Cold Weather. Warm up car?
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It's not a rental.
Keep in mind these will be small women. I like petite girls, but this will be rediculous. Otherwise they come out in pieces and it's a mess.
Keep in mind these will be small women. I like petite girls, but this will be rediculous. Otherwise they come out in pieces and it's a mess.
That's what I do in the mornings. I just start the car and sit there until it goes through it's "natural" warm up cycle before I start to go. Warming up your car is not a bad thing at all. The whole point of warming up your engine before driving is to:
A: get all the fluids up to running temperature, and
B: get all the fluids circulated through the system.
Granted, this is normally most beneficial in very cold climates (colder than the BA), but can also be something you need to do depending on how old or heavily modified your car is.
A: get all the fluids up to running temperature, and
B: get all the fluids circulated through the system.
Granted, this is normally most beneficial in very cold climates (colder than the BA), but can also be something you need to do depending on how old or heavily modified your car is.
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ohic. thanks kspek. and also so you guys always depress the clutch all the way in? i go half way and it seems to work fine. is that bad?
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i dont like sitting in my car while its warming up cuz when car first goes on, the stuff coming out of exhaust is supposedly more toxic than when the car is properly warmed up...
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I ALWAYS warm up the car before I drive it HARD. I drive around and wait 3-5 minutes after the coolant needle is up to normal operating temperature be for I go into angry caveman full boost mode (usually 10-15 min of driving).
If you aren't going to drive it hard, the car only needs 30 seconds to be drivable, just be nice to it, shift early and dont beat on it til' its warm.
If you aren't going to drive it hard, the car only needs 30 seconds to be drivable, just be nice to it, shift early and dont beat on it til' its warm.