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Bald Headed Squirrel Hunter |
I tend to let my truck run for a minute or two before placing it in gear and taking off. Mrs. Angus on the other hand, places her car in gear and takes off before the engine can completely turn over. Does it matter? What say you? "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" | ||
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I'll start the car, change glasses, fasten my seat belt and then I'm off driving mildly until the car warms up. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
It depends. How cold is it outside? Turbo charged or not? | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I start it, put my seatbelt on, maybe fiddle with the radio, and go. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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I let mine warm for a minute, and then I drive away slowly from the house below 2k rpm for about a mile before I’m ready begin regular driving. Retired Texas Lawman | |||
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| Serenity now! |
Longer if it's cold outside, but generally 1-2 mins in non-freezing temps. ------------------------------------------------ 9/11/01 Never Forget "In valor there is hope" - Tacitus | |||
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On our Jeep, I let the RPMs come down. Usually takes about 20s. The BMW manual says start it and go. Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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| Semper Fidelis Marines |
5 mins on mine, longer if it is below freezing thanks, shawn Semper Fi, ---->>> EXCUSE TYPOS<<<--- | |||
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Shall Not Be Infringed |
My car(s) are turbocharged Volvos....I wait until it idles down (600-900 RPM depending on how warm/cold it is) prior to 'taking off'. ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 2024....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Vehicles usually go to a High Idle when cold started, even if it's 95 degrees out. I let it run for 30 seconds or so, until the Tachometer shows the idle dropping down to close to normal idle speed. Then I go. To me, when a vehicle is at 1300-1400 RPM level, it just seems to me that slapping it into gear is hard on the U-Joints/CV Joints, other driveline components, motor mounts, transmission, etc, so I take it easy. Then I drive it slow and easy until the temp gauge shows normal operating temperature. Then it's time to let the horses run. . | |||
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I the winter 2-3 minutes. Under 30 seconds on average, all other times.. ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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is circumspective |
I start mine remotely & make my second cuppa joe, brush my teeth, & head out the door. Probably 4-5 minutes in the morning. "We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities." | |||
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Long enough to buckle my seat belt . | |||
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Start and go. If it's iced over I start it, scrape the ice off, and then go. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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I wait for all of the dash lights to go off and the idle speed to come down. Probably a minute or so. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
Start and go no matter the weather. Only reason I feel the need to let run longer in cold weather is for the heater to get warm quicker, or if I was going straight onto an interstate. Driving at a top speed of 40-45 doesn't bother me on a cold engine. Don't know if I drove that day, but it was -28 with a -55 wind chill in Wisconsin last year. I know I drove at -22. | |||
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Long enough to plug in my phone & put on a seat belt. Train how you intend to Fight Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Thirty seconds give or take usually. If really cold I try and run a couple of mins at least. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
zero warn up. Start, put my seatbelt on, put it in gear and drive. In winter, I try to drive slowly with gentle acceleration for 1/2 mile or so. Engines warm up faster under load. I feel unless you live in a very cold climate, idling for warming is just a waste of gas. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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I let it idle for at least 10 or 15 seconds when it's warm out (about a minute if it's freezing cold out), then start driving gently (no hard acceleration) until at least the coolant reaches operating temperature. | |||
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