Subzero temperature starting.

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

I took the route of letting it idle for about 5 min....FWIW though, it
started without any glitch....and it went down to -15 last night.  I
wish my heat would kick in at .62 of a mile, mine kicks at 1.2 miles.

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:45 AM, hayes myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2nd that.  I like to start my car and then adjust my seatbelt and make sure
> my smokes are close at hand!...by that time (30 seconds max) i'm off...
> these cars warm fast...within 1km my heater is kickin it. lol.  Wait until
> your oil temp nudges up a fraction and you are good to go a little harder.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
>
>> drive off nearly immediately, using low revs and a light throttle.
>>
>> If you leave it idling, it warms up far more slowly, all the time
>> running rich and dumping gas effectively down the cylinders and into the
>> oil.
>>
>> This way it warms up more quickly.
>>
>> Your instincts to be very light on throttle and revs are good!
>>
>> Grant
>>
>> Danton J.A. Cardoso wrote:
>> > Overnight tonight here in NE Missouri it is going to be around -5 or
>> > lesser for the temperature.  Unfortunately, my A4 is parked outside,
>> > but at least it is under a carport.  The starting ritual I do in
>> > temperatures like this is shove the clutch in, hit the gas a 1/4 way
>> > and fire it up.  Now, I know the traditional way is wait a few
>> > seconds, and drive off, which I do shifting at 2000 rpm.  However, in
>> > the past there are times I have had let it idle for about 10-15
>> > minutes, or until the water temperature gauge is reading two or three
>> > notches above cold, or even to normal temperature.  Should I do this,
>> > or do the drive off the traditional way?  108K on the odometer Castrol
>> > Syn-blend in the crankcase, 5W30.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> >
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Danton J.A. Cardoso