This morning the temperatures are in the negatives, somewhere between minus eleven and eighteen, depending on where one resides, with wind chills subtracting another 10 degrees on top of that. When a coworker this morning said she was out at 3 a.m. running her car to make sure it would start four hours later, it made me think of the video bloggers Matt and Julia who travel around the world and end up in exotic places, one of which is Siberia. They stayed there at one point when the temps were negative 80. So how do they cope with cars, especially if they don't have garages, under such extreme weather?
- Leave the engine running all the time. Another coworker whose husband once lived in the Yukon says they did this too. Seems expensive.
- Some cars have special gauges to monitor the temperature. If it falls below a certain point, the engine is triggered to start and run for a little while.
- Cover the car with a blanket (see photo.)
- Take the batteries inside and charge them overnight.
- Winter grade antifreeze. And also probably a whole lot of other mechanical things that I know nothing about. Sometimes a blow torch is involved. That's a whole new level of extreme!
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