Originally Posted by tim414

Congrats on the ride. The only time I move the car at idle is when I'm in heavy traffic. Otherwise 1.5=2k provides a smooth take off from a light. If you get heavy on go pedal, wait for the oil temp to get up over 150degrees. I find that is a difficult thing to do this time of year with the air oil cooler.

If your gonna drive it this time of year, I would suggest covering the oil cooler grill w/cardboard during this time of year.

What Jakal said...I believe to be a real issue. If you have a carmax warranty, if their good at honoring their warranty coverage then no worries. There 'are' too many which have had valve drop issue. This will basically destroy the engine, or if your very lucky, only a lil head damage, but the norm when this happens total loss it seems. There is a fix however.

Originally Posted by jwmgr8

nice
I had 07 now a 13
I remember idle for 07 at 700 to 750???
the idle for 13 is 550 to 600

don't know why the difference

On oil temp
it appears on 13 model they put heat sink on oil line right next to driver side cat.
seems to get oil temp up quick????

Originally Posted by BRISLS1

Thanks for all the reassuring advice! Today I had to hitch a ride back to the CarMax to get the daily beater I left there on the buy. Then I washed all three cars, and detailed the Vettes with a bit of McGuires. Put the C5Z under a cover. So with little time in the holiday off, I took a spin and thought about this thread. On cold start it was great, idling a bit higher (800), so I was able to get out into traffic which moves at 50 in front of my house. Then after warm up, the idle was lower, but the car still didn't bog from a roll in first or second. It makes a bit of drivetrain noise. Unless I read different, sticking to plan : stoplight inching can be done no throttle, just easy predictable clutch releases, take offs get a bump of go before the clutch is completely disengaged.