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To: shelterguy

I wonder if my car would even start in -19deg weather. Hope I never have to find out. :/


41 posted on 01/19/2026 10:02:07 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Buttons12

“I wonder if my car would even start in -19deg weather. Hope I never have to find out. :/”

That’s why our cars in Anchorage had headbolt heaters that we plugged in overnight. One of my friends retired and someone asked him where he was going. He said he would drive south until someone asked him what that plug was hanging out of the front of his grill.


42 posted on 01/19/2026 10:06:32 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Buttons12

“”””I wonder if my car would even start in -19deg weather. Hope I never have to find out. :/”””

“Back in the day” they probably wouldn’t start. They had to be plugged in overnight. The modern vehicles don’t have a problem.


43 posted on 01/19/2026 10:06:58 AM PST by shelterguy
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