starting a cold car

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>Is it a good thing to idle cars for a few minutes for the 1st start ?
>Read somewhere the company recommends against it.....

Start the car. As soon as the idle speed stabilizes, drive off slowly.
Avoid hard acceleration until the car is fully warmed up.

>Also how do you guys handle it when the windows freeze and wont roll
>down ? I tried pouring some warm water and it kinda seems to work. any
>suggestions?

Warm water is not a good idea. That water you are pouring down the window
will probably freeze up later and cause the same problem. Best bet is to
turn on the heat in the car. The windows will eventually unfreeze.
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Alex