Do you guys warmup your car?
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i live in Canada , so in winter (-15-20) i definitely warm the car up for about 3-5 minutes,
don't you guys find that it is harder to shift when the car is cold?(i mean in real cold weather not in summer or warm winter days like in cali or florida)
first 5 min of my drive is noisy(that wind sound from the transmission or differential) and harder to shift. i can't imagine not warming up my G in -20 weather and drive right away...
don't you guys find that it is harder to shift when the car is cold?(i mean in real cold weather not in summer or warm winter days like in cali or florida)
first 5 min of my drive is noisy(that wind sound from the transmission or differential) and harder to shift. i can't imagine not warming up my G in -20 weather and drive right away...
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Rotary's will flood if you don't let them warm up. I was saying people who are used to a rotary would be shocked that some people don't even let their cars warm up for a minute.
Anything else I need to spell out for you?
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Why don't you need to "warm up" piston engine? Because it's not needed and we don't have to. You must be confusing starting and driving gently w/ starting and flooring it. There is a difference.
I guess I should mention the diesel guys would be shocked we all use spark plugs.
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Well that's THEIR problem isn't it? Piston engines don't suffer from flooding (nor should any decently tuned engine using a modern ECU controlled engine management).
Why don't you need to "warm up" piston engine? Because it's not needed and we don't have to. You must be confusing starting and driving gently w/ starting and flooring it. There is a difference.
I guess I should mention the diesel guys would be shocked we all use spark plugs.
Why don't you need to "warm up" piston engine? Because it's not needed and we don't have to. You must be confusing starting and driving gently w/ starting and flooring it. There is a difference.
I guess I should mention the diesel guys would be shocked we all use spark plugs.
I simply stated what I did because I have a background with rotary motors. So with that being said, I found it strange that people wouldn't warm up their cars before driving it, however gently they would do so. As I mentioned in my first post, I took after my friend's M3 that has a variable Redline light that changes to a higher RPM as the car gets warmer. It starts off at 4k, then moves to 7k.
Unfortunately, you had to question the first part of my post where I commented on rotary owners, which shows the lack of diversity you have as a so called 'enthusiast'. Seems like your post count doesn't really appraise your willingness to accept people from other walks of the automotive community.
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I simply stated what I did because I have a background with rotary motors. So with that being said, I found it strange that people wouldn't warm up their cars before driving it, however gently they would do so. As I mentioned in my first post, I took after my friend's M3 that has a variable Redline light that changes to a higher RPM as the car gets warmer. It starts off at 4k, then moves to 7k.
Unfortunately, you had to question the first part of my post where I commented on rotary owners, which shows the lack of diversity you have as a so called 'enthusiast'. Seems like your post count doesn't really appraise your willingness to accept people from other walks of the automotive community.
Unfortunately, you had to question the first part of my post where I commented on rotary owners, which shows the lack of diversity you have as a so called 'enthusiast'. Seems like your post count doesn't really appraise your willingness to accept people from other walks of the automotive community.
I'm not sure what the varible redline thing has do do with what we are discussing either. Although it probably protects the owner from themselves (clearly being able to afford the M3 isn't a guage on an owner's intelligence), one shouldn't be anywhere near whatever redline BMW sets it at during the warm up process (IMHO).