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localroger

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9. Most modern cars specify synthetic oil

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 10:08 PM

Jan 2019

It works much better at low temps than the old stuff for starting a cold engine. Also most modern cars have AGM batteries because even in normal weather the car does so much electrical stuff while the engine is off, and those perform better in the cold too.

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Polar vortex this... [View all] infullview Jan 2019 OP

"The media is all about stirring it up and manufacturing crisis to make sure you stay tuned" dhill926 Jan 2019 #1

That's how it was here in Minnesota when I was a kid. Mister Ed Jan 2019 #2

This kind of weather was normal in January and February in Minnesota The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #3

Most modern cars specify synthetic oil localroger Jan 2019 #9

Also electronic ignition and fuel injection, not old-fashioned starters and carburetors. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #12

I respect your view but Lucca2 Jan 2019 #4

With all due respect infullview Jan 2019 #10

Uuhm no... climate change indicates these things are worse today than the past. Joe941 Jan 2019 #5

wasn't addressing climate change, only making a comment on the wat it's reported. infullview Jan 2019 #7

Well your arguments are the same the climate deniers use. Joe941 Jan 2019 #8

Nothing remotely to do with climate change - which by the way I take as fact. infullview Jan 2019 #11

One concern is that climate change will cause a permanent shift in the gulf stream southward. Blue_true Jan 2019 #19

They aren't necessarily worse but they occur more often and unexpectedly. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #13

Louisville hit -24F. Next county over was -31F. 25 yrs ago Roland99 Jan 2019 #6

Was that when you had to walk 9 miles up hill to school? 912gdm Jan 2019 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author infullview Jan 2019 #15

Define "Central Maine", and what year? 1975? USALiberal Jan 2019 #16

somerset county infullview Jan 2019 #17

You mentioned 1-2 weeks of frigid weather, try months of that if the Gulf Stream shifts south. Blue_true Jan 2019 #20

I had a job once at a meat distributor (Excel) where the blast freezer was kept at minus 20. Scurrilous Jan 2019 #18

Probably 1977 or 1978. roamer65 Jan 2019 #21

One of my students AwakeAtLast Jan 2019 #22