[KennySRFElite]

Great day on Saturday morning. I was hoping for -20F but it only got to -16F (that's -26C for everyone outside of U.S.)
X6 fired right off.

[scostu]

Ouch..... screw that.
We're hitting almost 80* near Space center today!!!!

[fecurtis]

Remind me to not live where you live.

[Mr Tonka]

-22

Steamboat, Colorado a year ago.

[jpnh]

Originally Posted by fecurtis

Remind me to not live where you live.

The upside is that they generally speaking know how to drive......

Maybe it should be a requirement for all mid atlantic drivers to live in a snowy/northern state for a year or two......then again maybe not......wouldnt want to subject all those nice people to folks from Md/NoVA and especially DC

I havent gotten below -5f yet....we usually have a couple of -20 to -25 mornings every year

[///M Power-Belgium]

4 years ago we had in the Belgian winter - 19° Celsius . And I drove around 4:30 AM to my work and it was Oughhh... !
In the beginning of this cold front we got road salt , but after 2 weeks we saw dozers on the roads to remove the snow and ice .
But - 26° Celsius is like holy shit !

[ASAP]

Originally Posted by jpnh

The upside is that they generally speaking know how to drive......

Maybe it should be a requirement for all mid atlantic drivers to live in a snowy/northern state for a year or two......then again maybe not......wouldnt want to subject all those nice people to folks from Md/NoVA and especially DC

I havent gotten below -5f yet....we usually have a couple of -20 to -25 mornings every year

lolz, i dont know why, but your hate on the DC area is equivalent to mine

[RABAUKE]

I was in Edmonton 3 years ago and it was -59C. That's just wrong. I was on course with the Canadian and US Navy for Icex a few times and -40C was the norm in Quebec City in February. It was warmer under the ice.

[Joekerr]

Definitely seen -40C, probably my lowest is -44C or around there but -59C is crazy, have not come close to that. Unless that was with the windchill?

If it wasn't a windy day, I guess if you covered up, you'd be ok for 10-20 minutes, but skin exposure would be wicked...I'd be guessing frostbite in under 5 min.

[M_Six]

-40F in Korea. If the ambient was 0 or above, our CO made us run PT. Was especially fun on Monday morning if you were dumb enough to drink too much the night before. (I was dumb enough. More than once.)

[Lups]

I live in finland.

i win, since we have no canadian members here.

Minus 37 C (-34f I think) is not uncommon here, but the most frozen I've been was at a Christmas eve in the army, my unit was guarding the empty bloody compound. The nice breeze gave the weather an extra kick and I still remember that moment when I think of a cold weather.

Originally Posted by RABAUKE

I was in Edmonton 3 years ago and it was -59C. That's just wrong. I was on course with the Canadian and US Navy for Icex a few times and -40C was the norm in Quebec City in February. It was warmer under the ice.

Okay fine, I win if Canada doesnt count!

I'm sure I've been in minus 40 and more, but after twenty who gives a shit?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Lups

I live in finland.

i win, since we have no canadian members here.

Minus 37 C (-34f I think) is not uncommon here, but the most frozen I've been was at a Christmas eve in the army, my unit was guarding the empty bloody compound. The nice breeze gave the weather an extra kick and I still remember that moment when I think of a cold weather.




Okay fine, I win if Canada doesnt count!

I'm sure I've been in minus 40 and more, but after twenty who gives a shit?

Anna...In the army ? wtf ...

[Lups]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Anna...In the army ? wtf ...

Yeah, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a reporter. I didn't fancy writing the bs that's financial news or cat shows, so politics and crises was my to be path.

...

911 happened when I was still there and I didn't feel like writing for 40 years that we are fucking it all up. I got over that dream real fast.

[Taskmaster]

I dunno, I guess if I stretch enough, I can be pretty limber.

[UncleWede]

Damn, I woke up yesterday and went outside just before 8:00. There was this fine layer of frost on the shadowed side of the roof, and on top of my son's Beetle.

Dog and I took a steamy leak and then went back to cuddle under the covers. . .

[Jhenka]

how does the car even start at temps at -40 and lower?

Lowest i got to was -16 in Vermont, the grind when it first started was kinda scary.

[mookie45]

81* F in Miami

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Jhenka

how does the car even start at temps at -40 and lower?

Lowest i got to was -16 in Vermont, the grind when it first started was kinda scary.

Dude germans learned one thing from the world war two: All vehicles must handle Russia.


(yes, I know, a bad one, but my family always had citroens when I was growing up, and those guys learned nothing from their history!)

[David0ff]

1.4F (-17C), Current Montreal Temperature

I experienced as low as -22F / - 30C a year ago, quite common here in winter, no wind.

But other parts of CanIceland does get colder

[PoorLurker]

Originally Posted by cautjit

Great day on Saturday morning. I was hoping for -20F but it only got to -16F (that's -26C for everyone outside of U.S.)
X6 fired right off.

Because you left for work so late slacker!

Leave at 5am and it would probably be -20!

That temperature is beyond me. Does it hurt your lungs when you get in the car? Do you have to run the AC on the car to keep cool with all of those layers?

[MightyMouseTech]

Originally Posted by Lups

I live in finland.

i win, since we have no canadian members here.

Minus 37 C (-34f I think) is not uncommon here, but the most frozen I've been was at a Christmas eve in the army, my unit was guarding the empty bloody compound. The nice breeze gave the weather an extra kick and I still remember that moment when I think of a cold weather.




Okay fine, I win if Canada doesnt count!

I'm sure I've been in minus 40 and more, but after twenty who gives a shit?

Pffft. Spent two years working the oil fields in Northern Alberta. You know what we called -20? Spring.

The native Inuit would be walking around in t-shirts at that temp.

Seriously, once you go from around -60C (near -80F) to only -20C or so, it feels like spring. People would no longer wear a hat or gloves, and would bring out their lighter jackets, it feels a LOT warmer.

Also, at around -60, steel has a tendency to shatter, like wheels and driveshafts. We would also leave our trucks running for pretty much 2 months (Jan/Feb) straight in the winter. If we ever shut them off and they got down to ambient, pretty good chance they would not start till spring.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by Lups

I live in finland.

i win, since we have no canadian members here.

Minus 37 C (-34f I think) is not uncommon here, but the most frozen I've been was at a Christmas eve in the army, my unit was guarding the empty bloody compound. The nice breeze gave the weather an extra kick and I still remember that moment when I think of a cold weather.




Okay fine, I win if Canada doesnt count!

I'm sure I've been in minus 40 and more, but after twenty who gives a shit?

The fine print in the OP clearly states that Finns and Canadians aren't eligible for the winning prize.