If it's cold outside, I heard don't warm up by idoling it, but drive it slow and easy first 5 minutes to your destination as it is more efficient.

thoughts?

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unless it's super fucking cold, then id wait like 20 seconds

but a 5+ min idle is bs

only reason why I idle it for 5mins + is so once i get in my car its warm

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What's this warning your car up you speak of?

I think it's a reference to "the olden times" our grandparents used to tell us about.

Same place where they used to have to walk to school barefoot, in the snow, uphill, both ways.

start car on cold start, drive below 3k until car starts to fully warm up. Been doing it since i started driving, never had an issue.

Perfect. My routine is starting the Jeep, going back inside and filling up my coffee cup then leaving. Longest it warms up is 2-4 minutes in the winter. Normally the Jeep warms up for 30 seconds to one minute while I'm fastening my seat belt, setting radio, plugging in phone....



^ good1!

The idea of letting your car idle before driving it so the engine can warm up to optimal temperatures dates back to the 80s and early 90s when vehicles were built with carburetors. Modern-day fuel injection technology, advanced computer systems for delivery that automatically adjusts distribution in whatever temperature you're in and common, thinner synthetic oils get your engine lubricated much quicker.

This post was edited by said_aouita on Jun 20 2015 04:26am

dont they have block warmers for you yankies?

It's still not good to let it idle