that is what I do, it warms it up quicker. but I was under the impression that it was bad to even drive the car while it was cold, of course I don't drive it rough, at least till it is at its operating temp.

As for the thermostat that is a negative, mine went out a few months ago due to staying shut, that wax can only last so many years :\ so the thermostat is brand new, and besides that before the new thermostat I had the same wait time on the engine warm up. So nothing has changed. When i first bought the car it took much longer than 10 min, but i found out that was because the guy sold me the car with almost no oil.... thank god I didn't blow it I love honda engines.

EDIT: really my main concern is i don't want to have problems when it is boosted, because I don't know how hard the turbo is pushing it when it firsts starts. I guess if i stay under 3k i should be fine till it's warmed up.