We have now only -10C, no need for gloves anymore

This is from my weather station, it has been bit colder here. -10C is almost perfect weather, not too cold but also enough cold to keep stupid road department from salting our roads


edit: your de-icer is odd thing, mine is size of small lighter

Certainly you have to be careful there, carrying big bottle shaped object under your coat might alarm some unwanted attention, it is not funny to find face being planted to ground...

I feel like being smug.... my locks not only now open *every* time but they are a huge amount silkier too!

It really does make you wonder how many other things get neglected, I'm going to have a grease and oil everything that moves day when it warms up I think. Last time I did my door hinges and boot hinges was... erm, about 3 300s ago I think.

yeah i havent been frozen out since i greased them, although tbh i havent left it for as long as when i got frozen out last time

Haven't had any starting problems with either 300s, the coldest we got here was -20.5C one morning (the meter inside the car showed that reading). No lock problems either. I just happened to have a cheap bottle of "PTFE Lock OIl" from Biltema lying around, and squirted a lot of that into the lock when it froze the first time. No problems after that...

well i havent even looked at it yet not had chance and it snowing
i just keep going in throu boot

bumpy update.

De-iced and thawed all the locks a few days ago.
Squirt of wd-40 as prescribed, then topped off with a blast of gun-oil in all the key shaped holes.

Since then, smooth as silk. No matter what the temp, depth of snow on the doors.

Did the same on my front door Yale, back door (oo-er) and the padlock on the shed. Genius advice people!

Everythings sliding open and closed a treat now.

In Finland, we have this thing called experience in extreme weathers

thats the thing in the uk we get a little cold spell every now and then
and no one knows how to drive or have got ready for it
that's what's the problem in the uk

mat 91 wrote:thats the thing in the uk we get a little cold spell every now and then
and no one knows how to drive or have got ready for it
that's what's the problem in the uk

It also does not help that even if you know for example what tires would be good, there are very few if not any at all that can sell those to you.

Two tips for severe cold weather:
Grill cover (that gray thing, couldn't find proper pic). This helps motor to stay warm, even some cardboard helps.


Winter thermostat, 88-92C helps motor to warm up faster and on plus side you get more heat to cabin.

With Volvo those are not so crucial as with other cars, but those can help a bit.

One should note that Grill cover must not be used above 0, also there should be some opening so it would not completely block cooling air.

Old Moskvitch had blinds at front of radiator, we pulled chain inside to open or close those blinds, very practical and useful feature, same can't be said from rest of the car

edit:
Those have been around for long time:
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/radiator-blinds.htm

Car makers are just not making as good products today as they were once, there is no features that would help car last longer and such.

jtbo wrote:Two tips for severe cold weather:
Grill cover (that gray thing, couldn't find proper pic). This helps motor to stay warm, even some cardboard helps.
Winter thermostat, 88-92C helps motor to warm up faster and on plus side you get more heat to cabin.
With Volvo those are not so crucial as with other cars, but those can help a bit.
One should note that Grill cover must not be used above 0, also there should be some opening so it would not completely block cooling air.

Used the grille cover last winter at -10 to -15 degrees (don't laugh, Jani ) it certainly made the car warm up much quicker!

Tom

I like the NASA look of the quilted one, for now i'll make do with half my rad covered in tin foil, does the trick for me

magnumpi wrote:I like the NASA look of the quilted one, for now i'll make do with half my rad covered in tin foil, does the trick for me

That gives it also very futuristic science fiction look, in 60's style

Just be careful with that stuff, we don't like to see you like this:


Oops, too late

I have the latter plastic type. Shame I don't have any standard grills There is a picture of Fake with it somewhere.

trabitom99 wrote:

Used the grille cover last winter at -10 to -15 degrees (don't laugh, Jani ) it certainly made the car warm up much quicker!

Tom

We used this one last year:





Some colleagues of dad had some spare time and a pencil