Originally Posted by whunter

This is not a 1908 Oldsmobile...

This is a MODERN vehicle.

Do not waste time attempting to warm up.

Once the engine is running stable, oil pressure has come up, it is ready to drive.

I DON"T baby my vehicles, hammer the throttle and ignore the sluggish response (typically gone within 2-400 feet).
This is a prechamber diesel = it is always happiest under LOAD, especially in the cold.

Putter and baby the engine in cold weather, and you build excess coke in the prechamber - piston chamber..

If everything is stock; You can not damage the engine in any manner by instantly driving to the limit (as designed) in cold weather.
I have Never lost or had a customer lose a Mercedes diesel by instantly driving on winter cold start.

Typical cold weather engine failures:
* Water pump belt failed, and continued driving.
* Little or no Antifreeze protection = slush or frozen cooling system.
* Engine oil below critical level, and continued driving.
* Road ice breaking radiator or oil pan.
* Engine temperature falling while driving (extreme arctic cold), partially block the radiator with cardboard so you don't freeze to death.

I have heat within one mile, unless ambient temperature is below -20° F, then it takes 1.5 miles.

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