Do you warm up?

[dc2dc2dc2]

+ his already skinny
he doesn't want to lose any more weight.

[philBo]

i win, i drive 500 metres to work. literally.

turn on car and im out of the drive way in under 10 secs then 1min later im at my destination.

you mean like less than 1 min? you just practically go one block!!! laziness..

btw yer i warm my car up for a lil bit, not that long though. maybe 10-20 seconds max...i just like doing it, besides it gives me oppourtunity to tie my shoe laces in the morning. LOL

[mrwillz]

i do a bit of stretching

[jas_kidd32]

So if it is more sensible to drive the car "lightly" to let the engine warm up for a couple of minutes, then what is considered driving it hard? For example, I have to rev my car to 4000rpm on a cold morning just so I can engage 2nd gear smoothly. Either that or let it warm up for 2mins or so.

I know most of you have heard of the 2nd gear notchiness on the Integra's.

[TheGoodDeal]

Let do quick calculation for Idling 10min every day to see how much will cost you per year

* 10 min Idling consume 0.5 L of pettrol (From Trips Display of Holden Vectra show 3 L /hour when warm up Idling)
* 365 days/ per year
* $1.40 / L of petrol

Cost ~= 3 / 60 * 10 * 365 * 1.40 = $255.50 per year

[hondajazz2005]

good calculation you have there !! btw, i did warm my car... :P

[TheGoodDeal]

This topic has been post up many times. Here is one of them if you interesting to read http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72499

[mrwillz]

So if it is more sensible to drive the car "lightly" to let the engine warm up for a couple of minutes, then what is considered driving it hard? For example, I have to rev my car to 4000rpm on a cold morning just so I can engage 2nd gear smoothly. Either that or let it warm up for 2mins or so.

I know most of you have heard of the 2nd gear notchiness on the Integra's.

i try keep the revs as low as possible when cold starting and drive off

[omgzilla]

Just wasting fuel letting it warm up. Drive away normally but do not push it until it's up to temperature and everything will be fine and you will be doing your part to prevent unnecessary use of fuel.

Here here!

An engine is pretty much at its most inefficient at idle. The way I see it is if you're just sitting there letting it idle you're wasting fuel. I believe that it's better to start driving straight away (again, not pushing it) and the engine will reach optimal operating temperature sooner.

I do however, tend to let it cool down for a minute or so after a 'spirited' driving session.

[minhkore]

my car doesnt have an engine, so it cant be warmed up nor cooled down =) . But it has 4 wheels =) guess what it is

[sassy_fit_vtit]

err warm uP.. i take it easy until the temp goes up, which means the end of my street

[TECBOY]

it takes about 20 seconds for oil pressure reach optimum and about 5 misn for your car to warm up to proper operating temp.
If u can, its well worth the wait.