Good gawd, this has been common knowledge for decades and has been suggested by multiple outlets, magazines, engineers, etc, but you are the expert I guess...I equate this kind of crap auto journalism to the stuff that periodically comes from the "health" industry that first says milk is good for you, and then it's not. Ad infinitum. It's the harbinger of a sad day, to me, because I remember when Popular Mechanics was a rock solid fixture in our world. I'm sorry to see their name besmirched with this tripe.
"last longer and run smoother" is not a fact.To each, their own. I like to warm my car up before I go. My cars last longer and run smoother. No harm to your car if you warm it up before driving!
Based on my experience with all the cars I have so no, I don't have to "prove" it to you, silly or not. I did say to each their own."last longer and run smoother" is not a fact.
I like to not warm up my car and it lasts longer than yours and runs smoother too.
See how silly that sounds?
This whole topic is silly because it's almost impossible to measure damage done by doing one thing or the other.
How would you know? Do you use a time machine, or maybe you buy 2 identical cars, and your twin drives the other identical car the same route every day and year, without warming it, so you know it doesn’t last as long? Or is it the time machine you use to do it differently?Based on my experience with all the cars I have so no, I don't have to "prove" it to you, silly or not. I did say to each their own."last longer and run smoother" is not a fact.
I like to not warm up my car and it lasts longer than yours and runs smoother too.
See how silly that sounds?
This whole topic is silly because it's almost impossible to measure damage done by doing one thing or the other.
And many on this board have driven several generations of CRVs, but don't act like this generation is anything like the others because it's not.When there's snow or ice on the windows of my CR-V, I start the engine, then clean/scrape all of the windows, stow the scraper, and get in and drive away.
The rest of the time, winter or summer, I get in, start the engine, put on my seat belt, check the mirrors, then look around to see if it's safe to back out, and then go on my way.
I've been doing it that way since I moved to "cold country" from S. California more than 30 years ago, and it worked fine with three different generations of CR-Vs.
I have never had a garage to park in.
If you do it differently, then good for you.
True. Only if I have had 2 identical cars and treated them differently then you might be convinced. But then even with that, one would argue that both cars must have been driven by the same person at the same time in the same way on the same route for my claim to be valid. That would be impossible. However, when I said "last longer", I meant to say my cars' engine continue to be quiet and smooth even with many miles on them and I personally experience very few problems with my cars. I guess you can practically make any car last forever if you are willing to fix them. But hey, that's my own experience and I'm not going to impose my opinion on you. Some cars might last long even when they get beaten up but that's someone else's experience. Do what you please with your car because it is your car.How would you know? Do you use a time machine, or maybe you buy 2 identical cars, and your twin drives the other identical car the same route every day and year, without warming it, so you know it doesn’t last as long? Or is it the time machine you use to do it differently?
If the standard of this forum was proven causality for any recommendations, or at least objectivity and not conjecture, we'd have no community."last longer and run smoother" is not a fact.
I like to not warm up my car and it lasts longer than yours and runs smoother too.
See how silly that sounds?
This whole topic is silly because it's almost impossible to measure damage done by doing one thing or the other.
amen...............................................................................................if the standard of this forum was proven causality for any recommendations, or at least objectivity and not conjecture, we'd have no community.
The discussion is nonetheless useful... As long as people are accepting of the above fact. And civil with each other. And trying to disprove someone with equally unprovable information is a rabbit hole.
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