Morrissey

If my car is in the garage, never more than 30 secs.

If it's outside and it's burrr outside, I remote start BC I hate cold weather.

Coprolite

I have to drive a mile and a half to get out of the neighborhood. I get in, turn it on, buckle up and go. Taking it easy through the neighborhood keeps the car healthy and the neighbors happy. Idling kills your mpg. I would rather kill it with acceleration.

Edit: Now that I think about it, I pull out of the garage and close it. The whole process from starting to driving off probably is 30-45 seconds, but not just for the sake of idling...

smashhell

Yep, idle till RPM drop to 1k as well.

I believe you got it from the manual of the car.

The manual does tell us to idle for 30 sec before driving. And it tell us to keep our RPM under 4k until car warms up.

Frankyg37s

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usually 30 secs but if its stupid cold i might let it idle for 10 mins,,my neighbor idles his motorcycles and sky doo-year long *******

g25dragon

Car starts at almost 2000 rpm and then after 20 seconds you can hear a change in the sound and the rpm's start dropping. It hits 1500 rpm at about 30 seconds and then I'm off.

I have never had a car that starts at almost 2000 rpm, most have been around 1200. Also never had a car take more than 30 seconds to "naturally" drop down to normal idling speeds.

This was one of the first questions I asked the service department about my new car, but they said it was normal. The high idle speed at start up makes me wonder if it's more critical to get the oil flowing in this engine because of the valve design.

sunten1

I usually wait like 15-20 secs...you know adjust the radio, turn on the heat all that ****

Black Betty

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I warm up for a minimum of 2 minutes, hot or cold weather.

GraphiteG37S

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Cold weather start ups I wait for the RPM's to come down to 1000 or my exhaust tone to settle.

spect2k

I keep my car in the garage but never idle it. I wait until the "Connected to Phone" message has gone away before I drive off. This gives me enough time to put on my seatbelt and accept the annoying NAV message.

needsoju

let's say you drive twice a day.. 4 minutes x 365 day=1460 minutes or divided by 60 min =24.3 hours per year warming up.

Chico

I remember reading an article in Automobile Magazine about 10 years ago about how warming up the car was a misconception and a myth. When I started telling people about it, they thought I was crazy. I actually have cousins who believe that if they don't warm up the car for a few minutes, it will stall.

This is the reason I focking hate remote starters. A ton of duchbags remote-start their cars and let them idle for a long time. Little they know they're only messing up the environment.

gugarci

I'm not a fan of remote starters. But if I was "wise guy" I would definitely have one.

needsoju

Did you read this.. 6. Block heaters beat remote starters

15951

Infiniti suggests letting the car idle/warm-up for 30 seconds, and then driving. I follow that suggestion with zero issues.

Cars are pretty durable, and will handle most of the voodoo people throw at them. Some people think they should have it in reverse before all cylinders have a chance to fire, and some will sit there until they're late for work. In no case have I heard of the car giving up and committing suicide, so I just follow the manual to be safe.

I have noticed that the RPMs will immediately drop way down if I put the car in reverse, which forces the car to skip the start-up sequence of higher RPMs.

financeman

+1....that's always been my approach.