every mourning gotta wait till my motor gets warm, my longest wait is 8 mins for the needle to get in the middle. any one has this problem on hot days?

 

IIRC on 40 degree days, the needle starts moving within 30 seconds and is almost near the 1/4 mark within 5mins. I don't let my car sit and I drive it carefully right away until I see the needle start to move upwards.

The Maxima's ECU is designed to speed up warm-up times to keep emissions to a minimum.

 

on hot or cold days, I usually wait until the needle starts moving off the C mark

 

30 secs...1 min the most. there's a 45 page thread on here somewhere....

 

heres a quick question...is it better for the engine if you let it warm up before you start driving it?? I have always just started my car and gone. The only time i have seen anyone of my friends/family warm up there engine before they drive is when its REALLY friggin cold out and they want their car to be warm.

 

I usually wait til the needle goes under 1rpm, thats usually about the same time the needles starts movin up, so I would say around 10 min max..

 

i just start the car and go because i usually wake up just on time for school so i dont have time to wait. i drive my car easy until the temp gauge needle comes off of the needle resting thing...