I barely warm up my car in the morning either am late to class or work is that bad 2009 maxima...do I have to always warm up the car

 

I usually sit in there till the needle 1/4 up... Bout 2 min or so

 

Just get in and drive. If you aren't pushing the car, and driving stupid, you aren't going to hurt anything.

 

I'm usually out of the garage in less than 30 seconds... If it starts, I'm gone! Blaxima is ALWAYS ready to go! LOL

 

X2, warming it up doesn't help anything other than making you warm inside

 

I've talked to a lot of people about this question; especially right after I got my Viper installed and was using the remote start to heat up the car in the winter before I got in. The consensus seems to be that yes on older vehicles it helped the car to have a good 5-10 minutes to heat up before driving it. With our newer vehicles just a couple minutes is enough; I usually wait until my RPMs settle down to around 900 or so.

 

Most of the time I wait about 30 seconds to a minute. I do take it easy till the temperature gauge gets within normal operating range.

 

As a few people have mentioned, I also wait a bit before I start to drive.
As a rule of thumb, I wait until:
1. At least 30 seconds so engine oil can get everywhere in the engine.
2. Until the needle touches or goes past the bottom-most line on the temperature gauge.

 

I've noticed this a few times when trying to pull into traffic when I'm leaving my condo in the a.m.

When my max is cold i think the computer automatically dials down the power/performance until it's warmed up. Obviously the car will perform much less when cold but this is a huge difference to me. As soon as WhytGrl is warm it's a huge change.

But yes I've heard let the car warm up for at least 3 minutes before driving. Only problem is "AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT"

Get remote start and we wouldn't be having this convo. LOL

 

 

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Get remote start and we wouldn't be having this convo. LOL[/QUOTE]

Hahaha
Thank u all guess its 30secs every morning

 

Per the Owner's Manual "Allow the engine to idle for at least 30 seconds after starting. Do not race the engine while warming it up. Drive at moderate speed for a short distance first, especially in cold weather. In cold weather, keep the engine running for a minimum of 2 - 3 minutes before shutting it off. Starting and stopping the engine over a short period of time may make the vehicle more difficult"

 

Y'all so silly! I agree 30 seconds is enough then Zoom Zoom!!(sorry for the Mazda quote, but The Nissan "Shift" sounds boring)

 

On chilly mornings, I wait maybe 30 seconds, then drive like a grandma until the temp needle gets up in the normal range.

On cold mornings (below freezing), I'll give it 2-3 minutes before I drive.

On really, really cold mornings (below ~20 degrees) I'll go out, start the car, go back in, make my coffee, then go back out. So probably about 5 minutes.

 

I usually wait until the RPM reach 1k then I take off. Depending on how cold it was the night before this can take anywhere from 30 seconds to maybe 2 minutes.

 

This is what I usually do regardless of temp.

 

we need to get a remote start for our cars

 

True. However, that's lower on my priority list right now. I'll have one for the winter.

 

I remember this from my 4th Gen owner's manual. It basically said the same thing. I got over 230k miles with that car. So I've just been doing the same with my other Maximas.

 

The phase let it warm up means something different to everyone, since going to school in GA for the last 3 years, I have realized southern folks don't let it warm up even during the colder months, they just mash the pedal and pull right up to your bumper

Being from NY and counting the days until I go back, just get in it start it up and give it a few seconds and drive at a moderate pace until it warms up, obviously colder weather, slightly longer warm up, but if your the type of person who gets in and just rushes off, your gonna eventually have a somewhat new car with low mileage and lots of issues and weird noises, and then suddenly Nissan sucks

 

While waiting warms the engine and the driver, the rest of the power train is cold and will remain cold until you start moving. There is no reason to wait, the rest of the stuff like wheel bearings also need to warm up, and the engine only takes a few seconds to start pumping oil. Just do a little "grandma" driving for a few minutes. If you wait, you think the car is warmed up and ready to go, its not, you still need to do the "grandma" driving when its cold out!

 

Yep. Things may be different up north, but I'm rolling within three seconds after starting the car. Of course I am backing out of a climate-controlled garage onto a large level apron, then move slowly down a 300 foot driveway and onto a level highway. And I ALWAYS wait until the needle has moved well off the 'cold' mark before doing any aggressive driving.

 

I usually will wait about 30 sec in the summer and about 1 min in winter. I have traffic lights that adds to the warm up. I never like to get on the freeway with the car stone cold. If I do, I take my time until it's slightly warmed up.

 

Agreed. If I am going to be facing traffic lights immediately, or if I am travelling, and staying at a motel near the interstate, and intend to get on the interstate immediately, I let the car idle a half-minute or so in the summer or a whole minute or so in the winter before rolling.