alternators are pretty efficient that way. The silencer can be a problem area with rusting due to vapor condensation of short commutes, esp if your car belongs to susceptible list (iKON for one is notorious). And yes sticking to 3 months service interval definitely will do you some good. Otherwise short commute will not kill the car in anyway
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21st December 2007, 17:34	#13
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	I believe U have a santro too. So, use the santro instead of the cedia if U MUST drive to work.
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21st December 2007, 18:15	#14
neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 195 Times View My Garage	I thought I was very lucky to have a 4km distance.... until now )
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21st December 2007, 18:18	#15
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Warm her up for 2-3 minutes at idle ,every start.It'll minimise wear & tear very much, ranjit!
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