Hello Steven.

08 Feb 04 01:19, you wrote to me:

 MG>> My car's hardly new, but I had no trouble starting it even though
 MG>> we've had -38 C temps here in Calgary lately.
 SH> Did you have the car's block heater plugged in?  Did the car have a
 SH> battery blanket?

I plug the block heater in when it gets below -25, but there's no battery
blanket. It's a V8 though, and they tend to handle the cold better.

I had a battery blanket on my last car, because it had a weaker battery. It
does help.

 SH> I don't get concerned about plugging in my car's block heater until the
 SH> temperature hits -30 but below that I think it deserves a little babying.

- 30 is a little harsh on an engine. You should plug it in sooner if you
want your car to last longer.

Most people don't realize that you don't need it plugged in all night
though. You only need about a hour and a half for it to warm up, but no one
wants to get up early and go out in the cold to plug in their car.

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