It must be, because women know absolutely nothing about cars at all.
Furthermore, the article you refer to may have indeed been written by a woman, but it refers to a Stephen Ciatti, a drag racer with a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and who specialises in gasoline engines at the Argonne National Laboratory.
Other experts agree that you should probably let the engine idle for a few minutes to let the oil get around, but unless you have a carburettor then it's not necessary to let the engine 'warm up'. However, obviously driving without a clear windshield is nonsense, but the article isn't stating that you should drive with a frosted windshield, but that it's not necessary to idle the engine to warm up the caburettor any more and in fact, it can be detrimental. In fact, the article says:
"In the time it takes you to scrape the snow and ice off of your windows, your car will be ready to go."
So far as I can see, most articles agree, there's no need to idle your car for longer than two to three minutes or so, just to let things get moving around the engine and lubricating right, and then you're ready to roll.
So yes, some MSN news is written by women, who are quoting men who seem to agree on a mechnical thing, so I guess they shouldn't STFU since they do seem to know what they're doing. Either that or the American education system is even worse than originally thought.
