Revving the engine when it's in gear , is always a bad thing unless it's engaged and you're moving off....
Allowing it to idle in gear with the park brake set in cold weather is O.K. .
Your best action in the cold is to drive it slowly for a few blocks as soon as it's running and idling .
-Nate
Mike wrote :
Revving it? I do that to warm it up. Guess I should stop that practice.
In general ;
About 250,000 miles .
*IF* however , you do foolish things like drive it with burnt up old fluid in it that smells like Navy Coffee , or sip it into drive whilst the car is still rolling backwards (no matter how slowly) , expect much shortened Slushbox life .
This is why so many American Drivers complain of trannies dying before 100,000 miles ~ they're simply not designed to take this sort of rough service .
Revving it above idle whilst waiting for it to take up , slamming shifts up or down , these are all things American Drivers do on a regular basis , I see it daily .
My Mercedes are all older ' beaters ' I got mused with lots of miles , I never , EVER abuse the trannies and have gotten well over 350,000 miles before needing rebuilding .
My '82 240D's tranny has been on it's last legs since I bought it over a decade ago but SWMBO doesn't want to $pend any $ on it so I keep a sharp eye on it and replace the fluid & filter annually . when it goes , she'll have to get it fixed .
-Nate
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