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For the first few months I always made sure to take things easy, at least until the mechanical parts had a chance to warm up. The ICE has specially coated components to help protect wear when cold but it makes sense to avoid stressing cold parts. The ICE warms up faster than the regular VAG 1.4l unit because of the integrated manifold and this also helps minimise any stresses.I don't think that any significant damage would be done testing "full throttle" or more interestingly "battery boost" at full throttle if you give her a good warm up first.Last winter I always pre-conditioned the interior to 21 degrees before heading out on a cold day. This year has been ridiculously mild up until the last week or two but the pre-conditioning does still noticeably help with the battery range.It is also worth checking the state of charge of the 12V battery. With little use of the ICE, it doesn't receive the same amount of charging as when the ICE is running, although I believe there must be some transfer of charge from the HV battery under certain circumstances. MAybe someone else han advise.
For the first few months I always made sure to take things easy, at least until the mechanical parts had a chance to warm up. The ICE has specially coated components to help protect wear when cold but it makes sense to avoid stressing cold parts. The ICE warms up faster than the regular VAG 1.4l unit because of the integrated manifold and this also helps minimise any stresses.
I don't think that any significant damage would be done testing "full throttle" or more interestingly "battery boost" at full throttle if you give her a good warm up first.
Last winter I always pre-conditioned the interior to 21 degrees before heading out on a cold day. This year has been ridiculously mild up until the last week or two but the pre-conditioning does still noticeably help with the battery range.
It is also worth checking the state of charge of the 12V battery. With little use of the ICE, it doesn't receive the same amount of charging as when the ICE is running, although I believe there must be some transfer of charge from the HV battery under certain circumstances. MAybe someone else han advise.
