hi all due to going work at 5.30am getting complaints that my car is to loud my question is, is it safe to pull of my drive as soon as the car is started?

what im thinking to do is start car go 50 yrds down the road and let temp build up, is it safe to start car and pull of for 50 yrds?

2005 wrx

 

like any other road car it is perfectly normal to turn the key and drive, you will do no harm as long as you get the car up to temp before giving it some.

 

just drive it
as above take it ease till its warm

What do you do if not drive it when you start it?

 

ive always waited for about 10 mins before even driving of ,so you are saying i can start car and drive straight of to work but no giving it some?

 

Yes just take it easy

 

Thats right
Your MPH must be good?
Glad you don't live next door to me (5.30)

 

I keep mine under 3000 RPM untill it's all warmed up. Drive it man!

 

thanks all i been sitting there waiting for temp to go up then drive of no wonder there complaing lol

 

thats right mate its fine to drive it straight away but if you give it some welly before its up to temperature it is very bad for it,increased engine wear on the internals for starters as the water and oil needs to circulate and lube everything up fully before giving it any real stick

 

Know a lot off folk who let there scooby / evo warm up before driving off, and thats not so they can drive at full sped on the way to work either !! personally thought it was the same for finishing your journey ie.letting thecar idle etc - turbo timer ??

 

thanks for the advice i can leave a bit later to go work now

 

No don't do it! Your engine will blow up

But seriously you leave your engine running for 10mins at 5.30am I'm not suprised that your neighbours have been complaining.

 

and thats with a full decat with no bong oops

 

PMSL, fast car but being beaten to work by someone in the same street in a ford ka. lol.

 

Your oil will heat up quicker driving it steady, by warming it up on tickover you are really only heating the water so in effect you are actually potentially damaging your car.

 

Its fine to drive straight away just take it easy and no/0.1 boost until she is warmed up

also goes for when your coming home as long as you take it easy for the last couple of miles you shouldn't have to sit there and wait for it to all whined down

darc

 

Can't believe this, someone too frightened to drive their car, does he think it's the space shuttle and is waiting for Cape Canaveral to start the countdown. I'll bet he uses a tank of fuel parked in the driveway watching the temp gauge.

 

I usually let it run for about a minute or so and as soon as the revs begin to drop I'm away, not going passed 2.5k revs until she is up to temperature.

10 minutes seems very excessive. Think of the petrol

 

Second that

Its not advisable to let your car warm up for more than around 3 minutes, as said it just takes longer to get the Oil warm. Id let it have a minute then set off and do as everyone else has said.

 

Back in the olden days before multigrade oils and thermostatically regulated cooling systems there was some logic in leaving your car to warm up so to a degree you can see where things like this come from.

Nowadays, as has already ably been said, leaving it sitting there is worse than driving gently away immediately.

Still, at least Peter and his neighbours will be happier!

 

i ant frightened m8 i fought it was right but after all the post im wrong

 

Yep I tend to do really early runs or really late finishes. So I'm either starting car early or waiting for car to turn of due to turbo timer late at night. I don't get people complaining yet, just one fella saying that it keeps his dog and his kids up (kids can't hear their ps3 most like). And its not good apperently.

But I just let me car tickover for a min or so then drive slow till its up to temp.

 

why would you wait 10 mins before driving?
No wonder your neighbours are a bit peeved.

No need to do so, drive 30 sec after you start, min or so in a real cold morning, keep below 3k revs until it is warmed up (5 mins or so dependant on temps and driving/roads) and the guage of course


Leaving sat there in a 'high' idle is likely to increase bore wear.

 

ok ok now i know to drive and not to wait around thats all i need to know thanks

 

Fair play.

You're not the only one to think like this. No need to let it tick over upon your return either as long as you've done the last few minutes of your journey off boost.

The only dilema comes when you're bursting for a **** and pull in at the services getting there as soon as you can

 

Maybe your car is too loud?

What size is the exhause system?

I'll hazzard a guess that its unnecessarily large and you're in danger of getting fined over it.
Especially when your neighbours lodge a formal complaint

 

Wouldn't even wait a minute, the faster your oil warms the better and it'll do it faster under light load. Also idling does nothing for your transmission oils.