I just jump in it, start it, see nothing blew up overnight and off I go.

I can go 10mins at 60mph almost the whole way and it is just Getting to temp by the time I arrived at my destination

 

In winter my truck gets about 10 minutes in neutral with the heat on full blast, I like a warm vehicle to drive in, if I want to be cold on my way to work ill ride the motorcycle lol

 

Been there, done that. Yep, it was COLD!

 

I have a much nicer ride to work when I let it idle for 5 minutes. Mine gets pretty cranky at 5 degrees.

Gas also seems to last longer than when I drive it to work in open loop.

 

I will go once the ice is off the windshield (5-10 min), or if there is no ice I will go after the oil pressure comes up.

 

start it, find a song, fogs on, and im on my way. i vision my 318 as a glass....with a drinking problem.

 

I get in and go, or let it idle just long enough to scrape the windows.

 

fire it up put it in neutral let it idle for 10 mins go in make a coffee then head out.

 

I fire it up and let it run until it hits 120 degrees (thats when closed loop hits and you can tell the idle changes and the truck really calms down). After that still take off slowly, I've temp gunned the oil pan when the coolant says its 170 and was surprised to see it still 50 degrees.

No matter what when it's real cold (below zero) it's not worth going anywhere until the engine is 120 degrees because driving in open loop will use more fuel than letting it warm up a bit. Also, if it's too cold your transmission wont go into overdrive or lock up until it's warm too.

Now I know about the running in neutral but I have the sonnax sure cure kit so that's not a worry anymore for me.

Also I use a scangauge II and have kept a real close eye on both types of driving, the start and go and the start, warm up a bit and go... the latter wins every time if you drive more than ten miles to work.

 

You're getting zero MPG sitting there idling, rather than some MPG while driving, not to mention driving will warm it up faster.