I have a suggestion. The 'Shop should locate a temperature sensor somewhere in the Midwest and connect it to the diesel discussion. When the temperature hits 0 degrees, the Diesel Discussion forum display would automatically put all threads related to block heaters, glow plugs and running diesels all night at the top of the page.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Great idea

Lol :p

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

Why base it on ambient temp? We see plenty of non start questions during the warmer seasons also.

It is a good idea though.

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

There is always a seasonaly shift in thread topics. When the cold months hit there are lots of no start, hard start, and no heat questions. Then in the warm months there is an abundance of AC questions. So automatically there tends already be a lot of seasonality in the threads.

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Yeah its funny to see the threads change for the season. In a few months everyone will have broken AC and be overheating.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The other thing you see a lot of in the winter and wet months are the leaking seals, trunks, windsheilds, and the like.

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