Re: bmw-digest V9 #1019

["Allan Williams" <allanw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, if it takes 5 minutes for your car to get to operating temp at idle,
it will prolly do it in 2 mnutes if you are driving. You prolly tend to get
less wear by driving it to warm it up, because it will warm so much faster.

I usually let our 325 idle for 30 secs or so be fore driving off. Our road
is also a no-exit avenue, with little traffic. So driving it nicely is easy.

Allan Williams
"Pull My Finger..."
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>Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:01:37 -0800 (PST)
>From: James <linj03@domain.elided>
>Subject: Idle Car to warm engine..
>
> Here is my take on this.  I think you probably read it on the
>owner's manual where it asks you not to warm up your car, instead just
>drive less demandingly for the first few miles until the temp gauage warms
>up.  The reason behind it is that while your car is sitting idle, it's
>producing carbon monoxide, which leads to pollutions.  The idea is that
>the less the car sits at idle, the less pollution it will create.  Imaging
>if everyone in the world sits about 5 - 10 minutes a day to just warm up
>their car, how much pollution that would make.  Not that driving won't
>cost pollution, but less time the engine is on idle, the less pollution it
>creates.
> After gaining this wise suggestion, I stopped warming up my car
>and usually drive below the 3000 rpm mark for the first few minutes.
>Haven't had any ill effects for the past 20,000 miles.  =)
> James

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