Per Lindgren wrote:

> On the warm up time, the manual for my car just says to drive off immediately,
> not letting it stand still to warm up, avoid heavy acceleration, don't rev it,
> turn off the engine when the traffic comes to a halt.
> PerL
> 88 Syncro

I've owned a lot of Beetles.  I believe back in the early 60's that the VW owner's
manual stated no warm up needed.  It was better to just drive off slowly without
the warmup in order to save gas.   I'm not sure that I agree with this, but back
then it was VW's viewpoint.
Gary
88GL