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Old 12-05-2007, 06:55 PM
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Default Re: several civic hybrid questions from newbie

I would let it run for about 5 seconds (max) and then take off. I think the whole warm up your car bit is something that was promoted by "Big Oil" to, well, sell more oil/gasoline. A lot like the 3,000 miles per oil change, very unnecessary and wasteful. As a result, the supermajors get more money. It may not seem like a lot of oil/gasoline, but when you multiply it by the number of cars on the road it really adds up quick.
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