Does anyone warm up their car after starting it? I had a 95 maxima before this and she was an old lady, she always needed to be warmed up lol I'm curious if you should warm it up before driving on a cold start. I always do out of habit, curious if it matters.
I feel like its good for the car, because whenever I.start it, it starts at about 1500 RPMs and then decreases down to about 800-750 so I feel that its better. But what do I know lol
I believe it takes a few seconds for all the fluids to pump through the engine and you're ready to go.
I never start the car and just pop it into gear I the RPM's settle back down before I go anywhere. Only reason I would warm up my car if it was cold as crap outside, otherwise no, you don't need to warm the car up to normal temperature in order to drive.
I'm paranoid and I always let it warm up for at least 30-60 seconds before even putting it in gear. I drive it very gently until the oil temp gets up to a decent range
Works for me. It's fifteen degrees out. It's getting warmed up. Those dinosaurs did not die in vane.
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Only time I do is when it's below 20 degrees outside...and that's more for my comfort than anything.
As far as letting RPM's drop, etc...if it's not butt-freezing outside, by the time I back out of the garage, wait for the door to close (my garage door doesn't always like to STAY down), and back into the street, it's easily 30 - 60 seconds before I hit the gas anyway.
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