Most of us are working with older cars here...what is everybody elses routine in the morning before work/school etc... I come out, walk around the car once, check my coolant(I had a leak about 4 months ago...fixed since then but I still check it every morning lol)...hop in and let her run for 2 minutes before taking off anywhere...I'm in MD so we do have some very cold mornings up here.

 

I start it up and go.

Occasionally I'll feed it half a quart of oil.

 

Like he said, start it and go, Oil and coolant?, You drive a honda, it will run without those

 

I check oil every fillup =p Mobil 1 has been holding up and hardly burning a quart between changes though.

 

Sometimes i check the coolant, because it leaks a littlebit. But usually i just take the engine warmer plug off, and start it.

Now i've got some engine tune up in progress. So i have to take a bus or borrow my dad's Volvo V70 to go school or some daily business.

I miss my honda very much, but good things will follow-> More powerful engine to drive around!

 

start it, watch idle bounce for about 30 sec, once idle stabalizes take of e-brake and go

 

i let my car warm up for 3-5 minutes when its really cold here (NY).. i usually start it up and brush off all the snow i hate when i see people jump in a car that is brick cold, start it up and fly off... like literally start it up and go FAST

 

I go out greet it with a smile. Tell it if it doesn't start I'm going to be pissed (starter is going out, but motor swap is going in, no reason to rebuild starter) start it, go inside get dressed come back out now that she is up to proper operating temp. put stereo face on release e-brake, ease into 1st and roll.

 

Walk around the car to see if there are any new dents or dings..
Start it and rub my hands because its like 2 degrees here..
Then I turn on the radio and fart in the seat a couple times to get the (std) vinyl seats warmed up..Once the motor is warmed and I have heat I go..

 

turn it over,watch the old b16 shake a lot because its cold out side then it dies.start it up again and let her warm up for 3-4 minutes.drive down the street with it boggin then it starts puring like a kitten this is a real akward problem i havent been able to figure out yet.

 

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ALWAYS...even the winter beater

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Mine does that sort of too, except it run on its own for the first 5 minutes, i have manually give it gas to warm it up because i dont have a iacv. so maybe yours is plugged up or something??

 

when i gets into the 20's i have to help it idle, i dont have a FITV so i know the prob isnt my car, just my lack of funds to buy a new one

 

the only problem is the fuel cut with the pr3 if i try and rev it up a little it dies. all valves are good oh oh, i forgot to say i have to test my brakes cuz i have no pads left

 

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me too.

 

walk out unarm with viper pager, inspect car, make sure my GSR hammers are on, lug nuts. open door sit down, press throttle pedal once to unstick tb butterfly(if not my TPS code comes on), take it out of gear and turn the steering back to straight as i always lock with it turned in. put heat on high place radio plate in. get back outside of car lean up against the car for 3-5 minutes look around at the woods and sky. get back in and drive to the main road.

the security stuff i should do if i'm in the subs or city, but i do it all the time. when im like in the middle of nowhere. cant be too sure. i could park my car in garage but my bike and turbo engine **** is cluttering it.

this seems like alot of time and work. but it actually takes less then a minute to do minus the stand outside til warmed part.

 

crank it up, put in a tool cd and go

 

start it up, put on front defroster on high, put on rear defroster...get out of the car and be pissed that my rattles like crazy thanks to mount inserts...go back in side for 15 mins...then come out and drive...

 

My morning routine right now:

1. Start the car
2. Turn on both front and rear defrosters
3. Get out of car before I am permanantly vibrating(Hasport mounts suck when its cold )
4. Brush off snow because it has been snowing almost once a week
5. Check fluids once a week
6. Go inside and wait for a few minutes
7. Come back out and leave

 

Start it, open door, step out, close door, smoke cigarette, finish cigarette, put cigarette out, open door, get in, close door, drive off to work.

Good times......good times.

 

look at it standing on jackstands, realize its too cold to work on it and go back inside.

 

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hah - ditto dude
I give her some of my vodka oj breakfast and tell her to wake the hell up. im usually to stern with her and she gets pissed so end up walking or calling a friend for a ride.

 

I walk out, open the garage door, turn her on and let her warm up for about 5 minutes or so until the temp gauge starts to read a change.

 

Get in, turn on kill switch, pray so it starts (helps most times), crank it, place face plate in-turn on radio, let it idle, sit and enjoy my vinyl seats Watch the retarded kid from across the street take out the trash, listen to some radio and rattles. 3-4 minutes later, drive off slow until it reaches normal op temp, then hammer it a couple times.

 

Walk up to it.... stare it at the headlights.. tell her " I LOVE YOU!" , get in Start it up.. starts right up , idle is at 2k when cold ,got back inside let her warm up...get in the car(idle is like 700 when warm) start driving although its warmed up i never get on it until i've driven at least for 1 minute already. My car isnt a looker so i dont care for new dings , but soon i will when i get it painted!!

 

Heh, I guess I forgot to mention a few steps after you guys mentioned em heh...

Walk out, turn off viper, think to myself I need a killswitch, and walk around check all 4 tires. Pop the hood, check my coolant, always fine, turn it on, turn headlights and front/rear defrosters on...step back outfront to make sure driver side headlight is on(DAMN loose wire...). Hop back in, put headunit faceplate on, wait another minute or two until temp gauge starts to move...take off slow staying below 2.5k until temp gauge is to normal point, put in clutch to check idle, if its below 1.1k I start driving normal...