Okay, that makes sense.

This might be a noob question. Would it be best to let the idle drop a bit before putting it in gear?

 

I let it drop first but my GF turns the key, puts it in gear and guns it quicker than I thought was humanly possible and she's never had issues. in fact, her Murano shoots up to 2,200rpm when cold for the first few seconds.

It's just easier on mounts and everything to wait but you won't hurt anything if you don't wait.

I did want to emphasize that getting the car into closed loop normal emissions operation as quick as possible is a huge goal for the automakers. Where old carbureted cars had to idle high or they would die, you could start a fuel injected car and have it idle normal without dying.

 

Awesome, thanks for explaining that.