how long does everyone wait for their ride to warm up? the manual says about a minute. i wait at least 2. i mean from a cold crank.

probably about a minute...I usually spend that time picking out a CD to listen to.

Exact same thing I do. Kick ****.

about 45 seconds i guess when it's cold outside. i drive slowly for like 3 or 4 minutes after that.

yup about a minute. Just drive below 4k until it warms up.

yeah i don't put it past 3k till the needle is right below the middle. its sluggish till it warms up and then the engine gets goin.

i wait for the temperature needle to rise a couple of lines pass the redline. It takes about 3-5 minutes.

I wait until it hits the first line, about 2 min.

From cold, probably a little under a minute.

I am letting out the clutch as i turn the key.

I wait till the rpms drop to 750....I dont drive until then!

however long it takes me to get out of the house after I've hit the remote start...so anywhere between 1-5 mins.

Iv got remote start, so i usually start it when i start walking to my car from work, or in the morning 2-3 minutes before i go out to the car. I like to let it warm up because i always have to floor it to get out of my neighborhood or to get on the interstate from work.

About a minute. I don't drive hard until the engine is up to normal temp. Then I put my foot in it.

usually about 2 mins, in that time im checking out whats playin on the xm radio "axis of rock". theres been a few times i have been in a hurry and just turned it on and gone though. my clutch doesn't feel right until its warmed up though, am i the only one with that prob??

Depends on how cold it is. If it's mid-winter and it's 10 degrees out, I let it run about 5 minutes or so then drive slowly (rpms not over 3000) until the engine is warmed up. If it's summer and it's 95 degrees out, I usually only wait about 10 seconds (about how long it takes me to put on my seatbelt and chose which SIRIUS Satellite radio station I want to listen to)

I have no idea. I live in SC where it was 76 at midnight last night. not too worried about cold starts here. lol

Even in the winter, no more than a minute or so. You will find your car will warm up faster if you actually start driving instead of sitting an idling (you also won't waste as much gas). Just drive easy (ie. keep the revs low) until its up to normal operating temp.

i wait till the temp gauge reaches a little below the middle about 5 min a little less

barely any time when its hot out, but i wait till the revs get to 1000 in the winter.

I ususally just drive REALLY slow until the needle gets a lil under the middle....

Same here..

Just out of curiosity, where does your rpm's hover at from a cold start in the winter there, pb? I think mine hovers in the vicinity of 1250rpm's on a cold start.. and I have my throttle-body cable self-adjusted.

at least a minute

I let it warm up until the needle is on top of the "C" then drive slowly until operating temp is reached.

depends on the morning. sometimes around 2k...sometimes a bit more. it gets fvcking cold here in the winter. plus i dont have a civic anymore, i have a 99 miata, so that might have a different normal cold start rev.

edit: nevermind...youre in friggin ontario, im sure it gets much colder there than it does here. LOL

Even if it's hot out, the engine should still be warmed up. The point of warming up the engine is to get the oil into the moving parts inside the engine so that it will run smoothly. On a cold start, all the oil has been receded back into the oil pan. When the car warms up, the oil returns back to the moving parts to avoid wear and tear.

i was told it was because your engine is made of multiple types of metal so different parts expand at different speeds so if you stress it before everything has expanded you will f(*) your engine up.

LOL.. yeah, Mississauga's basically right beside Toronto (30min drive into downtown)

Apparently NY and NJ winters are somewhat comparable.. I've only ever been there during the summer.. driving through downtown NY with the heat on full blast aimed out the windows in an attempt to cool the engine and prevent it from overheating LOL

I'm in Miami It's never cold down here, but does taht exclude me? cause I never wait even 30 secs.

very true, it happened with my buick. i stopped waiting a couple of minutes for the car to warm up and it messes up my valves. drove it too hard without letting it warm.