| 01-08-2014, 04:08 PM | #1 |
|
First Lieutenant
 
44
Rep 324
Posts |
Cold Weather Testing
Took this photo while my car was warming up following about five days parked outside. I passed the time by shoveling out the snow drift behind it. At the time I took this, it was about -35 C, and the windchill was at least -45 C (-31 F, -49 F windchill). I wish I had taken a video of the start, but it would make the hair stand up on the back of everyone's necks stand up. It started on the 2nd try, after cranking itself for like 30s on the first try. Half way through the 2nd attempt, I decided to give it a bit of throttle to help it, which seemed to work. The battery tender was plugged in the whole time, so no cranking power issues.
__________________
‘If it even looks like rain and you pretend to be Michael Schumacher in a 599 GTO, you’ll end up in a tree’ -Clarkson
|
| 01-09-2014, 12:49 AM | #2 |
|
Enlisted Member
 
6
Rep 39
Posts
Drives: 1M
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Nottingham, UK
|
Do your side windows work ok in this weather? I had problems on a previous e82 (but not the 1M) when very cold with the windows not dropping the 5mm required to open the doors as they were frozen solid.
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
| 01-09-2014, 07:17 AM | #3 |
|
Second Lieutenant
13
Rep 249
Posts |
I feel it for you guys. Is nice and sunny here in FL
__________________
AW BMW 1M, N55 mid pipe, Lightweight titanausphalangen CF front splitter, Bmw Performance CF rear spoliler, LUX AE, IND goodies...
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
| 01-09-2014, 08:40 AM | #4 | |
|
First Lieutenant
44
Rep 324
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
‘If it even looks like rain and you pretend to be Michael Schumacher in a 599 GTO, you’ll end up in a tree’ -Clarkson
|
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
| 01-09-2014, 12:13 PM | #5 |
|
Lieutenant Colonel
 
121
Rep 1,555
Posts |
Did you have the battery connector recall done yet? My moms 128 did not start 3 winters in a row at -20 deg temps. Since the recall it starts great!
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
| 01-09-2014, 01:32 PM | #6 |
|
First Lieutenant
44
Rep 324
Posts |
Yes, I have had the battery recall done.
__________________
‘If it even looks like rain and you pretend to be Michael Schumacher in a 599 GTO, you’ll end up in a tree’ -Clarkson
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
Post Reply |
| Bookmarks |
|
|
