muller877
Senior Member
In decades past, during extreme winter weather buses parked outside for the night were all left running to make sure they were ready to go immediately. Not the best solution for air quality but it made sure that there were enough buses for the morning service.
I still don't understand why city buses have such difficulty starting up. School buses and tractors are left out in the EXTREME cold outside of Toronto. There is a block heater that is on a timer. A few hours before you want to crank the motor you turn on the heater. You also put a gel in the fuel to make sure it stays a liquid. And no problem turning over the motor.
Why are the buses we buy in Toronto so different? Do we need to spend millions on a warehouse instead of a row of pillars with plugs?