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If it's cold, maybe a minute but that's mainly to let the cabin warm up; otherwise, check rearview and then into gear. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Long enough to put it in gear and look around to make sure it’s clear. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
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By the time I: 1) Start the car 2) Put on my shades (if necessary) 3) Fasten my seatbelt 4) Unfasten my seatbelt 5) Go back inside because I forgot my cell phone 6) Refasten my seatbelt 7) Back out of the garage 8) Wait for the garage door to close 9) Drive down the alley at < 20mph... It's at least 4-5 minutes before I accelerate to "normal" engine speed. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
About 15 seconds Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
Do y'all drive old diesels, or carbureted cars? Never thought modern ones needed a warm up. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
This is what I do. And I usually avoid getting on it until the engine’s warmed up a bit. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
In freezing or below temps I let the car warm up enough to defrost the windows. I'm too lazy to stand outside freezing and scraping ice.  Otherwise a warmup is not necessary. In cold temps you do want to go easy on things at first, avoiding hard acceleration. Most automatic (non-CVT or DCT) transmissions won't shift into the highest gear until a little warmed up. | |||
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Make America Great Again |
For me, much depends on outside air temperature (OAT). If it's cold outside, especially if at or below freezing, I'll let it warm up a minute or two before driving gently away. If hot outside, I'll go as soon as my sun glasses are on, but still drive gently until fully warmed up. Just my way of doing it... ____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama _____________________________ I just can't quit grinnin' from all of this winnin'! | |||
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I Deal In Lead |
It warms up as long as it takes me to remove the shade from the windshield, buckle up, release the emergency brake and put it in gear. I keep the RPM under 3,000 until it's warm. | |||
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If its really cold out, I let it warm up to defrost the windows and get the engine heat up to warm the inside of the car. Other than that its just start the car, put on in the seat belt and plug in the phone and go. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
They don't, but us old geezers are a bunch of hidebound traditionalists. Henry Ford told us to let our tin lizzies warm up for a few minutes, and, by God, that is what we are going to do. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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As long as it takes for the garage door to close. | |||
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In winter, I remote start and warm up until the windows are clear. 10 minutes usually. In warmer weather, the Charger will run through a self check of all the various systems of the car when started so I wait until that finishes before I blast off. Takes about 30 seconds. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
10 seconds. Easy on the accelerator for the first mile. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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Don't Panic |
I don't consciously pause - just start it up, put on the seat belt and check the area to be sure it's clear to move, before taking it out of Park. | |||
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Caribou gorn |
on average, I'd say 4 seconds, unless I remote start it. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Internet Guru |
Yeah, I'm one of the old guys that let's it warm up....entirely unnecessary. Still, I feel better if it idles for a full minute before heading out. | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip  |
In the hot months of Houston, remote start so the AC seats get cool before getting in. In the cold month, same except for heated seats. | |||
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Between 10 and 30 seconds, then drive off nice and easy until the engine is up to operating temperature. I do that for my car, turbo diesel pickup truck, motorcycle. Good results so far. ------------- $ | |||
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