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Originally Posted by pothole
So if you got stuck in traffic for a n hour or two, the low temp stat car is going to have you running at high temp for fractionally less time. I can't see this is much advantage.
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This is where your argument breaks down, you have chosen the only exceptional case where the two cars are the same, when stuck in heavy traffic, the rest of their existence, where they spend most of their life, is entirely different because they are running at different temperatures, both oil and coolant.
I don't know about where you live, but we don't spend our entire drive time stuck in slow or non moving traffic. And the difference on oil life and engine wear can bes significant