Woke up, decided to check the weather & forecast.

Jan 6, 2022 11:13 AM

MADchemEE

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Frickity frack!

BARELY "warms up" by noon.

Thank God I've got the car plugged in, and on a timer.

Can't imagine not having a block heater & battery blanket at these temperatures. Ya know, for those of us garage-less folk....

DV away. Just thought I'd share this frozen hell, so you can say "glad I'm not there!".

Well, I won’t be running back to Saskatoon, today

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2 hours away. Yup. Can confirm its pretty miserable out.

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A little brisk!

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At those temps you'll need a hose teaser just to be able to take a leak.

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So it's a little nippy out?

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Guess whose furnace died last night…

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Meanwhile my mom in Vancouver is freaking out because its going to snow.

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It's 11:30 pm here, and 24°c. Nice cool breeze too. Anyway, good luck with your battery blanket thing.

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glad I'm not there

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Yeah, it's the same. Really fucking cold. Oh look, the wind picked up.

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I guess not cropping your screenshot is acceptable when your battery percentage is so... nice.

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Nice.

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I loved having a block heater when I lived in Wisconsin. I suspect that they helped the car live longer.

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Was just explaining that to my sister… rule of thumb: hard (CRANKING) start eats 1-2% of ? cycle life. Letting it die eats 10%. There's …

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

…another estimate for how cold increases internal resistance & also increases the load for starting too. Where are you now, not needing one?

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