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1 year agoThat’s the way to do it. Gentle driving with low rpms until warmed, letting all the fluids (including oil, trans, coolant) and gaskets reach operating temp before hammering on it.
Those who sit stationary, reviving their engine to warm it up completely miss the point. That’s the cold stress you want to avoid. I know someone who does this religiously - and he’s blown the head gasket in two Nissans and a Subaru in less than five years. Almost impressive.
And even if you let it sit stationary until the engine is warm, your transmission and other critical systems could still be quite cold.
The wealthy aren’t paying their fair share and that is something that needs to be corrected. The arguments in favor of progressive tax systems are countless.
It’s important to note that taxing wealth isn’t the same as taxing income. But you can do both and the US has a very well established system for doing so: income when earned and wealth when transferred to the next generation. Unfortunately, both of these systems have been gutted.
I’d love to see these both get their teeth back. Pretty simple really: (1) make progressive income tax rates apply to all income sources and decrease income exclusions/deductions and (2) lower the wealth tax exemptions and clamp down on tactics used to skirt around the exclusion amount (primarily family partnerships). This is basically just returning to policies the US had from about 1950 to 1970, which also was a time of exceptional middle class growth. It’s really not breaking new ground and it’s a proven, sound way to generate widespread economic success while also battling greed and inequality.
We could go a step beyond and do a value-added tax system too, which effectively taxes consumption, but that’s another topic entirely.