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I remember reading somewhere,or someone telling me sometime, that you shouldn't let your car sit for more than 10 minutes like this. I'm not sure why, can't remember who told me, but I never do, just incase.
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Typically it is tougher on the car to let it sit still and warm up. On all but the coldest of days one should try to drive it to put a load on the system. The load will get the engine warmed up faster. You should not hit it while it is still cold but it is better to drive then to let it sit. Letting it sit means it takes longer to warm up then necessary and starve those cylinders of necessary lubricate 
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Originally posted by bgailitis:
Typically it is tougher on the car to let it sit still and warm up. On all but the coldest of days one should try to drive it to put a load on the system. The load will get the engine warmed up faster. You should not hit it while it is still cold but it is better to drive then to let it sit. Letting it sit means it takes longer to warm up then necessary and starve those cylinders of necessary lubricate
What you've said is absolutely and factually correct.
Engine warm-up under moderate load is the best way to do it. Not only does it result in a more complete and uniform heat transfer to all critical engine components, its uniform-heating benefit extends to the entire powertrain. Once your temp gauge is solidly in the "nominal op" range, your powertrain is at peak operating temp.
I've been driving cars with high-compression engines for 15 years. I learned long ago that putting an unevenly warmed-up engine under a wee bit too much load is the best way to immediately terminate whatever remaining lifespan your head-gasket MAY have had.
Although the under-load, engine-warmup "protocol" is especially important for hi-comp engines, it applies to any vehicle with a conventional gasoline or diesel engine.
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my brother recently got a 91 corolla, and the head gasket just went (he took it to shop today, couldn't get it to start back up to get home). i wonder if cold + his aggressive driving could have anything to do with it. the car has about 100k miles on it. now he has to spend half of what the car costs to get it running again. should have bought american. i think all imports are overpriced, and maybe my contour was underpriced. 
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
my brother recently got a 91 corolla, and the head gasket just went (he took it to shop today, couldn't get it to start back up to get home). i wonder if cold + his aggressive driving could have anything to do with it. the car has about 100k miles on it. now he has to spend half of what the car costs to get it running again. should have bought american. i think all imports are overpriced, and maybe my contour was underpriced.
Given the high-level of design, engineering, manufacturing and resale excellence that has been Toyota's claim-to-fame ever since they embraced about 35 years ago the practices of W. Edwards Deming -- an American visionary -- WAY before any US automaker paid any attention to Deming's genius ...
Smart money says your bro bought a Toyota whose basic maintenence had been badly neglected over the past 12 years.
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I'm more interested in warming up the MTX so I don't get all the second gear crunching when everything is cold. So I let it idle for 5 minutes or so. Even at that, the first couple of 1 - 2 shifts I take it easy. After a mile or two, everything including the MTX is up to temp and I can breath easy.  Karl
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