how long do you let your car warm up?

[Poopshinanigans]

I put all of my shit (jacket, scarf and gloves) a couple minutes before i go outside, that way i built up a nice, heated air barrier. Then i go outside and let the car run for about a min to get all the juices where they need to be. Then i drive away, nice and slow. While the car is warming up i already have that heat in my jacket and gloves so i can stand the couple minutes of cold.

People who are always late and don't have time to get the interior warm should buy a I6 Wrangler. Primalzers parents have one and that thing heated up like a torch in almost no time.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I put all of my shit (jacket, scarf and gloves) a couple minutes before i go outside, that way i built up a nice, heated air barrier. Then i go outside and let the car run for about a min to get all the juices where they need to be. Then i drive away, nice and slow. While the car is warming up i already have that heat in my jacket and gloves so i can stand the couple minutes of cold.

People who are always late and don't have time to get the interior warm should buy a I6 Wrangler. Primalzers parents have one and that thing heated up like a torch in almost no time.

yeah thats how my cherokee was last year... those I6 jeep motors run at approximately the temperature of the sun... so they warm up quite quickly.

 

[skeezer]

i just slap my mule on it's ass a couple times

 

[transmaxed]

About 30 secs to a minute. This is in my maxima tho. Would be longer in the TA cause of the piston slap noise on cold starts.

 

[framos242]

Around 7-10 minutes before I leave the house, I turn the GP on with the remote start. Oh, and the hell with my neighbors. They are now use to the exhaust.

 

[Fish]

If I am in a rush, I wait for the NB O2s to start going crazy on the scanmaster.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Autostart the car from in the house, pick up my stuff and head out... Since my car sits in the garage I don't like to start it too early as it gets a little stuffy in there with the pent up exhaust fumes...

Then I pull out and sit another 30 seconds while the garage door closes, I try to baby it until the temp gauges moves/heat comes on (Auto Climate so it doesn't blow until its warm).

 

[EmersonHart13]

Around 7-10 minutes before I leave the house, I turn the GP on with the remote start. Oh, and the hell with my neighbors. They are now use to the exhaust.

I bet your neighbors loved that at the beginning. Your car is awesome on a cold start, the exhuast just carries, too bad I cannot hear it at my house...

 

[Nasty93]

summer nothing, winter 10-15 mins. in the garage with the door closed lol...

 

[CamaroSS]

summer nothing, winter 10-15 mins. in the garage with the door closed lol...

with windows down and you sitting in the car?

 

[Nasty93]

with windows down and you sitting in the car?

and the door to my house open

 

[CamaroSS]

 

[EmersonHart13]

LOL!

 

[PANDA]

I start it and immediately put it in drive or reverse and proceed to roast tires. I dont care if its -20' out.

 

[GLIKENNY]

Stick with DEI products.

prestige alarms are to alarms as yugo is to cars

ive had prestige alarms and starters on my previous cars and never had any problem what so ever. so i stand by them.

 

[bikrboy128]

and i have never seen or had any good experiences with them. from what i've seen they never last more then a year.

 

[Stink Star]

i usually worry about letting my car idle after driving it rather than warming it up

 

[Biff]

Summer 10 seconds, Winter 1 minute. Letting the car sit there idling isn't doing any good for the car, just creating carbon deposits and wasting gas. It does however get the coolant warmed up so the heater can warm you up. The oil is still not going to be up to temperature.

The best way to warm the car up is just to drive easy until your oil warms up. This happens some time after the coolant reaches operating temp. So after my coolant reaches temp I drive another 10 minutes before any aggressive driving. The car will warm up much quicker with a light load compared to it just sitting there.

This ^

 

[DOC-Z]

On a warm day, it takes a generous 30 to 40 seconds for the oil to circulate. through the motor and lube everything. In the winter, depending on how late I am running for work...which is now a 7 minute drive (up from 5 just last month 'cuz a light was reprogrammed), once the heat from the seat penetrates my jacket...about 2 to 3 minutes...is what I wait.

 

[ktraver97ss]

I start it and immediately put it in drive or reverse and proceed to roast tires. I dont care if its -20' out.

s00ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!