If you think oil and lubricants need to be warmed to a certain point to not harm the engine, why would it be any different if you were idling cold or putting it under light load cold? It wouldn't really. Old cars needed to be warm for the carburetor to provide the correct air and fuel mixture. It didn't have anything to do with lubricants. Once cars became fuel injected it became a waste of gas to warm up the car idling. The engine actually warms up faster being driven.
Re:Please make a dumb car
by yencabulator on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:35PM
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If you live in a place with cold winters, a block heater is a lot better.
That requires an outlet near your car. My office (back when I had to go into the office) has parking lots that don't have any outlets.
1. I know modern engines claim not to need to be warmed up, but I think that's a load of crap. Oil and other lubricants at very cold temperatures need to warm up and there's no evidence that it hurts anything. And it only uses a little sip of gas.