Cold start driving tips video:
How to get your engine warm with least fuel:
- Before start use block heater, webasto, cabin heater or etc to get your engine and cabin warm before you start your engine.
- Use some sort of cloth or carpet on your windscreen and side windows so they dont freeze up.
- When you end your previous trip reverse in your parking place so you can start driving forward as soon as you start your cold engine
- When you start your engine begin driving as soon as the engine starts to run.
- Try to coast in neutral (glide)as much as possible when the engine is still cold.
- Try to keep your speed above 40 km/h 25 MPH
- Dont use high revs when accelerating
- Accerate briskly to your posted speed limits
- Dont slip your wheels
- Try to avoid stoppping
- If you have to stop shut down your engine for even small stops
- Use the racing drive line to get through the corners fasters
- On short trips put enough clothes so you dont have to heat the cabin
- Start your inside blower only when the engine already is little bit warm
- Install thinner oils to your engine and gearbox
To make your car warm up faster:
- Install grill block
- install smooth engine undertray
- install block heater etc.
- remove intercooler
- start your journey from heated garage
Note on the video temperature were +8 celsius so engine got hot very fast. On winter you have to drive longer to get the fuel consumtion close to those figures. Colder it is longer it takes and more mods you have done bigger savings you get...