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Originally Posted by tuchan
Interesting thread. I have always warmed up my cars, even the new ones of today I warm up. The old SC I do also, let it run for maybe 5 minutes at idle before I go anywhere in all seasons. I probably do this from my Mini days when the thing really did not enjoy running whilst cold.
I can't see letting a engine warm up at idle doing any damage, if anything I would have thought it would be a good idea? Maybe I am mistaken.
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If you do your warm-up routine I would think you still have to to be gentle on the engine and transmission before all parts are operating at working temperatures. That still takes time so you are not helping top get the whole drive train including tires into optimal working ranges.