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12-13-2009, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: grande prairie, alberta Canada
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winter fun
Woke up this morning to find the temp at a lustry -45. Everything plugged in cept for my ol' 72. Jumped into the work truck (07 chev) the battery tried its best but a no go. Next the wife's youkon(05), same deal, poor batteries in this weather. So i thought great, i gotta call a cab to go to work, but then i thought maybe i should try the 72 that has been parked for 3 months and i havent looked at it since then. Thinking about a frozen block, connecting rods exploding out the side of it and oil as thick as concrete, i hit the key and VROOM! To my surprise it fired up and didnt sound like a 100 cats in a blender, so i used the ol girl to jump the other 2.
My wife asked my why we bother with new vehicles if they leave us in predicaments like this and i agreed. So now im off to find a 55 nomad and some battery warmers until i get one 
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12-13-2009, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Alden NY
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Re: winter fun
That's cold! I live near Buffalo and other than in wind chill, I've never experienced it that cold - minus 25 or 30 F. You hate to run anything mechanical when it's that cold and diesels don't get shut off.
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12-13-2009, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: lebanon Cow Hampshire
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Re: winter fun
I laugh when I hear about that a buddy has a honda that gets started when the temp drops below 20 and runs till may or so..he says for the price of the gallon ot 2 of gas it burns its worth it to get into a warm car all the time with no frozen windows or snow on it....
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12-13-2009, 06:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mt Airy, MD
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Re: winter fun
The old metal gets a bit cantanquerous in that kinda cold.Leaving something run starts making sense at that point.That`55Nomad will run good in the snow.We had a 4dr wagon for a few years or so for the family wagon.
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12-13-2009, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: grande prairie, alberta Canada
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Re: winter fun
im just happy there wasnt any wind i was almost froze to the bone after the 45 mins i was outside
There are vehicles everywhere you go today with their hoods up, but on the bright side it has warmed up to -38... getting back into t-shirt weather
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