This brings up a very good question. I constantly warm up my wife's car, especially in the winter.
According to this article, this is not a good thing to do. The problem I see is that if I don't warm up my wife's car, the kickback when the car goes from park to drive is pretty hard. At to that, the car actually stalls if it isn't warmed up by the time she switches gears. Granted, I've always driven domestic cars all my life, and this is the first import, being a Honda Accord from 86, but I have to wonder, am I doing what's best for the car by letting it warm up, or am I harming the engine like the article says. I mean, I'm not going out to spend money on a block heater, which will, not only up my energy bills, but I'll also have to install an exterior wall mounted plug just to plug the damn thing in. So car guys, how do I handle this puppy? As it seems to me, I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't. Victor Gouveia
