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Originally Posted by MisanoblueZ4
If BMW was worried about “excessive idling during warmup” they would have never included remote start!
Other then making it more comfortable before setting off and a tick more pollutants into the air, no harm in the car warming up a few minutes.
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Remote start feature seems to be quite at odds with this from the owners manual under Saving Fuel:
Drive away without delay.
Do not wait for the engine to warm-up while the vehicle remains stationary. Start driving right away, but at moderate RPM.
This is the fastest way of warming the cold engine up to operating temperature.
But I believe remote start does give the operator the ability to get the engine running and either cool the interior down or heat up the interior and begin the process of defrosting the windows. Of the two I think the latter is more important. From a comfort point of view not so much but from a safety point of view having the windows free of snow/ice and thus having all the visibility possible available from the outset of the trip.
Too often in snowy conditions one sees a vehicle being operated with quite a bit of snow still covering the windows.