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      11-28-2019, 05:38 AM   #85
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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone View Post
Quite a few technicians including BMW have said to me that letting any engine idle for a few minutes from cold before driving is beneficial to it's life more so in the case of the complex M5. You do know you can start the car then lock it to do something else without fear of someone stealing it.
The reason they say that is because most people don't have mechanical sympathy and don't know to drive differently with a cold engine. The safe answer for everyone is give it a couple minutes to warm up first. At least then the engine has a fighting chance to survive longer.
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