Author Topic: littel slow on forum, so weather talk. (Read 3861 times)

madrogers · « **on:** January 13, 2009, 09:42:45 am »

Good morning, I see the posts are a littel slow so I thought I wuold share the info. that I got up this morning and my thermo. read -39C we live just out side winterpeg (the name hold true). Hope you have a warmer day.
Mark.

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2009, 04:02:48 pm »

Jesus.

I think its +10 here in Vancouver, BC
+10 and misty

the caveman · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2009, 05:54:39 pm »

ya but it's a dry cold :lol: :lol: :lol:

AudiVWguy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2009, 12:35:47 am »

Wow, that's REALLY cold. I guess I can't complain about where I'm at in Chicagoland. The high is gonna be about -10 C here tomorrow. I think I'll plug in one of those little electric ceramic heaters in the passenger foot well to come on with the engine block heater.

jtanguay · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2009, 12:49:20 am »

its about -17C feels like -25C where i am. still nothing compared to timmins (where i used to live) its -32C there right now :shock:

good place to test diesel cold start-ability :lol:

truckinwagen · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2009, 02:04:33 am »

earlier this week it was 30 below Fahrenheit! top that!

madrogers · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2009, 02:26:23 am »

Ah Yes it is a dry cold,and the sun was shineing bright , for those metric challenged -39C is -38.2 F. I thought I read somewhere that Timmins is a test site for new car cold weather testing.
Mark.

the caveman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 14, 2009, 08:36:27 am »

On friday morning i have to go check out my friends 98 TDI [my old car] to make sure his glow plug system for the interior heat is working. i want to check it outside. hope it's still cold :roll:

Op-Ivy · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2009, 10:39:31 am »

We keep getting warm days with sub zero nights. Makes for really icy roads. Foggy too.

zukgod1 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2009, 11:17:01 am »

BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fog.

BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jtanguay · « **Reply #10 on:** January 14, 2009, 01:33:00 pm »

Quote from: "madrogers"

Ah Yes it is a dry cold,and the sun was shineing bright , for those metric challenged -39C is -38.2 F. I thought I read somewhere that Timmins is a test site for new car cold weather testing.
Mark.

probably... i vaguely remember a breakdown that happened when my family went on a trip back down to visit my grandparents. it must have been about -45 or even lower, and during the drive, the car just completely crapped out. NOT GOOD! so we sat on the highway (two lane) until a car came by... they had enough room for me, mom, and my oldest sister and youngest sister. my oldest brother and dad had to huddle in a blanket to try and keep warm. help arrived about 1.5 hours later.. turns out the distributor cap cracked!!! now thats cold!!! :shock:

another time my dad went to start the car on a really cold morning, and didn't have the block heater plugged in, the block cracked!!! :shock:

so on some days, it would be an excellent place to test cold start-ability :lol:

smutts · « **Reply #11 on:** January 14, 2009, 05:19:38 pm »

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-39C

:shock: That is evil! you should see the chaos -10C caused here last week! :roll:

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2009, 04:32:36 am »

I've been stuck in cloud for the last 48 hours like Op-Ivy said but it's still really warm here on the west coast. It's interesting that even though im so much farther north, the proximity to the ocean keeps it warm even ... 75km inland (abbotsford).
It's so foggy up on the hill i live on that i can't see three doors down.

(ps. that cracking block is a very sad tale... kinda scary too. That's COLD to be left in a cold car for 90 minutes.)
When i lived in Winnipeg homeless people would freeze to death outside.

Op-Ivy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2009, 10:23:08 am »

Quote from: "jtanguay"

turns out the distributor cap cracked!!!

If only you guys had a diesel!! hehe

At that temperature that story could have been very dangerous. Glad everything turned out ok.

Dirtrag2 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2009, 01:53:40 pm »

-39 is pretty cold, it was -36 at 6:30 this morning at my house ( 1/2 hour north of ottawa )
environment canada is calling for -40 tonight :shock:

Author Topic: littel slow on forum, so weather talk. (Read 3861 times)

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