Bah! Yesterday when I read this thread, I totally knew what you were talking about, but as I have moved two times in the past year, I have either tossed or found most things I was missing. Though last night I came up with a doozey (for me anyway). It has been really cold here. I have a 2003 Subaru that decided two years ago it really just won't start if it is below 0F outside. So, I put in an engine block heater. Being super cheap, I refused to leave it plugged in all night, so I bough an outdoor extension cord and a nice timer so it would turn on 2hrs before I needed to leave home. As I mentioned, I have moved 2x recently, and I just cannot find the timer. It's not much of a problem usually, as I ride my bike to work now, but it would be nice to warm up my cold little car a bit before I go see the equids at night.... now I just have to plug it in by hand... woe is me