i wait a minute.it is -12 this morning. let the oil circulate.
I can relate . i have a neighbor that has two suvs that have hollowed out mufflers and those two stupid vehicles vibrate the walls in my home and they let the darn things idle after starting for more than a few minutes at least..I don’t warm up, but my close next door neighbor and his wife both have Chevy trucks with remote start and aftermarket exhausts. They run their trucks for 30 minutes before they leave regardless of the weather. This requires several restarts...
ANNOYING!!!!!
I let it idle down to 1000 before moving. I don't like the tranny shock of a 1700 rpm shift.
Right. Mine tries to run off the battery for the first 1 minute, regardless of temperature. I doubt the resulting heavy discharge current is great for the battery, so move only very slowly (like maneuvering out of a parking lot) during that minute, i.e., avoid jumping into fast traffic or attacking a steep hill. Yes, that delay is sometimes annoying....My prius has pre-programmed "warm up modes" that are mostly idling and running off the HV battery unless I really flog it. So it's a no-brainer for me.
Then you're "flogging" the battery, unless yours is programmed differently.On the Prius, as soon as the READY light is on. ...