loots06

Only 2 minutes, wow I let it sit for about 5 min before drive off. Sometimes I dont know whats louder my exhaust or my wife yelling at me.

Bmr4life

I didn't realize that. After a overnight sit my cars takes ~10 seconds to drop to ~800rpm with my JLT and tune.

I can agree with waiting for the RPM's to drop. I refuse to believe any car takes 5 minutes for that to happen. Those who wait beyond rpm's reaching idle are wasting their time.

VWILLO

I don't leave it idling "in the garage", I pull it outside first. Only moving 12 feet and fast idle alone will do that. I do a minute at least all year around.

usc49erfan

i usually start it then smoke a cigarette and then go, always want the car to be nice and warmed up before driving

1morepart

thanks guys/gals ! my wife "loved" this post..ha ha
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Houstons_Problem

Start the car, put you seat belt on, check your mirror adjustment and slowly drive off. Don't go WOT for a little while.

It's really that simple. If it's really cold, wait a bit longer.

In the old days with a carburator on cold mornings, I had to wait until the automatic choke dropped from high idle. If I didn't, the car would stumble because the automatic choke would close too quickly when you touched the gas pedal.

This isn't a problem with fuel injected cars which atomize the fuel better and control the fuel air mixture by sensor input rather than closing too quickly like the mechanical automatic chokes did.

Driving a car at light load is easier on the car than idling. At idle speeds, your mechanically driven oil pump is spinning slow, at higher speeds it spins faster and pumps a greater flow rate of oil. Oil pressure is a function of viscosity and flow rate.