Just adds pollutants to the air idling. Get in and drive it within reasonable limits til engine temp light goes off.

In winter I go turn my neighbours car off if he leaves it to warm up too long. Now he has gotten into habit of running the A/C on our worst smog days. That will end too.

 

What type of Fit are you driving? I have a GD3 and I have a temp icon that goes away when the engine is warmed up.

 

both GD and GE has water temp indicators on mine... (mine are 08 and 09)

 

Start it and drive it, but keep the RPMs and load low. I try to keep it below 2,000rpm until the blue C goes off.

 

I start mine and back it out of the garage. I get out and shut the door. By the time I'm back in the car, about 1 minute has elapsed. I back down the driveway and drive down the residential street where I live at about 20-25 MPH. By the time I reach the traffic light at main street, she's warmed up.

I DO take it easy for the first few minutes of driving, but cars warm up faster and more evenly if driven.

 

-snerk- LOL! Since when has a 5 minute warm up become a 'standard'?

Sorry. Had to get that out of my system. The GD3 also has the 'cold' light in the cluster. That's odd... I haven't seen mine in some time.

 

Usually like to drive block & 1/2 before I get to the expressway, after that I like to keep the RPM's down till I hit a couple of miles.