Let's see what my truck will do

[Mark K 2]

My 2001 Sport Trac has always been in a heated garage at night. This week, it'll be outside at night at my workplace. The battery is two years old. Wind chills will be around -60 F.

 

[H D]

If it were mine, I would hope it would go into auto pilot and head south! How do humans stand that?!

 

[Duane Foster]

I'm sorry, but -13 and -17 are not highs. They need to come up with new terminology. We're supposed to have lows in that range Sunday and Monday nights.

 

[Kevin Lang]

I could accept -60 in the winter if it stayed around 60 in the summer but y'all up there have the worst of both worlds.



The picture of the (bird murdering) windmills in that dry, sunny desert is pretty funny, considering.

 

[Richard L]

When I lived up north, I did what many others did....drink plenty of potable antifreeze, like Jack Daniels, Baccardi, Smirnoff, Royal Crown, etc :bwahaha:



...Rich

 

[H D]

And I thought the red noses were from the cold.

 

[Andy Chase]

We were -23 this morning / -42 windchill, last night when I went to bed at midnight, it was -16 / -49 windchill. But at least its a dry cold!:bwahaha::bwahaha::bwahaha:



Thank God for block heaters though. I had hot air 2 blocks from my house with only a 3 min warm up. Too bad I don't have a spot to plug it in at work, it'll be a little colder on the drive home.

 

[Gavin Allan]

-8 this morning in Missouri. Just got in from a drive. My Trac said it was a balmy 1 degree!

 

[EddieS'04]

My auto-zone gold is past the 3yr replacement. Had it load tested. It is on the weak side, only holds 12.2 vdc, after a full charge. Charging system is good. Replaced the batt' once already within the 3 yr, free replacment.

I have been carrying my portable jumper unit. Also keeping the headlights on manual, and all electrical turned off. Eventualy the gremlin's will show up. Then I will replace it.



I will be looking for another brand battery. AZ Gold use to treat me right. Between my ex's Escape and my Trac. 3 AZ gold batteries have crashed at about the 3 year mark. I have always got at least 5 years from the 85month gold. I got 8yrs from the AZ gold on my '94 stang.



Auto-zone has raised the price $60 over what I paid 3yrs ago. 3 crappy az bat's in 5yrs. No point in the warranty. I will try another brand. I can get a motorcraft at a local independent cheaper than all my other choices. But my oem battery went bad right after the bumper to bumper from ford.



Years ago, I use to buy the cheap batteries. 1 to 2 year warranty type. They always lasted at least 3yrs. Might just do that.



Batteries are a racket...........:fire:

 

[Gavin Allan]

Windchill means nothing to machinery.

 

[Gavin Allan]

Some good information on automotive batteries here:

 

[Andy Chase]

Windchill means nothing to machinery.

We had to teach this to a coworker. She honestly thought it was the wind-shield factor. Referring to how cold your windshield was when you were driving in the cold. So now it's a running joke at work.

 

[Tom Schindler]

drink plenty of potable antifreeze, like Jack Daniels, Baccardi, Smirnoff, Royal Crown, etc :bwahaha:

Royal Crown like the cola or Crown Royal like the Canuck Whisky? :banana:





Tom

 

[Duane Foster]

Eddie, I used to deliver car batteries to our private label dealers in the late '80s - early '90s. We also handled Motorcraft replacement batteries for the Ford dealers. The OE Motorcraft batteries carried a 1 year warranty, and many didn't make it much past that. The replacements had a 5 year warranty, and I don't recall warrantying many, but the dealers may have warranteed them without going back through us. Of course that was 20 years ago.



In the '70s, Firestone came out with their "Forever Battery". JC Penney's sold a version of it too. The slogan was "The last battery your car will ever need!" I bought one for my '74 Ranchero, probably to replace the original. Turned out "forever" was about a year and a half. I'm not sure they were on the market that long. I know I didn't want another one. Oh, and I finally parked the Ranchero in 2005, so the "Forever" was definitely not the last battery it ever needed.

 

[Gavin Allan]

JC Penney came out with the "Hard-On" Battery. It was supposed to stay up all night if you didn't f*ck with it.

:banana:

 

[Andy Chase]

:bwahaha::bwahaha::bwahaha::bwahaha: