Brrrrrrrr

[BillBoost37]

Was walking at lunch w/o a coat on.

[97gtpjoe]

I open my window at night to get some cold in Love AZ

[BrandonHall10]

I open my window at night to get some cold in Love AZ

Haha!! This!! 71° with scattered clouds right now in Tucson.

[02NavyBlue]

This thread is probably going to start back up again. 8°F this morning with a -14° wind chill. pretty cold. All last night the wind was blowing so strong.

there is a bucket of antifreeze outside the shop that the top half of the coolant was frozen lol. Idk if it snowed in it or what. I picked the ice block out and set it up to drip in the bucket til it was just water. Guess that's a way to re-concentrate diluted coolant.

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

-9º this morning with -30º windchills.

Tomorrow will be about the same, and a high of maybe 5º.

Wed is going to one of the coldest so far, like -13 and far far colder as you go north.

[02NavyBlue]

Kinda hit us all of a sudden. All of the u.s. really. We were having 50° weekends and bam, highs in the teens and single digit lows. I remember the coldest day last year. Went into work. -12°f actual temp and high of -5°f. Wind chills probably in the -30's. Crazy, not many people out when it gets that cold. 1/4 of the cars in the area not starting only keeps more people off the roads lol. That was the day I had to push my dads truck out of the driveway with my gp. Wasn't happy about that but no harm done with a few layers of cardboard in between.

[Fivefingerdeathpunch]

Been cold here for a few weeks, just sub-zero this past week or so now.

I got a pic on my phone of -16 air temp last year sometime, that was pretty chilly.

[stocker]

Not to threadjack but I've been under the impression that warming up a car when its cold (say below 20F) reduced strain on cold engine and drivetrain parts due to a variety of factors. When I was googleing around yesterday, I found a lot of news articles saying it was unnecessary but providing little or no facts (other than environmental impacts) to back up their claims.

I still feel that allowing the car to reach a more optimal temp before driving is ideal, but maybe I'm wasting gas. Thoughts from anyone from the COLD climates?

[Russosaur]

I usually don't warm up my car but just take it easy and keep the revs low.

[Scottydoggs]

Not to threadjack but I've been under the impression that warming up a car when its cold (say below 20F) reduced strain on cold engine and drivetrain parts due to a variety of factors. When I was googleing around yesterday, I found a lot of news articles saying it was unnecessary but providing little or no facts (other than environmental impacts) to back up their claims.

I still feel that allowing the car to reach a more optimal temp before driving is ideal, but maybe I'm wasting gas. Thoughts from anyone from the COLD climates?

warming your car up comes from the old days when cars had a carb. with fuel injection warming it up is not needed to for the car to run well.

i still like to let it idle a few minutes when cold just to let the oil warm up and flow through the engine better. dont beat on it till the temp needle moves off the cold line of course.

[02NavyBlue]

Yeah it definitely applies to the older cars more but if you beat on a cold engine you will always get the same type of engine damage as a result. The pistons are aluminum in a cast iron sleeve/cylinder. They don't make the correct clearance until they are at operating temp. So beating on a cold engine results in scored pistons and compression loss. Just driving easy will probably have no Ill effects but why even chance it. Anyway, I want heat! And it's not safe driving with a frosted up windshield. Plus it's warm if I ever do need to give it some gas. Its got more power when its warmed up.
Maybe some engines would benefit if the oil is warmed up and flowing better. 3800s seem to have very good oiling systems that build up pretty fast.

[Scottydoggs]

it only takes like 5 minutes for my temp needle to move off dead cold at idle. heat blows luke warm, its time to go.

[smoke14]

Apparently today we had a high of -36*C I also had to boost a co-workers F250.

[02NavyBlue]

The impala cranked pretty slow a few minutes ago at 9°F. Hope it starts at 4° tomorrow morning.

[Scottydoggs]

my ait temps were 7 degree's today lol car fired right the F up!

[Russosaur]

Is it spring yet? Been single digits all week with negative wind chills and a total of 8 inches of snow. Expecting another 3-6 by Friday. Cars suspension sounds like its going to fall off lol

[02NavyBlue]

you might want to do something about that suspension then lol.

The impala has been sitting for a week, probably why it cranked pretty slow. Mine was better since I last drove it 24 hours ago.

[stocker]

Apparently today we had a high of -36*C I also had to boost a co-workers F250.

You know that is -96*F, right? I think you're misinformed considering, right now in Keswick, its a balmy -8*F / -22*C

[Russosaur]

you might want to do something about that suspension then lol.

The impala has been sitting for a week, probably why it cranked pretty slow. Mine was better since I last drove it 24 hours ago.

Front struts or whatever bind super bad it sounds like the subframe is going to drop out of the car. Rears are clunking too, gonna drop some $$ on kyb drop ins in the spring along with misc other things I'm gonna need.

[smoke14]

You know that is -96*F, right? I think you're misinformed considering, right now in Keswick, its a balmy -8*F / -22*C

-36C = -32F I think you are misinformed.