warming up your legacy

does it help to bring your legacy up to temp (or at least run it in idle until the temp needle begins to move up)?

 

does it help to do it in cold weather? warm weather? or is it just a waste of gas?

Not now as its pretty warm out, maybe 10 or so secs.

 

Winter maybe 1-2 mins, then drive off slowly

 

It warms up quicker driving it, especially on the freeway

 

Do whatever you want with your fuel, use it or waste it, its yours

The best thing to do is let it idle long enough to get good oil flow. This is for any temp.

Wait until warm before going past 3k rpm, if it's a turbo.

Yea I just stay out of boost till the car is fully warmed up

I start it then buckle up, set my radio, climate and by then it's usually fine to start driving staying out of boost until it's warmed up.

I like how newer BMW's are set up. As the car warms up it allows you to hit higher RPM's. So it physically wont let you beat on it while its still cold. I think it wont even let you go over 3K until its at least warm.

 

I go by that rule of thumb, until she comes up from cold she wont see anything over 2500 and until she's fully warm nothing over 3500.

I like how newer BMW's are set up. As the car warms up it allows you to hit higher RPM's. So it physically wont let you beat on it while its still cold. I think it wont even let you go over 3K until its at least warm.

 

Just what you want - bouncing off the rev limiter as you pull out of your road onto a busy highway

Just what you want - bouncing off the rev limiter as you pull out of your road onto a busy highway

 

I think it only applys to automatics

I let mine idle for 2-3 mins until the temp is past "C".

Then I drive it keeping the RPMs low until it's fully warm (1/2 mark on the temp gauge).

I like to listen to the sounds of my bov to pass the time while I'm waiting for it to warm up.

I park my car on a hill. So I can roll start it at full throttle and powerslide at full boost onto the highway.

Modern car need maybe 30 seconds to get good oil flow. Then it is best to warm them up with light driving (load) rather than idle.

Modern car need maybe 30 seconds to get good oil flow. Then it is best to warm them up with light driving (load) rather than idle.

 

I start mine, let it roll down the 125ft driveway, put it in first gear and drive it. Summer or winter, unless I have to brush the snow off it.

 

What m sprank said is pretty much been the rule for 30 years or so.

My car idles 24/7/365 days a year!

My car idles 24/7/365 days a year!

 

 

change your oil while it's running?

change your oil while it's running?

 

Best way to make sure the engine squeezes out all the old oil

change your oil while it's running?

 

 

you don't?

It's so much easier. You pull the oil filter off, start up the engine. And then it just pumps all the oil out into your bucket. No need for pulling the drain plug and making a mess. When the oil stops coming out, put a new filter on, and add new oil. It's so much easier and cleaner.

This was starting to sound like a Weight Watchers meeting. "I ordered a large shake and took one sip and threw the rest away," says the 5'2", 245 lb 23 year old woman and the rest of the meeting applauds. "At our Memorial Day picnic the only salad I ate was nothing but lettuce and carrots," says the 5'4" 268 lb 45 year old load. Meanwhile, over the holiday weekend they each gained 4 lbs a piece but somehow followed the plan.

 

It sounds to me like people take this warm up crap waaayyyy too seriously. If I go to leave and I'm running late, I'm driving. Not fast, of course, but faster than sitting still. I've had cars last 348,000 miles, 179,000 miles, 282,000 miles and not one of them did I go so anal as to let the thing warm up all day or even for a minute. They were all still running fine when I sold them, or totaled the last one. Just don't drive like a jerk until the temp moves up a bit and be cool.

I all seriousness, it depends on where I am. If I can get in my car and drive on a somewhat flat road for a mile or two, I just drive slow and keep the revs. If it's really cold in the winter, I'll give it a minute before this.

 

At my house, though. It actually probably is good to let it warm up for a few minutes. I have a very steep driveway, usually requires good amount of wheel spin and skinny pedal to make it up in the winter. And after that, I have to tackle yet another hill, and finally pull onto the main road a mile down. Which is on a blind corner, so I can't just pull out and accelerate like an old lady. I'll be rear ended.

So in the case of leaving my house, yes, I do let the car warm up some before driving it.

 

Also my GL is really pissy when it's cold, it runs rich and stalls. So that gets to warm up, too...

First I talk to her reaaal nice, maybe pour us a couple glasses of Courvoisier...

Well played