I remote start my car and get ready in the morning. My car is nice and warm for my mile drive to work. ... so about 15min idle.

I am determined to treat myself to that mod by the fall if I still have my Z. :tiphat:

I wait till the rpm's drop out from the 'warm up stage'. Yes, even modern cars have this. I voted get the juices flowing and drive like a granny until it warms up as I guess that would pretty much cover what I just said.

I almost always wait at least one full song on the radio unless im in a hurry. Usually thats long enough for the oil temp to move off the bottom.

I pretty much just wait for the idle to drop to normal. I don't usually get too crazy driving in the mornings but I don't make any special effort to drive like a granny.

P.S. I had remote start on my 350z. I miss it some times. Hard to beat a pre-warmed car on a cold day. :)

It's great fun to run out in your underwear first thing in the morning when there's a light sprinkling of ice cold dew only to find that you somehow forgot how on earth to operate your unlock button. Then you finally figure it out and hop in being careful not to let your bare back hit the Antarctic leather seat back while starting the car to warm up while you run back inside only to find that now you must fumble for the front door key.

Yeah I don't see the point of the remote start :roflpuke2:

Of course. You live in Southern California. Even though it's fairly rare here, when it's 20 degrees out and your sitting in traffic on a cold leather seat, you appreciate it.

It's also fun to start it from a distance when people walk by the car, just to see their reaction. :D

No seat warmers? Only takes a min for me to feel it kick in.

Depends on how much time I have after walking the dogs in the morning really but I generally don't wait long. Sometimes if I have time and it's super cold out or it's been a couple days without driving I will give it a few minutes but 45 seconds is the norm and then drive it easy until I get out on the highway which is about 2 miles. Honestly the car is under warranty and I am much harder on the car when I drive it aggressively than driving it cold.

I do agree with some about modern cars being better suited for start and go driving but I cringe when my neighbor starts up her car in the morning and puts it right into reverse before she even has her seat belt on. CLUNK!

Seat Warmers: used round year to warm buttholes since 1997.

/admit it, you use it in milder weather also.

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Heh. Okay, I am serious on all parts of my statement.

It is anywhere between -20 to 30 degrees in the winter. Needless to say it's f'ing cold out so I warm my car up completely. Having the car run for 15 min or so serves a few purposes. 1. The car is defrosted, 2. The cabin is warm 3. The electrical system gets to charge for a bit longer because cold weather sucks the life out the battery quicker.

I really do live a mile from work too... Again, it's stupid cold so I'm not walking. :ugh2:

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Edit: I take longer than 15 minutes to get ready in the morning. That's just the car's average warm up time.

Ah! I wish! :(

Like many, 30 seconds which is about the time it takes for idle to go back to normal...definitely got longer after exhaust/intake/TP install

More cooler air going through, longer warm up time? I have no other clue why that would be with the UpRev tune...:icon14: