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      03-11-2013, 10:11 PM   #6
frieseke
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Drives: BMW 750li
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Location: Saskatchewan

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I've always started my car, opened the garage door, put on my seat belt, hit the heated seats, turned on the steering wheel warmer, and started to drive off keeping RPMs below ~1600 rpm, till the temp needle starts to move. Then keep it below 2500 rpm till pretty much up to temperature. If its ludicrously cold, the engine auto revs up to about 1500 rpm at first for a few seconds till it lowers back to normal idle. When its that cold, let it come back down to normal idle - about 10-30 seconds. If its below -50, start it up and come back in about 5 minutes and keep it below 1600 rpm for at least 10-15 minutes and then keep it below 2500 rpm. When its -50, seriously, think about not going wherever you are going its way too cold!
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