Q: over heating
it appears my vehicle is over heating. Am i able to drive it to my mechanics if i put the heater on full blast? I know one was able to do this in older cars with carburetors, but will this little trick work on a vehicles built in 2010 and beyond?
My car has 115000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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