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Interested to know what you guys think to ''warming up'' a car?
I have the opinion as to 'safe to move off asap after engine cranked over, although don't rag it for a bit' where as my BF is of the opinion 'Turn it over, leave it for a good 10-15 minutes on idol before setting off to warm up'

He's got a petrol turbo (1. and I've obviously got a 2.2 HDi

Hit me with it boys......

I drive off as soon as I'm ready, but take it easy until it warms up.
If the windows are frozen then:
Start up, seat heater, hrw, demist on....
Scrape side windows, screen, go.

Sonia406 wrote: although don't rag it for a bit' where as my BF is of the opinion 'Turn it over, leave it for a good 10-15 minutes on idol before setting off to warm up'

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20 years ago maybe.

Life's to short for sh*t like that.

My usual process first thing on the cold morning is start the engine then finish my ciggy while I make sure the windows are clear

I just give it a few seconds to get the oil circulating then drive gently to start with. No load idling isn't the way to warm up a car.

You can't afford to smoke AND run a 2.2 HDi......

......further evidence the DW12 is good for your health and the environment.

Doggy wrote:You can't afford to smoke AND run a 2.2 HDi......

......further evidence the DW12 is good for your health and the environment.

Ha ha

It's been 11 long weeks since I had a smoke......

Sonia406 wrote:It's been 11 long weeks since I had a smoke......

Well done you!

12 years for me, (after countless failed attempts).

I remember we once played a game on here suggested by welly ,
( at the time we thought he had bought shares in peugeot ) we were
invited to thrash our cars in first to see who could get the lowest mpg
reading , i think it was 9mpg , he then suggested we do it on start up
from cold , any takers ???

I start car let it run for about 30secs to circulate oil then drive off..

In the morning, around 6.15 when I leave for work, I start the engine - defrost / scrape the windscreen if necessary then gently make my way to work after 30 seconds or so.
I have a dual-carriageway 3 minutes from my door so I try to keep the wind chill factor down too...

As a word of caution though, I leave my drivers door on the latch when I'm de-icing the window just in case the car locks itself.....

Well done to all the ex-smokers - I guess it isn't as easy as us non-smokers think it is. I would struggle to give up Jaffa cakes

My lowest mpg was 8.2 iirc ( big hill, second gear and fully loaded while stopping a Mini Cooper from overtaking.... I won )

Sonia406 wrote:
It's been 11 long weeks since I had a smoke......

Leaving that one go are you puggy?

Now then scotty its sunday

Doggy wrote:

Sonia406 wrote:It's been 11 long weeks since I had a smoke......

Well done you!

12 years for me, (after countless failed attempts).

Thanks Doggy, well done you too! I'm definitely an on/off smoker, when I smoke I really smoke (as most of you saw up at Haynes) Weirdly I just stopped like that this time around, then two weeks later found out I fell pregnant

Whilst I am in this way there's no way I'd start again... ever.. I've always been quite lucky to literally just stop when I really want!

In my works Transit as long as the windows are clear,it's as soon as the engine catches it's flat out down the road (until I hit the 70 limiter at least),it makes some quite funny noises under the bonnet but if it breaks it's not my problem.

grasmere59 wrote:In my works Transit as long as the windows are clear,it's as soon as the engine catches it's flat out down the road (until I hit the 70 limiter at least),it makes some quite funny noises under the bonnet but if it breaks it's not my problem.

Ha ha.......
What about your 406 though Grasmere? Is yours also a 2.2 HDi?