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warming up my 2001 M3

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#1 ·
The other day I warmed my car up for like 15 - 20 mins, and I read that the best way to warm up the car is to drive it easy. Do you think I could have done any damage, and could that be the reason that my SERVICE ENGINE SOON
 
#2 ·
ehh i doubt it. do you have and performance decreases?
 
#3 ·
no, everything seems perfect, just making sure. By the way, in second gear from the day i got the car, when the car is cold, it hesitates a little around 3500 RPMS. I dont know if it would called hesitating or just like not smooth as it should be, it almost feels like the car is bouncing a bit. Is this common?
 
#11 ·
agree, let it run for 3-4 minutes (maybe more if extremely cold temps) and then drive conservatively until operating temp approaches.
 
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