blizzak

In terms of the whole warming up thing, I am going to have to go with the idea that idling for more than a few seconds is not necessary and just wastes gas. No more than 30 seconds I would say.

In my opinion, the number one mistake that people make when winter driving is letting their car warmup by idling and then driving it too hard right after that. It's not just your engine, but all the drivetrain components and other moving parts that need to get warm as well, and the only way to do that is by light driving for the first 5-10 mins of operation.

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