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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02-05-2007, 02:28 PM #1
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Originally Posted by VooDooXII

I drive a Volkswagen Golf TDi...I let it idle for a bit before I drive off and before I turn the car off.

Someone said it was good practice since the car was turbocharged...I still don't fully understand why to do so though...

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