Hi everyone, looking for some opinions here.
I have the luxury of living super close to work, like 1.5 miles away, 5 minute drive.
It's not enough time/distance to even fully warm up the engine.
I think I have OCD in this regard and believe driving my car for longer intervals will improve its long-term reliability. So, I tend to take the "scenic route" on a highway nearby so I can drive it for at least 15 minutes and get the engine fully warmed up.
It's my understanding that constantly driving the car short-trips (it gets freezing here in the winter, regularly below 32F) is hard on the car, builds up excess moisture in the oil, etc etc. The routine maintenance schedule even has a different schedule if you regularly drive like this.
Am I totally wasting my time/gas driving the extra 10-15 minutes? It kills me inside to start the car, drive straight home and turn it off when the coolant temps are barely even out of the cold blue zone.
For context, I'm in a 2021 CX-9 GT
I have the luxury of living super close to work, like 1.5 miles away, 5 minute drive.
It's not enough time/distance to even fully warm up the engine.
I think I have OCD in this regard and believe driving my car for longer intervals will improve its long-term reliability. So, I tend to take the "scenic route" on a highway nearby so I can drive it for at least 15 minutes and get the engine fully warmed up.
It's my understanding that constantly driving the car short-trips (it gets freezing here in the winter, regularly below 32F) is hard on the car, builds up excess moisture in the oil, etc etc. The routine maintenance schedule even has a different schedule if you regularly drive like this.
Am I totally wasting my time/gas driving the extra 10-15 minutes? It kills me inside to start the car, drive straight home and turn it off when the coolant temps are barely even out of the cold blue zone.
For context, I'm in a 2021 CX-9 GT