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By the time I had gotten to the first stop, it was back to normal shifting.
well, it's not the coldest it will get here....but pretty close.
-30 this morning (-40 with the windchill)
First real test of the Porsche's cold weather ability. I've been nervous about this since I bought the 996....since it doesn't have a block heater.
http://www.vimeo.com/17087257
On a separate note....I believe the battery is the original one (2004) and it might not last the whole winter. Any recommendations for batteries with exceptional cold cranking abilities?
Cheers,
sean
pretty much right away. I let the car warm up for about 3-4 minutes....to defrost the windows mostly. Reverse engaged pretty easily, although sluggish. Like shifting through molasses. First the second was easier. By the time I had gotten to the first stop, it was back to normal shifting.
I'm glad to hear that! Various six cyl German cars (In the manual) are not supposed to let idle to warm up. It is suggested to start and drive as normal. But in my eyes, in very cold starts like the one you had, it is beneficial to let the car idle for at least a minute or two. It let's the oil heat up a bit and run through the engine, as well as other things like defrosting the windows. During the second minute on colder days, I like to engage the clutch and go through 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear a few times just to loosen things up before I take off.
These cars are tanks!
Used to live in Minneapolis and I always let the cars warm up with the clutch out, trans in neutral to warm up the gear fluid. You can really tell the difference between dino oil in the trans and differentials at those temperatures! For even more fun, try to squeeze a quart of dino oil into the engine at -10 or lower.
I said squeeze, because it certainly does not pour at those temps. Synthetic oil rocks though.
The idea is to not allow the engine to sit and idle for long periods of time as the AFR must be rich when the engine is cold. Allowing the engine to circulate the oil for a few minutes (NOT 15-30 minutes), is proper and recommended in real cold weather before driving off.
Tests in 911 engines has shown it can take over a minute for 15W-40 oil to reach the valves when starting the engine at 0 F. Something to think about when your neighbor revs their engine to about 20,000 rpm when they start it cold. Naturally they do this to "warm" the engine up faster and it does...
Sitting there before driving gives you more time to get intimate with your car. Like when you are handling things you hope the plastic and metal doesn't snap from being so cold. Handle gentle
It was freezing here last night at 73 degrees. Had to snap the collar of my riding jacket before my bike ride
There is a law in Germany where you can not sit idling your car to warm it up. Which probably is why their cars are possibly engineered to start and drive. While in Germany an old man and his wife went out of their way to walk into a parking lot to give me heck for idling my car one night whie trying to melt sheet ice on the windshield.
^^^ Well of course you should have just driven off with the frozen windshield. Whats-a-matter-four-you?
On the otherhand... I had some nice person place rolled up paper towel under my wiper blades one night in Garmisch-Partenkirchen when it started to sleet while I was fast asleep in my hotel.
Well, here's a picture I took this morning on the drive in, here it was -34 Celcius (note that -30 C and -30 F are the same) when I woke up this morning (but my car sits in an insulated garage, so sean wins the "cold" contest).
I believe the official decree is that anything colder than -20 F is colder than a well-diggers ****! You'd of course need to verify that with an official well-digger.
I stand corrected, but am grateful that I have never felt -40!
The expression my old man always used to use is that it was "colder than a witch's tit" on mornings like this!
Either way, I am very impressed with the cold-weather abilities of my beloved car, when you live in a climate like this, it's a nice bonus!
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