JZK26

So I bought a nice 2015 E63p with 10k miles, all excited about driving to work every day (30 miles each way). But my office location changed, and I'll be taking the train from now on, meaning I drive the car 0.6 miles in the morning, and again in the evening (home->train station->home). These short trips barely allow the engine to warm up, definitely not the oil which stays "blue", and then the same thing happens all over again in the short evening trip back home. I do drive it longer in the weekends (any chance I get), but are these short trips killing my car? especially on cold winter mornings and nights? Thanks for your advice!

24Hours

Sounds like my commute. FWIW, short drives are bad for cars on a repeated basis. It doesn't allow the battery to recharge, the fluids never warm the seals properly, and the cumulative effect of 2k of driving like that vs 10k of driving your old commute will probably create more wear and tear on brakes, the starter and even the tranny. I live on a train line and am ~1 mile from the station and I never drove my '14 AMG wagon to the train station. My eventual buyer liked that I didn't use it for the train station! I ride a Dutch bike or walk in really bad weather. Perhaps one day I'll have an electric car, but until then I suffer the 5min bike ride to save my cars.
But then again, most people say "eff it", drive to station and enjoy the fruits of their labors. I hate riding my bike but cannot bring myself to relegate my AMG to "train car" status.
Cheers

JZK26

Thanks 24Hours! I agree with the bike idea, but for several reasons that is not an option in my case. And I also agree with your hard time relegating the AMG to "train car" status, I totally feel the same way, but this was not bought for that purpose.. it's circumstances that are being forced on me. One alternative if to F the train and just drive it to work as originally planned, but I can't convince my self that this makes sense. Perhaps I should get a crappy train car, but that's a whole other adventure... anyway, thanks for sharing from experience, I appreciate the advice!

sunil517

You will give the fluids time to warm and burn off any condensation.
Maybe drive it to work on Fridays.

PeterUbers

Celicasaur

I take my E63 on short drives, long drives, leisurely drives at night and any other type of drive. I paid a lot of money and I own it. If it breaks, I'll moan, but then fix it.

OP don't worry too much...your car is still too new for you to worry about any long term effects that driving like this would eventually have on the car. And when it comes to the next owner, well....you haven't 'abused' it or tried to rip anybody off. Any used car buyer will have to accept some level of risk, especially on a high performance car.