View Poll Results: let your car warm up?

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  • yes jsut for inital "idle high" to stop

    49 32.24%
  • to full running temp

    36 23.68%
  • no, its fine i start up and go

    16 10.53%
  • warm up for approx 1 min.

    23 15.13%
  • it doesnt matter

    2 1.32%
  • i do if i can, but its not a big deal to me

    26 17.11%
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Thread: do u let your car warm up? poll

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    It's good to be boosted JennB's Avatar
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    Nope. I get in, turn on the seat heaters and go. I'll sit for a minute if there is ice but the damn thing warms up in like 34 seconds.

    Even when I lived up north, it took maybe 3 minutes to completely de-ice all of the windows with snow and ice on them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JennB
    Nope. I get in, turn on the seat heaters and go. I'll sit for a minute if there is ice but the damn thing warms up in like 34 seconds.

    Even when I lived up north, it took maybe 3 minutes to completely de-ice all of the windows with snow and ice on them.
    what do you drive that can warm up that quick. .



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    Quote Originally Posted by eViLMunkey
    what do you drive that can warm up that quick. .
    It is a mini, there isnt alot there to warm up\cool down...lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by ~The_Duke~
    It is a mini, there isnt alot there to warm up\cool down...lol
    yea,i have like 10 mins of warming up,lol

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