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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Hit the starter, start driving! 
There, fixed it for ya. |
I let it run for about 15 seconds, usually.. the time it takes to put it in gear, drop the parking brake, and get my seat belt on. This is typically long enough that the idle will smooth out.
That's the only thing I concern myself with, that the idle smooths out. Once the engine is running smoothly, I say it's good to go.
I've had people yell at me several times for doing stuff like this, but I always take used cars, that have over 150k on them, put another 60-70k+ on them, and still don't have problems.
Maintenance is alot more important than warming your engine... besides, idling at low vacuum for extended pds is supposed to be really bad for your engine anyway.