COLD HUMMER

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by timgco

What do people do with their trucks/ cars when they live in this type of weather on a normal basis every year?

My H2 sits outside all year, even when the weather drops below -40C. It has never refused to start, even when I've forgotten to plug in the block heater. My only complaint is that when it is below about -10C, when it starts, the engine makes a sound similar to a kazoo, for about five seconds. I tried stepping on the gas once to see if it would stop it, but it just made the sound REALLY loud. Other than that, no problems. Gear selection is easy and clean, steering might be marginally stiffer, but nothing I would consider difficult; could still be done with one hand, probably even a finger. I let mine warm up for about 30 seconds and if the windshield is not fogged, take off. The vehicle is built to adjust shift patterns when the engine is cold in order to warm it up faster. (Just information learned from the manual.) So if you can see out the windows, drive it.