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Message: <blockquote data-quote="meetoo" data-source="post: 216628" data-attributes="member: 4025">Not meaning to offend you absidian, your views are most welcome. But I think you're talking about racing situation whereas we're talking about preserving our everyday ride. Anyway I think racers and their mechanics blip their engine more to pump themselves up rather than their cars. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And they know they're going to shag every part of their car anyway, so the last thing on their mind is treating it well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> As seles says, making a racing engine last is not the point of racing.seles, every manual will tell you to drive off immediately on starting, but driving gently until operating temp is reached. A combustion engine is not designed to operate optimally at 1K revs and below. That is also when oil sludge and carbon deposits form the most, especially in cold engine. If you drive a lot in traffic jams, your engine will be sludgy and sooty. Why add to that by idling the car for a few minutes when doing cold start? Right?</blockquote>