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Re: How Long Can I REALLY Let Car Warm Up Before Driving



Murray Wilks writes:
> 
> My owner manual says NOT to run the engine a long time at idle just to
> warm up the car. I think it suggests a max of 30 seconds or something
> low like that. Obviously, no-one at BMW has had to wake up to a frigid
> car in frosty Calgary....
> 

Probably not, but if they did live in Calgary they might have
auxiliary heating (Standheizung) on their cars.  Anyone up North
have experience with it?

- -John
'96 318is
[email protected]

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