Survey: get up and go'er or warmer up'er???, what do YOU do? Options

[Mstoochn]

Do you sit and let your car warm up before driving it,

OR

do you just throw it in gear and go?


Im curious, are you?

[richee3]

I just start it up and go. I wait for the oil pressure light to go off before I take off, but I just go.

EDIT: When it gets really really cold here, right in the middle of winter, I'll let it warm up before I take off. But I'm more interested in having a warm car than I am about doing any damage.

This post has been edited by richee3: Sep 19, 2009 - 8:53 AM

[dabazied]

I just get up and go, I let her warm up a bit before drivin her hard tho

[delusionz]

Theres no benefit to sitting in your car while it idles.

The engine warms up faster by driving it, thus reducing high friction/high wear time as long as you take off easy and shift before 2000 revs. -- This can be somewhat difficult if you live on a main road so it's best to creep out to the end of your driveway and find a suitable gap in the traffic that will allow you in without racing the engine cold.

FWD NA cars are alot more forgiving if you do need to suddenly go.

[CelicaST_CALI]

If i think its cold enough ill let her sit for maybe 30 seconds...but usually its start and go..

[Euphoria]

I just let it sit for 15 seconds or so and then drive, but I wont drive hard until its fully warmed up.

[ChfNix]

I remote start her, then wait for her to reach normal operating temperature, then drive. I learned in one of my automotive classes you should always let your car reach normal operating temperature before driving. It lets the pistons and rings heat up and reach the size they are supposed to be. The engineers who design engines take this in to account when manufacturing the engines (heat makes things swell in size).

[MaskedMan]

I remote start her, then wait for her to reach normal operating temperature, then drive. I learned in one of my automotive classes you should always let your car reach normal operating temperature before driving. It lets the pistons and rings heat up and reach the size they are supposed to be. The engineers who design engines take this in to account when manufacturing the engines (heat makes things swell in size).

I do the same. I wake up for work, remote start, get ready, and go outside to a warmed up car.

[Hanyo]

i warm her up for 10 seconds or so before i go.

remote starting the car makes it eat gas. Its just not worth it considering how much miles i have on her.

[BonzaiCelica]

i warm up my car for a min, and then i keep my shifting under 2,500 rpm's.....

[Jamchell]

I just let it idle for about 15-20 seconds then I get going, I have noticed that my car at is sluggish and surges some till it warms up.

[ElementGT4]

depends if im in a rush usually i let it sit for about 5 min start it go inside the house get wat i need then go out but if in a rush i let it sit for 10sec or so and dont go past 2500 until fully warmed up

[Spider77]

First thing I do in the morning is let the car warm up (about 8 min)...lets me play on my phone, eat breakfast, etc..... Rest of the day I just get in and go.

[whatthe]

First thing I do in the morning is let the car warm up (about 8 min)...lets me play on my phone, eat breakfast, etc..... Rest of the day I just get in and go.

Pretty much the same thing. In the mornings i start up the car and go eat breakfast. By then (4mins or so) car should be warmed up already. And i go. Besides that and i dont go in the mornings, i try and wait at least 30seconds.

[Tigawoods]

i wait a few seconds
and then driver her nice an easy till the oil pressure evens out

[trdproven]

thats a myth about waiting for your car to warm up. However that may be true in the older vehicles. Honestly, ya it takes a while for the oil to throw up and lubricate but it is not long enough before it does and neither is it long enough for it to overheat

[SwissFerdi]

How do some of you eat breakfast in 4 minutes? I take like...20.

I always just start it up and go, more or less.

[95CelicaST]

On my subaru I let it get above the "C", and then baby it until fully warm.


I don't care about the 7A in my Celica. It's got 221,000 miles on it. If it hasn't broken by now I'm sure its bulletproof

[ChfNix]

thats a myth about waiting for your car to warm up. However that may be true in the older vehicles. Honestly, ya it takes a while for the oil to throw up and lubricate but it is not long enough before it does and neither is it long enough for it to overheat

Ya, it was like 12 years ago then I took that class (Damn I'm getting old!) although that was about the time when our cars were made...