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Originally Posted by Dave Colangelo
Its a Porsche, Drive IT.
I have owned a series of Porsche's over the years. Driven them my 3 minute commute to high school (still to this day am convinced my POS 924S was the coolest car in the parking lot) all the way to 7 hour Porsche runs with fellow pelicans. I do agree that it is important to get a car up to temp but I feel that, that applies more to driving it hard. If I am going to take my car out and drive it like a Porsche I will warm it up first. If I am going to the grocery store to get butter, I get in and go. IMO it is more important and far better for the car to drive it than to let it sit in any capacity.
Regards
Dave
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It's the weeks on end of driving the car without allowing sufficient time for the water and fuel to burn out of it. Lets say your high temps are always below freezing, and your daily commute is 12 minutes - you'll start to see a milky substance buildup on your dipstick or oil cap. Doing this all winter, years on end, will certainly shorten the life of your car. 20 minutes should be plenty of time for the oil to warm up and burn off the water and fuel. Drive it WOT throttle whenever you safely can (on-ramps and such) as this helps keep things on an even keel with your motor. Some cars suck at being driven hard (honda, toyota), but motors designed to run hard *need* to be run hard occasionally.
You'll hear a lot of people here say that their cars run better after track sessions, mountain drives, or anytime they drive it hard for an extended period of time. Driving it like a Lexus is no bueno.