Honda Car Forum

before i drive it? how will i know it's ready to drive? it has no temperature gage. instead a light comes on when it is either too hot or too cold. normally both lights are off. i've actually never seen the overheat one, but when i turn the car on first thing in the morning the blue "Cold" light is on.

You don't need to let a car warm up.

new engines now, are broke in before they are installed in the car. they get a run test. just make sure all the check engine lights go off then keep it slow for a couple miles then drive normally.

letting it run for at least a minute helps all the fluids to get circulating real good,i always let anything i own run for at least a minute,old or new,its good to get all the fluids going good before you take off in it,good luck,and enjoy it.

1 minute

10-20 minutes

I got the same car. No need to let it warm up. They say you can drive off right away. There is no break in period like there is with European makes.FYI The older engines American made cars were larger V8's and straight 6's and the oil pumps less efficient, so it took longer for the oil to get around to all the parts and build up oil pressure to cushion the metal parts(that is the reason for the warm up without a load).