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<blockquote data-quote="MRTA.chew" data-source="post: 237955" data-attributes="member: 743">what you should have done is to do gear exercise to warm up the gearbox components and atf first.after starting the engine, shift to &quot;r&quot; for 10 seconds, &quot;n&quot; for another 10s, &quot;d&quot; for another 10s, and then &quot;s&quot;. start driving off GENTLY and SLOWLY in &quot;s&quot; for a while, then shift a gear up ie to &quot;m2&quot;. when the temperature gauge is near the middle mark ie the normal operating temperature, then only shift it back to &quot;d&quot;. by then, you can switch on your aircon and resume your normal driving from your initial grandma driving style.the logic is to warm up your gearbox gradually by letting the atf flow thru all components before driving off slowly. by driving off in &quot;s&quot;, you also make use of this rarely used driving mode.shifting to &quot;d&quot; immediately after starting and driving off with hard acceleration is akin to waking up and running 100m dash first thing in the morning. you will only invite all kinds of trouble to your car. start slow and gentle, and the parts will last a lot longer.btw, do open up all your windows (incl sunroof if available) first thing in the morning to exercise the rotating parts and preventing them from spoiling from lack of use.do this daily, and your car components will last a lot longer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MRTA.chew, post: 237955, member: 743"] what you should have done is to do gear exercise to warm up the gearbox components and atf first. after starting the engine, shift to "r" for 10 seconds, "n" for another 10s, "d" for another 10s, and then "s". start driving off GENTLY and SLOWLY in "s" for a while, then shift a gear up ie to "m2". when the temperature gauge is near the middle mark ie the normal operating temperature, then only shift it back to "d". by then, you can switch on your aircon and resume your normal driving from your initial grandma driving style. the logic is to warm up your gearbox gradually by letting the atf flow thru all components before driving off slowly. by driving off in "s", you also make use of this rarely used driving mode. shifting to "d" immediately after starting and driving off with hard acceleration is akin to waking up and running 100m dash first thing in the morning. you will only invite all kinds of trouble to your car. start slow and gentle, and the parts will last a lot longer. btw, do open up all your windows (incl sunroof if available) first thing in the morning to exercise the rotating parts and preventing them from spoiling from lack of use. do this daily, and your car components will last a lot longer. [/QUOTE]

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