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Originally posted by Sumo

Holden tell people to drive off as soon as they start the car with their new ones. They believe that it only consumes fuel and the motor warms up better if u just take it easy driving for a few kms.

Sumo

yeah but would you trust someone who makes a commodore?

i believe at the bare minimum a minute or so to give time for the oil to get around the engine. i usually give it 3 - 5 mins and then drive easy 'till the gearbox warms up too.

to me it doesn't seem like much if it will help at all to reduce wear.

Waz.

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Holden tell people to drive off as soon as they start the car with their new ones. They believe that it only consumes fuel and the motor warms up better if u just take it easy driving for a few kms.

Holden are more conserned with percieved fuel economy of their cars-they dont want you to waiste fuel idling in the driveway,and then tell everyone that Holden has crappy fuel economy.

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I kick it over, get settled, and proceed to tackle the carport / driveway. By then, the oil should have gotten around enough and I just take it easy until it's reached operational temps. It's useless to let your car idle for 10 minutes and then proceed to give it stick, because as RedlineGTR said, you still need to warm your gearbox and diff.

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well i takes my car about 4 to 5 min tops for the temp guage to get to the right spot and thats wheni take off i dont give it alot of rpm proberly no more than 3 for a few min and then i prob go ujust a little over i dont rev my car much just got it worried ill hurt the baby =)

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meh i dont like to let engine warm up, i figure if im gonna stay low with rpms to let gearbox etc warm up, the engine will warm up in same time...

that b eing said, i switch on car, then usually change cd in stereo, get settled. close garage door and reverse out driveway so about 30secs give or take idle before driving, i wont boost till engine and oil temps are at appropriate levels

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I start mine, let it idle for a few seconds so that the oil has a chance to circulate through the engine and then put the clutch in and select 2nd, let the handbrake off (since I'm on a downhill slope) and then ease it into gear and drive off sedately (:D

I don't have the time to start a car and then sit around playing with my stereo for 5 minutes, and driving it gently warms it up faster anyway.

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Hey so have any of u guys got remote start at all? Hell yeah everyone needs to idle or drive slowly to let the water and oil warm up, but I would like the idea of remote starting the car knowing that I would be going out in a sec, and then jumping in the car and then taking it easy for less time before it is completely warmed up.... before BOOOSTING

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i start mine, let idle for about 15 sec, reverse out driveway, then take it easy (under 3000rpm) with low load (driving off boost) as much as possible, until about a good 10km of driving, then gradually drive it harder if desired :P

even audi's manual for my dads S4 twin turbo states that u should not warm it up before driving, but instead drive softly on the move until operating temps are up (they got oil temp gauge) unlike our cars which have oil press. the diff and gearbox do need to be warmed by driving not idling.

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