Hello everyone! I have a 2017 Miata with about 57k miles and recently in Houston it has gotten fairly chilly, well at least enough for me to need the hot air. When I turn on my car in the morning it takes about 5 minutes for the car to finally start blowing hot air; however, I can speed this process up by wasting a lot of gas, sitting in neutral and reving the engine. I have never seen anything like this in a modern car and was wondering is it normal?
It's normal. Instead of revving your engine and not going anywhere, let the car run for a minute or two, then drive. It will warm up faster and not waste gas. You have a new car, only carbureted cars really needed warmed up before you drive them.
only 5 minutes? That's luxury.
I'm lucky if I get heat by the time I arrive at work.
it will heat up in half the time if you actually drive it somewhere
Yes.
It'll warm up little faster if you have it on recirculate instead of fresh.