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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
I've found the warm up times to be very consistent, fastest was the 98 Mercedes SLK230 in half a mile...
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You have to remember two things. First, in coastal Virginia you don't really have much in the way of actual
cold, just what many of us would think of as light sweater weather.
Second, you need to remember that the heat is created by burning fuel. Your Mecedes, for instance, has a 21/29 mpg rating (per Google). On the mostly level stretch I drive my Insight towards town on, once I get up to speed I'm cruising at close to 100 mpg. Not much fuel burned = not much heat produced.