Sounds like you have a mechanical issue. You should not need to warm up the engine before you drive. This would be a useless fuel wasting feature.
There is no reason to warm up a modern engine. You use multi viscosity oil don't you? Something like 10W40, 10W30, 5W30, etc. Modern multi viscosity oil will flow well in both warm or cold temperature. So warming the oil in not necessary.
On most modern vehicles there is a safety interlock which requires you to put pressure on the brake pedal to put the vehicle in gear. This is the first place I would look. This safety device is either malfunctioning or out of adjustment.
If warming the engine is really a factory installed requirement to put this vehicle in gear, I would sell this vehicle and use the money from the sale to buy a different vehicle that doesn't have this fuel wasting requirement.
However I have never heard of a vehicle that intentionally forces you to waste fuel by forcing you to idle the engine in your driveway. This is why I think this is a mechanical issue.
There is no reason to warm up a modern engine. You use multi viscosity oil don't you? Something like 10W40, 10W30, 5W30, etc. Modern multi viscosity oil will flow well in both warm or cold temperature. So warming the oil in not necessary.
On most modern vehicles there is a safety interlock which requires you to put pressure on the brake pedal to put the vehicle in gear. This is the first place I would look. This safety device is either malfunctioning or out of adjustment.
If warming the engine is really a factory installed requirement to put this vehicle in gear, I would sell this vehicle and use the money from the sale to buy a different vehicle that doesn't have this fuel wasting requirement.
However I have never heard of a vehicle that intentionally forces you to waste fuel by forcing you to idle the engine in your driveway. This is why I think this is a mechanical issue.