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  1. 01/05/2010, 12:43 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by vt_maverick View Post
    I just got back from the in-laws place up near Eau Claire Wisconsin, and that was the coldest this NC/VA native has ever been in his life. It was -17 F when I was packing Saturday morning, and most days it never got above 15-20 F during the day. Layering does help, but holy crap is that cold.
    You do actually get used to it...the coldest I have ever cross-country skied in was -30F, up on the Gunflint Trail in NE Minnesota, near Canada. No wind, so it wasn't bad at all. We had been skiing in -10F weather all week, so we were acclimatized to it.
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  2. 01/08/2010, 08:57 AM #2
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    seriously, what weight oil do you use in these temps....or wish you had....did you whip up a custom blend of 0w-0....or more like -30w-0??

    Don't they make engine warmers for this to lessen the damage potential by starting it in these temps? Back in '82 I was blissfully ignorant of the issue. I was just so annoyed with it not starting w/o the ether...'course I was pretty ignorant of the risks from that stuff too! Luckily never blew my face up!
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  3. 01/08/2010, 09:23 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post
    seriously, what weight oil do you use in these temps....or wish you had....did you whip up a custom blend of 0w-0....or more like -30w-0??

    Don't they make engine warmers for this to lessen the damage potential by starting it in these temps? Back in '82 I was blissfully ignorant of the issue. I was just so annoyed with it not starting w/o the ether...'course I was pretty ignorant of the risks from that stuff too! Luckily never blew my face up!
    Amsoil 5w22.5... (4 qt 5w20/1 qt 5w30)

    She cranks right over (new red top this fall) & has never failed to start.

    I have a block heater that is GOING to get installed this summer.
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  4. 01/08/2010, 01:26 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post

    I have a block heater that is GOING to get installed this summer.
    Two Questions:

    1. Does it work better in the summer?

    2. If I was to buy one a a suprize gift for T4B, are they universal or do you have to specify right or left ear ?
    So I said to myself, I said "Handee"
    and this voice came back and said..
    "He's not in, may we take a message?"
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  5. 01/08/2010, 08:04 PM #5
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    I have a heater on my Dragon. jemorga put it on and has one on his Proton as well.

    There are different types. The one I have attaches to the bottom of the oil pan with adhesive (no problems so far). The plug is run along the pan and then to the front cladding. A small hole in the cladding open area (where rowhards openings in the skid plate are) and a zip tie hold the plug in place and make it easy to find when pluggin' in for the night. It is not noticeble during the day. Doesn't require a lot of juice and it just keeps the oil warm, not operating temperature. I notice that the heater warms up about 10 minutes faster using it.

    jemorga put one on his wife's Prius Hybrid but it does not help any since the car starts our the day with the electric side...

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  6. 01/09/2010, 09:53 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by handeeman View Post
    Two Questions:

    1. Does it work better in the summer?

    No...I work better in the summer...



    2. If I was to buy one a a suprize gift for T4B, are they universal or do you have to specify right or left ear ?

    That's something that you should ask Merlin...
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  7. 01/09/2010, 11:17 AM #7
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    Cool

    cold hasn't been an issue here but we got alot of that white stuff. I lucked out and only got 1.5 feet @ my lair but just up the road they got 2 feet and over to the next town (edinboro, pa) they got 4 feet!

    My VX just set a personal record today in that as I started to fill her up a Jeep Cherrokee pulls up & the driver asks the usual line of questions about the VX and then he leaves and as I'm putting the cap back on and shutting the fuel door a Jeep Wrangler pulls up & starts the process all over again.....LOL.

    I need to start posting the times of my fuel visits and grouping all of the public together so that I can answer all their questions @ the same time.....LOL. Oh yeah, and I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet & hire a press agent as well!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jolly Roger VX'er View Post
    My VX just set a personal record today in that as I started to fill her up a Jeep Cherrokee pulls up & the driver asks the usual line of questions about the VX and then he leaves and as I'm putting the cap back on and shutting the fuel door a Jeep Wrangler pulls up & starts the process all over again.....LOL.
    Oh yeah, and I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet & hire a press agent as well!
    Or a placard that you lay on the dash while refueling...

    I've been thinking of a sandwich sign...
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