I was thinking the same thing! So far for mine, it may have seen 20 degrees once without being plugged in. The grid heaters do great.

 

Good God Almighty! -25 degrees? Man, forget that. You'd have to spin around in a circle to take a leak outside, cause it would be freezing before it hit the gound. Single digits here are quite rare, but I have started it at 8 degrees once, and it did fine.

 

I i have mine plugged in it'll start everytime. Going to get down to -22f tonight, with 35 mph winds. that makes for -45f wind chill's. it's already plugged in for the evening. I can't wait for summer time.

 

About -5°F for me without the plug. I usually plug in at a lot higher temps than that, though. It's just easier on everything that way.... but it is nice to know that it will start without plugging in if I need it to.

 

Oh man

U guys are gonna laugh at the texas boy from the semi desert south texas region (soon to be promoted to desert if this drought continues) The coldest that ive started my truck in unplugged was 28 degrees. Turned over twice and fired.. Plugged in was 32 degrees, started like it would in 80degree mornings..

Tx

 

I think it was right close to zero once last year, maybe even below, plugged in for 3 hours, no problem.

Last night it was down around 15 degrees, truck had been in the light rail parking lot for 11 hours, getting snowed on for 7 of those.
Hit the remote start button when I got of the train, truck started by the time I got to the end of the platform (15-20 seconds), was smoking like a mosquito fogger by the time I hit the parking lot, and was slowly ramping up the idle as I slid across the lot, and was idling right around 1200 when I opened the door and covered the driver seat with snow.
I swear there's suction involved, as the snow made it all the way across the center seat when I opened the door.


phox

 

Been plugging mine in last 3 nights *26 tonight going to be *21 with wind chill *3 nice to have heat and not scrape the windows too much

 

Minus 35F many times but plugged in.
Minus 5 is the coldest not plugged in, it smoked so bad that I couldn't see to back up for at least five minutes.

Tonight's forecast http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_foreca...lon=-114.05625

 

HEHE....I was thinking the same thing! I got so tired of having a seat full of snow when I open the door that I decided to keep a snow brush by the back door of the house. I just grab that on my way out the door when it has been snowing. That way I don't have to open the door first and get a snow drift on my seat to get the brush out of the truck.

 

on a bet with no grid heater + 17 started and died, started and kept running

 

-25 with no plug in. Smokes like it's on fire though, couldn't see my house across the back yard.

 

Last winter when the temps were a bit more normal it started during the -30° days without plugging in and not even cycling the grid heaters......**


The worst cold start was after sitting at the GF airport for 4 days. It wasn't much below zero, but I still had 15W-40 oil in the crankcase. And NO Espar.


** Espar ran for 2 hours prior.

 

I know its not the coldest temp, but my dad started my 93 at +5* with no grid heater. Took 3 tries, but it started.

 

Jeeze!!! Friday, High of 3*F, Bet you don't do a hole lot out side.

 

-35 degrees without plugging it in. cycled twice and started right up