RE: PH Blog: The curiosities of cold-start driving

[rev-erend]

Think yourselfs lucky .. my mate has to warm the oil before starting his 2 litre Subaru..

Still 700 bhp from such a small engine was formula one territory a few years back.

[will261058]

Boonster said:

I know what you mean as my XF does the same. My view is that it is the runflats, as I had similar experience on previous BMW's. The colder the weather the more pronounced which supports a lower tyre pressure theory.

The stiffer sidewalls in runflats may contribute to this but I think it is far more likely to be due to the higher viscosity of the oil in the dampers when its cold.

[vit4]

My Astra's a pig when first starting - automatic choke is a well known weak point. It's got no power at all for the first 30 secs or so of driving, and stopping requires some fancy footwork must admit it can be a bit embarrasing explaining to any passengers that it's going to be jerky at first

[Swervin_Mervin]

The 197's a pig even in warm weather, for the first few minutes.