I always thought that when you start an automobile, you should wait a minute until the engines settles down, you know, the RPMs/idle speed decrease.
I think it is a bad idea to just as soon as you crank it up, put in gear and off you go-maybe you wind up flooring it a few seconds later, or whatever.
I drive a 96 Ranger and always wait until the idle slows before I take off.
My BF says (and he is a real expert on such matters) that as long as the oil gage is good, no problem
What say you all?