How cold did you take it to? How about minus 33 F

[brussum]

Most places where your car sits for a long time (work, home) have 110V outlets to power the various heaters. Most stores and other quick stops don't. A lot of people leave their cars running to keep the engine and the passenger compartment warm. This is the only place I've been where people also keep the car running while fueling up at the pump.

Heated garages are pretty common up here, but my house only has a single car garage. I usually squeeze my diesel F350 in there for the winter while my LC and Expedition suck it up outside. Honestly, it just seems like it would be bad for any car to go from a +50-60F garage to -40F instantaneously each morning. All of the different metals, plastics, etc. expand and behave differently in cold temps...a sudden temp shock seems like it could make things worse. Just my opinion though.

 

[planetalaska]

So I drove the LC200 in minus 50F weather the other day, up north (in Alaska), but the temp gauge could not display the temperature. It showed "--". I guess I found the limits of the gauge, which started to misbehave at around 44 F below zero.

A very scary feeling driving in such extreme conditions and you really hope that your ride does not suddenly drop dead...


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[hks3sgte]

wow is all I can say.

SO, what cars seem to be the best suited for those temps?

 

[planetalaska]

The LC200 handled the low temp pretty well. It's just the temp gauge that reached it's limit. I did not have any other issues.

 

[chimyz]

I had mine down to the 40s before. It was ok, but nothing works well once you hit -40.
In comparison to my old 80, it didn't heat up as quick. That thing was the most amazing cold weather vehicle ever! In 5 minutes or less, in any temp, there would be hot air coming out of the heater.