Most definitely. The space to heat is very small, whereas the entire vehicle is much larger. You need far more wattage to heat a larger space, especially one where the heat isn't conveyed via conduction, but by convection.

If you can build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.

Easy to install, yes, but that's dependent upon packaging. Heated seats or a heated steering wheel are small installs, and they're not covered by many layers of components. A central heating system, like you'd need to heat a car, would still be contained near the firewall, behind the dashboard.

That, and the system has to be able to push 125 amps to the heater.

Huh...learn something new every day. Most of the folks I know from Pittsburgh call it a sub. I figured that Pittsburgh's total hatred of anything Philadelphia would cause them to call it something else, just on principle.

The only instance where I think electrical heating would make sense would be to have a pre-warmer that's in the heater core, itself. CONOPS - Start vehicle on cold day, press button for pre-warming, electrical element turns on and heats up coolant within the heater core, switches to regular coolant-based heating as…

So, most electric space heaters that are worth a damn are 240v, and have pretty high current draws. For something as small as a car, sure, you could use a smaller heater, but even those that are designed for small rooms are 1500 watts. At 120v, that's 12.5 amps. At 12v, that's 125 amps.

An alternate definition for a jimmy is, yes, a penis, and I agree on the slang for a condom.

In cars like my Mustang, where the carpet is separated by a full center console that reaches the back seats, the left and right pieces should be separate, removable as needed. I'm usually the only person in my car, so the passenger side rarely gets dirty. It makes no sense that I can't just pull the driver's side,…

While electrical heating for the car would be nice (my Mustang takes like ten miles of driving before I have heat), the electrical draw would be HUGE, and would require larger and larger alternators, which would increase drag on the engine, which would lower fuel economy. The system currently used, where engine…

I totally forgot about jawn! I used to work with a guy, and freaking everything was a jawn. Everything. The computer. The CD we were putting into the computer. A sandwich. His car. A beer.

It's a goddamn sub, and they're sprinkles, not freaking jimmies! A jimmy is a person's nickname, or, alternatively, an SUV formerly made by GMC.

Hoagie is a uniquely Philadelphia thing. I think the term that Pittsburgh uses is either sub or grinder.

In South Carolina, Charleston, to be exact, the following apply:

You make a very good point, and one that I hadn't thought of!

Spotify actually does allow you to do this, it's just confusing, and not really publicized. If you have the files on your local computer, you open the Spotify desktop client, create a new playlist, drag the songs into the playlist pane, then hit the switch for 'Available Offline'. If you have your desktop and your…

They're no easier to sink than a DDG or CG, but they don't have sufficient defensive weaponry to protect themselves (or the fleet) against airborne weaponry. Their decks could have easily been rebuilt with steel, rather than teak, and they have FAR greater waterline armor than any other ship afloat, currently. That…

Same here, though my son is just over 2.5. He'd love this, though he already has a John Deere ride-on pedal tractor to keep him busy.

Don't get me wrong, the Iowas were the most badass ship to have ever fired a gun in anger. I've been aboard the Missouri, and can't impress upon people enough at the enormity of those 16" main guns. That said, the time for capital ships like those was in the past. Smaller, more efficient, and more importantly,…

An aircraft carrier is a very different beast than a normal surface combatant. The Nimitz-class carriers actually have a full complement of close to 6,000, whereas the Ford-class will be closer to 4,000. Numerous advances have been made in ship automation, so you can remove a large portion of the complement and…