Freezing Cold in Canada!!!!

BMRLVR · 02-01-2011, 02:09 AM

I don't drive my M3 in the winter but my Tundra showed -39C when I left the house this morning. It gets even colder up here in Fort McMurray. We are 700KM (435Miles) north of you guys in Calgary. With that being said we are supposed to get temperatures in the pluses this week as well, that is kinda unusual of for us in early February.

Prince_of_Persia · 02-01-2011, 08:45 AM

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Hah I hear yah brother. It was -32 over here in Edmonton the other day. It felt like I was forcing my clutch through pudding. BRUTAL!

-32? Woow, that's cold. At least in Calgary we get chinook wind and that warms up our city sometimes

frenchM3dreamer · 02-01-2011, 09:43 AM

i hope you've got that baby plugged in all night before you start it at -30 C !!!
my truck starts like a charm, but everything as you said feels frozen... the gearbox, the AC (read: heat) controls, everything !!
my vert' is sitting in the garage waiting for better days... like, Thursday

i agree though, the weather right now is just stupid ! it was + 5 C or so last Friday, then down to -20C, -30C, -20C and BAM, up to + 6 C again by Friday

oh well, as someone said, money is good here, so we can take some sh*tty weather for a month or 2, or 6

Enjoy your M's guys !

Pat

330CIZHP · 02-01-2011, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince_of_Persia

-32? Woow, that's cold. At least in Calgary we get chinook wind and that warms up our city sometimes

Yeah, we are south of Edmonton so much warmer than Edmonton in Calgary.

Chill out guys!!! (no pun intended

). Warm weather is almost here.

CSMRX7 · 02-01-2011, 09:49 AM

Still -25C this morning

Glad I have a heated garage!

330CIZHP · 02-01-2011, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by CSMRX7

Still -25C this morning

Glad I have a heated garage!

Yep. Heated parking garage FTW!!

Chinooks will hopefully be here this afternoon. Forecast for it going up to - 7 C (20 F)this afternoon.

Remember the rule in biology, cold temperatures to preserves things and heat to deteriorate things faster.

Mike V8 · 02-01-2011, 09:56 AM

Oh wow! Did the car throw up the "hey it's fricken cold" snowflake?

Gkap · 02-01-2011, 10:10 AM

If I didnt snowboard I would hate Canada lol.

10M3MAN · 02-01-2011, 10:21 AM

Now thats cold!! Makes our 35 here this morning looking like 80!!

M3maniac20 · 02-01-2011, 10:23 AM

Does the m3 control the throttle differently in cold conditions. Because today it's less than 30 degrees out and I stepped on the pedal kind of firmly to get around someone and didn't get s response very quickly. So is that being controlled because of the cold?

330CIZHP · 02-01-2011, 10:30 AM

I saw in the news this morning, Oklahoma city is getting blasted with a blizzard and so is Dallas Texas.

I remember being in OKC for working on a project and people always used to keep taunting me about how it does not snows over there in the winter. So they think.

CSMRX7 · 02-01-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by M3maniac20

Does the m3 control the throttle differently in cold conditions. Because today it's less than 30 degrees out and I stepped on the pedal kind of firmly to get around someone and didn't get s response very quickly. So is that being controlled because of the cold?

Most likely is traction control kicking in as the tires have less traction in the cold.

Prince_of_Persia · 02-01-2011, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by frenchM3dreamer

i hope you've got that baby plugged in all night before you start it at -30 C !!!
my truck starts like a charm, but everything as you said feels frozen... the gearbox, the AC (read: heat) controls, everything !!
my vert' is sitting in the garage waiting for better days... like, Thursday

i agree though, the weather right now is just stupid ! it was + 5 C or so last Friday, then down to -20C, -30C, -20C and BAM, up to + 6 C again by Friday

oh well, as someone said, money is good here, so we can take some sh*tty weather for a month or 2, or 6

Enjoy your M's guys !

Pat

M3 doesn't have plug, but surprisingly everytime it starts up like a charm, even in -30 C

Prince_of_Persia · 02-01-2011, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike V8

Oh wow! Did the car throw up the "hey it's fricken cold" snowflake?

Haha, I think the car was schoked that I was still going to drive it in this weather lol. But coming from a 330xi, surprisingly M3 handles pretty well in snow!

frenchM3dreamer · 02-01-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince_of_Persia

M3 doesn't have plug, but surprisingly everytime it starts up like a charm, even in -30 C

mhm, interesting

well, if it's garaged i guess it's not as big of a deal, but still, i thought it was standard equipment for every car on our side of the border... glad she starts OK

CSMRX7 · 02-01-2011, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by frenchM3dreamer

mhm, interesting

well, if it's garaged i guess it's not as big of a deal, but still, i thought it was standard equipment for every car on our side of the border... glad she starts OK

Its not as important on cars that run synthetic oil.

montreal red · 02-01-2011, 02:20 PM

wow thats insane... it was -20C here in mtl but -30 takes it to a different level.

Possible Hero · 02-01-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by montreal red

wow thats insane... it was -20C here in mtl but -30 takes it to a different level.

Haha yah it seriously does. The biggest difference was (This is in my 2009 Civic Si) was when it was -32. It was really tough to operate the clutch and even the steering was stiff as hell.

Then this morning it was "only" -22 and both were fine. Its amazing how much of a difference 10 degrees takes. THANKGOD for Block heaters lol.

Lodaka · 02-01-2011, 03:29 PM

Damn I was complaining about -2 or something like that this morning... I guess we have it ok in Vancouver. I do feel for you.

OC3 · 02-01-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 330CIZHP

Afterall, Calgary is the fastest growing economy in North America so that is not a big price to pay. I would take crappy weather over crappy economy with huge deficits any day. .

Besides, it will be very short lived. Only for the morning. Calgary heats up very quickly. 20 C variation in a matter of hours.

Yep. I walked around easily this morning going to work since there was no wind.

It will be up to - 6 C tommorow (22 F) and up to 7 C (45 F) by friday.

Minnesota, NY, Boston, Washington, Chicago etc. are having crippling blizzards and black ice everywhere. Atleast, looking on the brighter side, I got to my office (Engineering buildings of Shaw CableSystems, Barlow NE) easily without any issues in my RWD car with winter tires on.

Spent a winter month in Minnesota many-a-years ago on a job and it was -40F w/ wind chill factor. Coming from warm/toasty SoCal, it was shocking, like I was on a planet farthest away from the Sun. A plastic door handle on the rental Ford Taurus snapped in half as it became so brittle in that temperature. But, boy that cold clean pristine winter air sure is nice.

Prince_of_Persia · 02-07-2011, 12:20 PM

So this was my car today morning. We gonna have another 20 - 30 cm of snow today.

Cdnrockies · 02-07-2011, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Prince_of_Persia

M3 doesn't have plug, but surprisingly everytime it starts up like a charm, even in -30 C

Ridiculous that BMW doesn't even make block heaters an option in our market.

That being said, the X5 has fired up every time, even though it shows battery drain at these temps.

Btw, the morning you made the OP, it was -36 in Bragg Creek...lol.

Temperature was -27 C last Mon....+2 C on Thu out here in the mountains.

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frenchM3dreamer Captain 8 Rep 784 Posts Drives: 08 Mitsu Eclipse Spyder GTP Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB iTrader: (0)	i hope you've got that baby plugged in all night before you start it at -30 C !!! my truck starts like a charm, but everything as you said feels frozen... the gearbox, the AC (read: heat) controls, everything !! my vert' is sitting in the garage waiting for better days... like, Thursday i agree though, the weather right now is just stupid ! it was + 5 C or so last Friday, then down to -20C, -30C, -20C and BAM, up to + 6 C again by Friday oh well, as someone said, money is good here, so we can take some sh*tty weather for a month or 2, or 6 Enjoy your M's guys ! Pat
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Prince_of_Persia Colonel 248 Rep 2,513 Posts Drives: 6MT E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (1)	So this was my car today morning. We gonna have another 20 - 30 cm of snow today. Last edited by Prince_of_Persia; 01-02-2014 at 07:01 PM..
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