The heck with your cars, how do you live in temps that cold?????
My central Texas brain just can't get wrapped around that type of weather.
Give me 113* any day.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

what he said. Our high today was 111 degrees higher than your low!

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Actually where I live is on the same latitude as Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia. Yeah.

Heat, you say? Well that is the flip side of living here. Unfortunately, it comes with humidity. We get weeks on end of temps around 35-38 deg C (95-100 F) with humidity over 80 percent, during the summer.

Personally, I dream of Arizona -- from what I read, a nice variety of climates, you can go from snow high in the mountains to desert in less than one day. If what I read is correct. THAT would suit me .

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

I used to live in Tucson, Arizona, home of Mt. Lemmon, the southernmost ski resort in the lower 48 or so it was bragged. From the snow at the top to the desert at the bottom was about an hour, IIRC. OTOH it could also get rather nippy on clear nights in the winter and I have a picture of the University of Arizona campus with six inches of snow all over it.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Yes it's nice here most of the time. We do get some rain too, about 11 inches a year on average. Doesn't sound like a lot unless you are here the day it falls.

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Brian
87 300Dturbo 180K #14 head still running R-12 SOLD 12/2017
02 F350 Powerstroke 180K
05 Chevy Express 1 ton w/Royal Utility box 120K
08 Infiniti FX-35 40K
15 Golf Sportwagen TDI 35K
10 Sprinter 3500 chassis with a Class A Winnebago on it. 56K

Gentlemen! This was supposed to be our little secret

But yes we all freaked out when it hit 20*F as a low this winter. A bit spoiled.

Coldest was around 12 F last week. Both my 83 and 85 started within the first crank after one completer glow cycle (about 30 sec). No block heater. 83 has 5W40 synthetic. 85 dino 15w40. I think the key is a healthy engine, no air in fuel, good battery and starter motor. Good cranking rpm is really important in extreme cold temps. Without it, it ain't gonna start.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 167,870 July 2025
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

That is correct, I have lived there for short periods of time in the 1980s and 1990s.

BTW are you Anglo- or Franco-canadian?

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Strelnik
Invest in America: Buy a Congressman!

1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

Anglo

I'm in Aylmer, which is about 45 percent English-speaking.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fte9bxVPOkE

Keep your stick on the ice.


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Minus 8 F last night here. Hopefully the coldest of this year. It is to warm up to raining temperatures over the next day or two. Even the dogs where prompt at doing their business outside at seven this morning.

LOL -13 F here with windchill about 10 degrees colder. "Warming" up to equivalent of 10 F on the weekend.

I can usually hardly get my male collie inside once he's out. Today he almost knocked me over in his rush to get inside when I opened the door....

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Hopefully you get more sack time with the opposite sex.

My recent acquisition, the 95 E300, started right up this morning @20 deg F without plugging in the heater. Didn't even need to double glow it.

It would appear that the engine/glow system is in decent condition....
Nor bad for 220K miles.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

I just posted on another thread about my issues starting this a.m. ( 11 degrees + 2 year old glow plugs...... not good ) but got her going. First thing tomorrow install glow plugs. Expecting a little snow here tonight but just enough to freeze to the asphalt make it a great YouTube opportunity for many.

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92 500E Silver 66k
82 Porsche 911SC 84K
68 Cadillac ( Gone Now )
03 Suburban Z71 200K
85 300SD 217k From Original Owner ( Dad )