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Originally Posted by scz4
Surprised no one had mentioned this yet, but never understood the logic of letting your engine warm up at idle, what about the gearbox and diff?? They will still be cold and you'll only accelerate the wear on those components if you the think the engine is good to rag.
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This. I'm not concerned about engine temperature but more throwing the transmission into drive when engine RPMs are still slightly high at start. I grew up in Chicago--I just remember always having to let the cars warm up when cold--maybe I'm scarred for life ha.
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2008 X5 4.8
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