... minus 38 C with the windchill factor, equals to about -35 F .
(both scales are equal at -40 ) . My 92 sentra started at the 1st crank and my 8 is not moving unyil it gets warmer... :-)

I can't even imagine anything close to that cold. It's supposed to be 75F (about 26C) here this weekend. Miata weather! But it does get down into the low 40s F at night.

Now don't y'all move here! There's already a housing shortage... and don't forget the earthquakes. :)

Originally posted by Aratinga
I can't even imagine anything close to that cold. It's supposed to be 75F (about 26C) here this weekend. Miata weather! But it does get down into the low 40s F at night.

Now don't y'all move here! There's already a housing shortage... and don't forget the earthquakes. :) Yeah, but we have happy cows. And happy cows make better cheese. ;) (Don't show this to anyone from Wisconsin, it's a local commercial that shows our happy cows getting off on the earthquakes. Real cute! It also shows uphappy cows from WI suffering through the harsh winters. Presumably producing inferior cheese.)

and btw, it was damn cold here this morning. I had to wear two t-shirts went I went out to my '8!

Of course you all know, you smartie pants from down south that you will ALL go to hell for rubbing it in like you are doing on the poor freezing us up north !! :-)

Of course, the Aussies are in the middle of SUMMER right now. :)

Originally posted by f1michel
Of course you all know, you smartie pants from down south that you will ALL go to hell for rubbing it in like you are doing on the poor freezing us up north !! :-) LOL, at least is WARM down there!! ;)

We will get it all the way up to -21 C (-30 with the wind factor) this PM ... almost enough to get rid of the tuque !!

hehe... my butt warmers do a great job when its about 50 degrees out here in the morning!!! glad I moved back to Cali!

(on a serious note they really are nice when its 10 below and you have been outside skiing all day long in VT)

I have the GS so no butt warmer for me... but i'm not using the 8 when the weather is bad so..

It's a balmy -13C here in "Southern" Ontario (the one in Canada)

you "ontarians" always have it better !! :-(

It's a balmy 23 degrees today after highs in the single digits with below zero windchills! Ahhh, love that brutal cold weather! NOT!!

windchill doesnt' have any effect on how your car starts. It only matters what the actual temperature is.

Austin, TX is a sunny 60. Got down to the 30's during a cold front a couple of days. Not a cold temperature person at all.

Geffy, are you from the warm weather area or the cold weather area? I know a car shouldn't feel the wind factor as it doesn't build a layer of warmer air around itself but the experience tells me that a car with the nose in the wind will be harder to start then a car with the nose tucked in close to a structure .

Originally posted by Aratinga
Now don't y'all move here! There's already a housing shortage... and don't forget the earthquakes. :)

Forget that, I'll be happy if you move here... now that I own a home, more people moving in == more demand == higher sale price!!!

I am from the North and as far as I understand windchill only effects how fast heat leaves a object (such as the human body).

my volvo coupe starts every single time on the first crank... but one time it didn't cause i had the alarm on... haha... buy was i scard as hell...when the alarm system is on the car wont start .. even though you have the key... so you have to disengage it ... then it will start... this morning i was freaked as hell... though ... but like always it starts... i'm going to get a RX-8... who gives a shyt if it has problems... it is RX(Rotary eXperiment)... not saying it does... but shyt happens...

Originally posted by geffy
I am from the North and as far as I understand windchill only effects how fast heat leaves a object (such as the human body).

That is correct, the human body will heat the air immediately surrounding himself and the wind keeps wiping that "heated" area away making the body heat the air again and so on... but my 25 years of driving in cold Mtl tells me that you better hide that car nose !