Too bad that Dirty Harry is busy... I love it when he cleans up!

As for short drives. I use to drive one of my old cars to work (when I lived in Spokane). It took about 5minutes to warm it up and another 5 to get to work. When It was really cold I would leave the windows down and no defrost so it wouldn't ice over inside (If it iced over I would have to defrost for longer). I would still go on longer trips on the weekend and drive down to Oregon every couple of months, so It did get some road time. All in all I never had a problem with things gunking up or any noticable effects.