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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  1. 02-02-2007, 01:03 PM #1
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    not recommended for my car to "warm up" so i just start up and go. of course that doesn't mean i beat up on it before it does actually warm up though
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  2. 02-02-2007, 05:42 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by shagwAg3n
    not recommended for my car to "warm up" so i just start up and go.
    That's because Audi wants you to break something and half to bring it in and pay for repairs. Doesn't help that Audi's have horrendous repair costs.

    Seriously though, why would they not recommend you letting the car warm up?
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  3. 02-02-2007, 05:53 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran Kizama
    That's because Audi wants you to break something and half to bring it in and pay for repairs. Doesn't help that Audi's have horrendous repair costs.

    Seriously though, why would they not recommend you letting the car warm up?
    right, that's why i have free maintenance service for the first 4 yrs and 50k miles?
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  4. 02-02-2007, 05:55 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by shagwAg3n
    right, that's why i have free maintenance service for the first 4 yrs and 50k miles?
    So does my father's Tacoma.

    You didn't answer my question though.
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