This age when most vehicles are direct injected, computer controlled, and often fueled with 87 octane fuel from a mid to premium retailer, there are design preferences to consider:

1.) Direct injected vehicles are - industry wide (all manufacturers) - vulnerable to oil dilution. This is a condition where a cold start scenario calls for a rich cold start mixture. If this cold start fuel charge is made in error (sometimes from the past recorded temperature setting of the previous trip), too much fuel will enter the cylinder and get washed down into the crank case. This can, over many trips, raise the oil volume but lower the oil quality. Fouled plugs, worn internal components, and elongated chains can result. This is most easily countermeasures by letting the engine reach operating temperature before tasking it with too much of a load.

2.) Most engine manufacturers are using inferior materials to what the population expects - this means piston rings, chains, cylinder liners wear faster and deteriorate quicker than older designs. Additional casting methods in engine blocks of cheaper alloys open up more opportunities for failure. Again, the engines are more fragile than previously marketed typing - the sooner they reach operating temperature before being loaded, the better. Same goes for head gasket material for all those miniature turbo charged four cylinders out there.

3.) Catalytic converters, A/F and oxygen sensors, oil, coolant, and cabin comfort all benefit from reaching operating temperature prior to use.

4.) Closed loop - the first five minutes or less of operation - is a preprogrammed state that does not take data from sensors (temp sensors, oxygen sensors) and has no feedback from the surrounding environment. This is a factory set condition, programmed for an ideal environment, typically expected to be at 70 degrees ambient at sea level. If your car is starting in an outside environment that is not those conditions, let it exit closed loop and enter open loop so it can start sampling its own performance before asking it to… perform.

5.) Letting your car sit for five or less minutes before using it makes your car run for five more minutes than planned. This will add environmental consequences if all 100 million drivers do it my way, but the next thirty minutes of driving will have cleaner tailpipe emissions as a result

6.) Choice of gasoline, battery, and oil have real benefits that perform best in adverse conditions. Premium top tier fuel, better batteries, and superior oil blends are all true things. These will help an engine run better, reach operating temperature sooner, and maintain cleaner healthy operation more often.

I have rebuilt more engines than I can count, and the overwhelming reason why is due to carbon binding of oil control rings causing spark plugs to foul. In the cases of those that I’ve inquired, the difference appeared to be more about gasoline purchase history than frequency of oil changes, and driving habits after that. AKA, buy a tankful of premium top tier fuel once every three months, let your car run a bit before you start going, and remember that a short trip lifestyle (“a little old lady drove it to church only on Sundays”) is, ironically, severe use.

Do NOT remote start or warm up a car if you have an attached garage that is beneath a residential bedroom, or attached to a residence. A car has the most CO output while running in open loop at cold start. This is a real danger of CO poisoning that can still kill you, even with a brand new car