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Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/7/14 7:38 a.m.

How cold was it for you this morning and did your car start? What kind of car?

-15F 1997 Saturn SC2. Fired up with no issue

Grtechguy
Grtechguy UltimaDork
1/7/14 7:40 a.m.

I parked in the garage. The in-van thermometer read 22. No problems at all.

z31maniac
z31maniac UltimaDork
1/7/14 7:42 a.m.

12ish this morning, 2006 Miata.

It fired up, but it took a bit cranking. Typically it fires up IMMEDIATELY. Yesterday was around 4-5, the wife's 2010 Mazda 3 also labored a bit under cranking.

wae
wae Reader
1/7/14 7:43 a.m.

'97 Neon with Megasquirt, never really tuned for cold weather -- I just kind of made up some stuff for the lower parts of the temp table. It's been sitting since last Thursday, and the garage was 29 degrees. Started right up on the very first crank -- in fact it was better at 29 degrees than last week at 50. We'll see how it goes when I try to start it in the parking garage after work when it will be at outside temps, probably around 9 or 10 degrees.

tuna55
tuna55 PowerDork
1/7/14 7:46 a.m.

My Leaf started great today and it was 5. It wouldn't crank though. HA!

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
1/7/14 7:52 a.m.

-7F - diesel fired right up with the magical extension cord connected under the hood.

Tyler H
Tyler H GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
1/7/14 7:53 a.m.

1 degrees...Old Duramax Diesel fired right up. Drove from Knoxville to Birmingham and back yesterday and saw a higher than usual number broken down vehicles on the side of the interstate. Most in the process of being jumpstarted or overheated from the radiators freezing up.

Our cars aren't winter ready down south.

bravenrace
bravenrace UltimaDork
1/7/14 7:54 a.m.

-11, 2001 BMW, and yes it started.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse HalfDork
1/7/14 7:56 a.m.

0.9 degrees in Westminster, MD, 35 mph wind gusts. The Wife's Jimmy is still stranded with a dead fuel pump (we think). Left the F350 diesel plugged in ALL freaking night, went out to start it, and after several "Wait to Start" events, waiting for glow plugs, cranking, repeat....the batteries were dead. Kicked the door, threw the keys, stomped into the garage for the battery charger, stomped back out the F350, lost 3 fingers to frostbite, hooked the charger to one of the batteries, set it to JUMP START, and cranked that berkeleyer until it fired and ran.

It shouldn't be this hard, should it?

Oh, and to add insult to injury...the heater fan wouldn't come on. Which was probably just as well, the TEMP needle barely nudged over it's low resting point.

captdownshift
captdownshift GRM+ Memberand Reader
1/7/14 7:57 a.m.

2011 Ferrari, 2 degrees, took a bit longer then normal to catch on fire this morning

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Mod Squad
1/7/14 8:00 a.m.

9℉ here this morning and the B2200 gave me all kinds of lip before finally cranking up. May need a new battery soon.

Armitage
Armitage Reader
1/7/14 8:06 a.m.

Got down to about 3F last night here in NoVA. The g/f's '99 Galant fired up outside on the remote starter no problems. Optima Red Top, <1 yr old. No problems with my car this morning. The garage, while not insulated, generally stays above freezing most of the winter.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/7/14 8:06 a.m.

(+)24C which is very unusually "cold", '95 Samurai, started fine.

Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
1/7/14 8:06 a.m.

City bus.

Dunno how it started but it was all warm and ready when it got to my stop.

Sonic
Sonic SuperDork
1/7/14 8:07 a.m.

-1 degree F, the 03 Suburban and 07 Mazda3 started right up. She got to take the suburban today with its heated seats as I have offsite meetings today with a low clearance parking garage.

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
1/7/14 8:09 a.m.

-2 or something silly like that here in MO. I park indoors though and have one of those electric, oil filled radiators in my garage so the car started fine at 44 degrees . It was nice and comfy when I hopped in too!

RossD
RossD PowerDork
1/7/14 8:10 a.m.

-22°F as stated by the dash in my 2006 F150. I put an AGM battery in during the summer since it was having trouble keeping a charge during its slumbers while I drove the Miata. It did crank a little slower this morning than yesterday morning. But it was -22 on my way home last night and this morning.

I'm in the Appleton/Green Bay area of Wisconsin.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse HalfDork
1/7/14 8:14 a.m.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: City bus. Dunno how it started but it was all warm and ready when it got to my stop.

Depending upon the municipality, they may have simply left them idling all night.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
1/7/14 8:16 a.m.

+12F this AM, the Trooper cranked over a bit slow but then fired right up.

tb
tb Reader
1/7/14 8:20 a.m.

5F here in philly... the old e30 fired right up and purred like a kitten. :)

Klayfish
Klayfish SuperDork
1/7/14 8:21 a.m.

-2F. 2013 Nissan LEAF. Started...uh...booted right up. Guess computers do work in that kind of cold. I only took it to the gym and back, didn't drive it to work. With a 50 mile commute, it'd be on the edge of the cars' range if I was running the heater a lot, and it's too damn cold not to run the heater. Took our 2006 Kia Sedona to work today. Fired right up, which I'd expect considering the battery is 2 weeks old.

But our garage door wouldn't go back in the bay where my wife parks. It was making ice crunching noises on the way up, I'll look at it when I get home.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic MegaDork
1/7/14 8:23 a.m.

4F. The 93 Civic fired right up.

81cpcamaro
81cpcamaro HalfDork
1/7/14 8:27 a.m.

7 degrees here, ole 99 Bonne started up fine, with just a bit slower cranking than normal. Probably the first time this car has seen temps this low.

mistanfo
mistanfo UltraDork
1/7/14 8:36 a.m.

'93 6.5 TD, 3 degrees. Let the glow plugs cycle twice, and started without issue :)

Of course, the wife had killed the battery in her '03 TDI, so I was woken up early to jump start her...

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 SuperDork
1/7/14 8:36 a.m.

yesterday -14 the work dakota labored but fired up on a battery from 2010. We get to see in a few if the ram fires up on a battery from 07.

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