Minus 5 degrees outside

[TurboVenom]

If your car is stored in an un-heated space, you would be real wise to put a small space heater on the engine, just in case you forgot to put ethylene glycol in the radiator (don't ask me how I know this).

Nothing worse than finding icicles hanging from where your freeze plugs used-to-be.

And that's if you're lucky.

[Jim Werth]

Hope you didn't crack the block! -6* here. -26 windchill

[Dwight]

minus what?????????????????

way to cold for me.

if it get to 32, I don't want to leave the house


Dwight

[wtm442]

If your car is stored in an un-heated space, you would be real wise to put a small space heater on the engine, just in case you forgot to put ethylene glycol in the radiator (don't ask me how I know this).

If you have to ask, you are beyond help and should immediately ship your Cobra to me where I will faithfully keep a 50/50 mixture of anti-freeze and DISTILLED water in the engine.

Under the engine would be better with the hood closed.

[Blas]

John,
You didn't?

[bdeutsch]

Ship your cars to me during winter...rarely drops below 50 here in California, no snow or ice (unless you want me to take them into the Sierra).

Promise that I will take them out on occasion to get the oil warmed-up.

Otherwise, wishing all a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year.

Bob

[powerslide]

Just came in from shoveling; minus 11, minus 32 with the wind chill. Tried to take the dogs for a walk, got out the front door, they both looked up at me, thinking..."Are you nuts!...Screw you!" They both turned around and went back inside! Smart dogs! Have my space heater blowing under the SPF, my lazer thermometer shoots a steady 60 degree reading above the hood scoop. Have to keep the mice warm!

[TurboVenom]

Well, it happened many years ago...my '66 Mustang. It was because of an engine swap, didn't have the Prestone, so I put straight water in. I had this Boss 302 engine in the car, and one nasty day, there it was, the dreaded popped freeze plugs. Ended up putting the 289 back in. It could have been much worse, but more important, could have been avoided, if I only thought.

That taught me a lesson. Since then, I've been keeping my cars very warm all winter.

[trularin]

I understand we are shooting for -17 wind chill tonight.

With the wind, the snow we blow off the driveway -- is getting back on the driveway.

[bnewell]

just got done loading KMP297 for its trip to France........-1 with 20 mph winds.........it was fvcking cooooold!!!!!!!


B.

[Barnsnake]

As a marine service manager in a former life I have replaced literally hundreds of freeze cracked blocks and heads. I'll pass along lessons learned by my crying and wailing customers.

Shop heaters, light bulbs, and space heaters are great until there's an ice storm and the power goes out for days. Additionally, light bulbs burn out or breakers trip at the worst moments.

Those "Freeze plugs" are casting core plugs. I expect they were mis-named when they fell out after a block cracked. Sometimes they're still nicely seated in a chunk of cast iron on the floor.

NEVER ignore Murphy's Law. If there's a freezable liquid that resides in a location that could freeze under a bizarre combination of circumstances, it's in peril.

[Cobrabill]

To put "minus temperatures" in perspective for those of you who haven't had the joy of -18 degrees popping you in the face,at those temps,a simple ballpoint pen ceases to function.Not even a jock strap will help that poor brass monkey.

[powerslide]

Bill....there are a lot of things inside a jock strap that cease to function at minus 18!

[SS COBRA]

I couldn't believe the temp. this morning..11 degrees, and that's in northeast Tennessee.

[ROUSHAC]

Global warming - right. Al Gore is from Tennessee isn't he? Please give him a kick in the butt for me.

[bulletbrown]

Bdeutsch, rub it in, Dwight you whosee, I just drove into work and it is Dam cold , winds blowing so bad there is places you have a white out. Ok I have complained enough . Bdeutsch and Dwight MERRY CHRISTMAS !

[bdeutsch]

bulletbrown...

Grew up in zip code 60076...Skokie, wife is from Evanston, hard to forget those Chicago winters (even with copius amounts of Glug and lutefisk). Any Swedes/Norweigens in the group will understand this. Actually, personally always needed the Glug to tolerate the lutefisk, but that's another story.

Anyway, original offer stands... :-)

Otherwise, hope all have Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, etc., and Happy New Year.

Bob

[jberg]

It's -13c here now and also some Glug in mug here. But luckily I don't need to eat lutefisk as our dear neighbour in Sweden/Norway do.

Bdeutsch, try other Swedish speciality "Surströmming" if you don't like lutefisk. I bet that you need more than Glug for that....

[TerrysSPF]

Yep, watching the Bears game lastnight (cold!) reminded me why I let my wife talk me into spending winters in our vacation home in SC instead of renting it out like we used to.
I talked to my father-in-law before the game (he had tickets but wimped out because of the cold!) and I asked him if he would shovel our driveway for us. He said, "why? you guys would be stupid to come home for the Holidays in this weather!"

-I think he's right. It was almost 80 deg here in Hilton Head last week, about 70 on sat., but got a little chilly sunday and monday though (50's). Supposed to be back up to low 70's for Christmas though.

To all of my cold friends in Chicago (especially Naperville and St. Charles) I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
-I'll see you guys in April!

[Cobrabill]

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I moved to Tucson because So.Cal was too cold.