searched and only found post about events lol. anyway how long you guys take to warm up your cars? or do you just take off? give me the times if its cold out or warm out. thanks

 

Until the temperature gauge is about halfway up to the middle or when the RPM drops to about 1000.

 

2min

 

i generally wait till the thermo passes the first line (1/4) of the way up on my manual tc... on my wifes auto... i dont warm it up...

 

I wait until the car's rpm's drop to normal

 

Me too!! Takes about 2 minutes or so in 40F weather!

 

try about 10 minutes in -2...

 

The manual specifically says not to let it idle to warm but instead to start driving it SLOWLY. Don't go racing the engine when it isn't warm but it does say not to just let it idle to warm. I usually wait about 15-20 seconds or until the rpms drop down a bit.

 

I think I remember reading in the xb manual that it is supposed to sit for 30 seconds and then I drive it really slowly like what deadtoaster said

 

one to two minutes

 

about 1 minute, and after that, i drive slow for another minute and its all good lol

 

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I saw these same instructions in a vw manual. Anyways I wait about thirty seconds in cold or hot weather.

 

no need to idle too long; AAA doesn't actually recommend it too---you'll just waste gas (warming up was essential for those old non-fuel-injected cars). Anyways by the time you've put your seatbelt, adjusted your mirrors and seat, and say to yourself "'sup, cool guy" in your car, it would've been a minute by then...just drive off but don't floor it.

 

^^ & the close catlyst helps with gettin things warm.

Even so, if I lived in a colder climate, U bet yer @$$ I'd think @ remote start to give me that extra couple of sec between the door & the driveway.

 

too bad my stick tc, can't install remote start

 

You can, just not legally.

 

i just start it and drive normally and in like a minute or 2 its normal temp. letting it sit there wastes gas

 

i dunno about the legality but for safety, yes. remote start sys are orig meant for a/t coz in m/t the gears are inteded to be left in 1st gear whereas in a/t is left in P when parked. remote starting an m/t will jerk the transmission thus damaging it...however there are systems around it out there like :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Delux...0591QQtcZphoto

i'm pretty sure there are other better ones...

 

In the 40s-50s, about 1-2 mins.
Otherwise, just enough to get the fluids flowing - a minute.