COLD HUMMER

[CO Hummer]

Haha Tim. Did you know it was 50 degree here at 8am?

When it gets really cold here - I have similar things happen to my Burb which I leave outside. I wouldn't sweat it - it all goes back to normal with a little warm up.

Hope your little fruits are ok.

[ZigsRig]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Hope your little fruits are ok.

CO,

I dont want to have to think about tim's "little fruits" this early in the afternoon... actually, i dont want to think about them EVER

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by ZigsRig

CO,

I dont want to have to think about tim's "little fruits" this early in the afternoon... actually, i dont want to think about them EVER

Let's not joke about him in the public forum, man. Leave his li'l blueberries out of it.

[Adam in CO]

50 at home now. Lots of melting going on. Even got to drive the wee car today.

[MDimitri]

I live in Calgary where we have fluctuating temperatures in winter ranging from -40 to +18 celcius(Thanks greatly to the Chinook Winds). I always have my rig parked outside, my wife uses the garage and the rest of my stuff is on the other side of her car, hence no room for the H2! I looked into the Optima battery but found that it only provides you with a two year warranty and costs roughly $300.00+ and comes with a heavy duty 800 Cold Crank Amp kick over. Since this is the recommended standard for starting th H2 it is fine, but not for us up here...I obtained a Battery from a company up here with 1200 Cold Crank Amp kick over along with a 5year warranty for $98.00! It does not matter how cold it gets the truck starts every time. As for noises, the belt sometimes squeels a bit but thats about it!

WINTER ROCKS IN CANADA!!

[mikejr]

was -1 here in pittsburgh today. When i fired up the H2 it made a really odd squeal for about 2 seconds then ran normally. My wife heard it inside the house. I also noticed that the power steering was a tad on the non existent side at first. I let it warm out about 10 minutes before driving it. I noticed that it rode really rough in that cold of weather, i think the tires were just a tad hard due to the cold weather. Seems to be running quite well in the cold weather.

[tazhog54]

I use to live in Green Bay ,Wis. Born in Oshkosh Lived there till I was 28 and moved to California. DO NOT MISS THAT COLD !! Got married in Jan -24 degrees below zero and that was with no wind chill. They said it would be a cold day in hell when I got married Wait till the outside locks freeze and the truck running with the keys in it.The fun begins

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by MDimitri

I live in Calgary where we have fluctuating temperatures in winter ranging from -40 to +18 celcius(Thanks greatly to the Chinook Winds). I always have my rig parked outside, my wife uses the garage and the rest of my stuff is on the other side of her car, hence no room for the H2! I looked into the Optima battery but found that it only provides you with a two year warranty and costs roughly $300.00+ and comes with a heavy duty 800 Cold Crank Amp kick over. Since this is the recommended standard for starting th H2 it is fine, but not for us up here...I obtained a Battery from a company up here with 1200 Cold Crank Amp kick over along with a 5year warranty for $98.00! It does not matter how cold it gets the truck starts every time. As for noises, the belt sometimes squeels a bit but thats about it!

Does anyone know if Optima changed their warranties? When I bought my Optima Yellow Top five years ago, it came with a ten year pro-rated warranty. If they have changed their warranty, it would really influence my decision to purchase another one. I think Canadian Tire offers a battery that even exceeds 1,200 CCA. I have also seen a couple other batteries using similar designs to Optima; I think Energizer makes a car battery using a spiral design and it costs less than half what the Optima did. Of course, there is more to an Optima than just the spiral design, but the Energizer might be sealed too and have those benefits. I need to look into this now.