Is it bad to drive for short distances? - Page 5 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Cyau · 06-16-2013, 08:55 PM

this is not a RX 8

slowbrz · 06-17-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueDubbinTDI

Holy balls you bought the car to drive it just go drive the thing! If something goes horribly wrong my guess is that you still have a shitload of warranty left. your day hasn't truly started until you add a tire squeal to it

Hah, Ive actually broke the tires loose quite a lot

slowbrz · 06-17-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kajun

Really depends; what were the outside temps? That'll help your engine start warmer. In the ten minutes you drove, did the car get to full operating temp? When your cousin started it, what was the temp gauge pointing to?

It's not great treatment for the car, but it wouldn't have wrecked your engine just from that. Don't do it regularly and you'll be fine.

It was about 70F. Not sure if it was fully warmed up.

kajun · 06-18-2013, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by slowbrz

It was about 70F. Not sure if it was fully warmed up.

Well, 70F start is better than a 40F start obviously; chances are it wasn't fully warm, as it usually takes about 10 minutes of driving before it starts to get to normal temps, but like I said above, once or twice is not going to kill your engine.

A little more wear and tear than you'd otherwise expect, but over 100,000 miles you'd hardly notice if it was just a couple of times.

Clembo · 06-18-2013, 07:44 AM

Since the OP is from California, perhaps he should be aware that it is illegal to idle a car for more than a specific (very short) amount of time there. More and more cities and states are doing or at least considering this. I have friends who have actually been cited and paid fines.

As far as the danger of driving short distances, I start a car and drive after just a few seconds of warm-up (typically when it comes off high idle). Some drives are short, others longer. I've been doing this for some 50+ years and millions of miles and have never had a problem. These are cars, not some fragile works of art that will disintegrate if exposed to the atmosphere. Give the engineers and manufacturers a little credit for designing and building something robust enough to be driven in a wide variety of circumstances, short drives included.

Despite all the so-called outside analysis and hypothetical rhetoric, if you just follow the owner's manual, you'll be fine.

LeeMaster · 06-18-2013, 08:48 AM

I bike to work, then race after work, triathalon ftmfw!

FirestormFRS · 06-18-2013, 09:22 AM

Dear OP,

Yes it's bad to only drive short distances. No it won't destroy your car. As posted before moisture and fuel will not get evaporated out of the oil and condensation will stay in the exhaust causing it to rust faster.

Your car will last longer than the amount of time it will take those two factors to have an ill effect.

06-18-2013, 07:44 AM	#61
Clembo 'Senior' Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 13 FR-S,08 Mustang Bullitt,06 MX-5 Location: Southeastern CT Posts: 389 Thanks: 117 Thanked 213 Times in 122 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Since the OP is from California, perhaps he should be aware that it is illegal to idle a car for more than a specific (very short) amount of time there. More and more cities and states are doing or at least considering this. I have friends who have actually been cited and paid fines. As far as the danger of driving short distances, I start a car and drive after just a few seconds of warm-up (typically when it comes off high idle). Some drives are short, others longer. I've been doing this for some 50+ years and millions of miles and have never had a problem. These are cars, not some fragile works of art that will disintegrate if exposed to the atmosphere. Give the engineers and manufacturers a little credit for designing and building something robust enough to be driven in a wide variety of circumstances, short drives included. Despite all the so-called outside analysis and hypothetical rhetoric, if you just follow the owner's manual, you'll be fine. __________________ "You'll never know if you don't try" - Shinroko Momose

06-18-2013, 08:48 AM	#62
LeeMaster Red wine Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Subaru BRZ(R.I.P) Location: Denied Posts: 1,176 Thanks: 1,268 Thanked 342 Times in 240 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I bike to work, then race after work, triathalon ftmfw! __________________

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FirestormFRS Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: Anytown Posts: 920 Thanks: 73 Thanked 643 Times in 302 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Dear OP, Yes it's bad to only drive short distances. No it won't destroy your car. As posted before moisture and fuel will not get evaporated out of the oil and condensation will stay in the exhaust causing it to rust faster. Your car will last longer than the amount of time it will take those two factors to have an ill effect.

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