Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Originally Posted By: umungus1122
Originally Posted By: Atomic
Originally Posted By: umungus1122
Starting up an engine and running it WOT in sub-zero weather for no reason just shows you don't respect your belongings. Give the car to someone who will respect it and beat on a piece of junk Maxima or Civic.
You know what they say about opinions, and similarly, with assumptions...
No son, what do they say? When you discover how to treat an engine properly, you just let me know.
98% of people questioned here start up and drive off immediately without any warmup. How is that much different?
So I guess everybody here abuses their engines?
98% drive off at WOT in sub-freezing weather after just starting up? Hmm...maybe we should take a poll. WOT being the key phrase here. If you do, yes, I'd call that unnecessary abuse. It's your engine though, so be my guest.