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Old 05-06-2007, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy_pilot
I've heard that it's better to shut it down than to idle for more than 30 seconds, but then I would be killing it at every red light. Also, this would only help when the car's warm, otherwise it would be idling extremely high every time you restarted.
I heard that back in 98, and incidentally I was visiting my grandmothers house and I told her this and turned off her car as we waited at the McDonalds drive-thru.

She was not happy about that.
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