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Originally Posted by oldtee
Thanks all. Best advice ever. Do nothing.
If you have no problems in DC area traffic you will do just fine in Florida.
I have lived both places and the days are about the same temp but it never cools off at night in Florida. The keys may be cooler than DC in the daytime.
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Originally Posted by NSC5
If you have an automatic shift into neutral or park when in the stop part of stop and go traffic jams; this reduces heat buildup in the torque converter and reduces load on the engine which will also idle a little faster improving water pump flow.
I find that the stop/go/accordion traffic is hard on my transmission, but not the cooling system.
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