The VW handbook for Mk6's says to start driving right away and not let it sit in idle too long. When you let it sit like that you let the engine build up more carbon. Its fine to drive off without warming up as long as you don't throttle it
GTI Mk.6 I let my car finish the cold start and then I drive off. If I’m more in a hurry I let my car run for at least 15-30s before driving off so the oil has a chance to go everywhere.
Never let your car idle for 5 minutes when it is cold. Your engine wont build a Lot of oil pressure, nor will it produce any heat to heat up your oil, since the modern engines are very efficient. (More efficieny, less heat loss). Oil pressure is there after a absolut Maximum of 2 seconds. Usually you have full oil pressure after half of a second. Then you Start driving of to build more oil pressure and Heat. Just Drive easy. Not a lot of throttle and low rpms is all it needs.
Actually there “car guy” real car people know it’s not actually a myth. It was more focus on older cars because it took longer for the oil to start circulating. Newer cars aren’t as bad as their oil circulation is a hell of a lot better. But you should still let it run it’s cold cycle so that all part that need lubrication get lubricated properly.
Takes a Maximum of 1 second for your oil to pump to your turbo and every place. At extreme low temps it is a Maximum of 2 seconds. You Start your car, buckle Up, and drive of. That way your engine builds oil pressure way more then Just idling around.
1:38 complete BS. first of all, who sits for 5 minutes to warm their car up? You only need 30 seconds MAX. Cars warms up faster when you’re driving it.
