Should I warm up my Car in the winter?

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Yes. 10-30 secs Is enough

Modern cars have block heaters so it not necessary to warm up longer+ driving warms up the car more then idle. Just make sure don't drive the car hard until you see the temp gauge move up.


You have a Honda, best engines in the world... Hopefully you got the almighty K in there.


Ayerton Senna drove a Honda, we should too.


They will make their return as an F1 engine provider starting next season, teaming up once again with Mclaren to raise a couple of trophies.


Mclaren-Honda DOMINATED F1 in the 80s and early 90s
 
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Honda was the first Japanese manufacturer to enter Formula 1, starting on 1964. They withdrew in 2008 and will make a comeback next year :blessed:
 
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Yeah I was wondering why should i do it and is it really necessary :lupe:
It's not necessary. There's no difference between starting your car in summer and starting your car in winter.
Unless you are in arctic weather, the only reason to warm up the engine is so that it gets hot so the heater starts pumping out hot air. That's it. You could switch to synthetic oil if you think the cold oil is going to ruin the engine internals. You can get a block heater and plug that into an outlet every night. That just keeps the oil warm.
You can start your car and go.
 

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yah, brah, gotta protect your turbos


waiting too long isn't good for your engine either though
 

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Yeah there should be a button to check the coolant
I usually put mine in drive when it's over 100F

But last year my friend didn't warm his car up and his transmission got messed up because the transmission fluid was frozen
 
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