And my 82 300d started! yay...off to work. -31c in calgary but -49 with windchill. of course not even my wipers are working but it started!

-24°F. is cold.

That's a fine engine if it started without any block heater.

BTW, the engine doesn't care about wind chill..........only you do.

Fortunately for you, wind-chill doesn’t affect mechanical objects, just your cold skin. I would start to be concerned about the fuel gelling though.

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Well I consider my car a somebody and maybe it DOES care about wind chill , anyways thanks for the tip

I couldn't even have walked out to my car in temps that cold, so it wouldn't have mattered it the car started or not!
Sounds like you have a very healthy diesel Mercedes.

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Geez, that's bloody rough! Over here in Metro Van, -4 and chance of snow (maybe 4 cm) and they're a 'snowfall warning' is in effect! Yep, we're a bunch of whiners over here.

Yesterday at Port Moody I drove to Mass in the morning and because we had a visitor, used the Astro Van with regular 4-season tyres. There was a little snow on the ground before Mass, but just one hour later, I had 6 inches on my van!

Slipped and slid all the way home. Then drove out with the Benz (blizzak-equipped) and put paid to all those myths that a RWD can't handle snow Snow got washed away by rain by nightfall, but roads everywhere now are ice-covered! Geez.Gimme snow any day over ice

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I've seen -25.5C on temp sensor this winter. And it has registered in the -20sC more than a few times. Right now we are in a 'heat wave'. It is 43F out. Before this, I think we had been below freezing for close to a month. But it won't last. Tomorrow has a low of -16F and Wednesday a high of -1F forecasted.

BTW, wind chill is the biggest load of bs ever. Say it is the temperatures that were stated above. -31C and -49C with the windchill. Say I stand butt naked outside. There is NO POSSIBLE way my body could ever cool past -31C down to the wind chill 'temperature' of -49C. You can't get colder than the air temperature. It can FEEL more bitter with the wind, but all that needs to be said is, it is such and such temperature and WINDY...not that the wind chill is such and such.

Wind chill was created by the media (TV meteorologists) for shock value. Typical news people.

Wow if it got that cold here I wouldn't be outside trying to start the car, I'd be looking at property in a warmer area!

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"The original wind chill formula was derived from experiments conducted in 1939 by Antarctic explorers, Paul Siple and Charles Passel. These hardy scientists measured how long it took for water to freeze in a small plastic cylinder when it was placed outside in the wind. Over the years, the formula was modified somewhat, but remained based on the Antarctic experiments."


This formula was obsolete and in certain circumstances created confusion. Thus in april 2000 Environment Canada held an Internet Workshop [sic] on wind chill for it to be better adapted to reality. Rather than be based on a water cylinder, "the new index is based on a model of how fast a human face loses heat. We chose the face because it is the part of the body most often exposed to severe winter weather, assuming the rest of the body is clothed appropriately for the weather". Reading of the assumptions taken into account for this new index is relevant. Here is an example of these assumptions: "It [the wind chill] uses a calm wind threshold of 4.8 km/h; this value has been obtained by observing the speed at which people walk at intersections."

In case you want to read more: http://ptaff.ca/humidex/?lang=en_CA

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Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

Windchill won't effect the lowest temperature your engine will reach, but it will effect how long it takes for the engine to reach that temperature. It will also effect the temperature at which your block heater keeps the block. The wind will take away the heat produced from the block heater faster than still air would.

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Yeah that is terribly cold. I posted on another thread about my trip back to school recently. I took the train across the country and when we got into North Dakota, the temps were down near -20F. That night it got down to -25. Under -20F, the trains are limited to 65mph due to the risk of broken rails at that temperature. All the sink drains on the cars froze up...a maintenance worker at the station stop in Minot, ND thawed out all the drains with a flare, only to have them freeze up again shortly after we got underway. And the condensation clouds from the diesel exhaust were amazing. The dishwasher drain in the dining car also froze up, so for lunch the next day we were all eating on plastic plates and with plastic cups.

No problems with the diesel locomotives though. If I remember correctly they all have fuel tank heaters to keep the fuel from gelling. And it was a good thing too, since they are what provide the power for heating the whole train.

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Yes, as you stated, THE ORIGINAL WINDCHILL!!

Paul Douglas, a meteorologist for the Twin Cities and big player in the industry was part of the REVAMPING of the original windchill for the newer system. He has stated this several times on his forecasts.

Windchill is bogus. There is NO reason for the numbers other than to shock people. Otherwise not just say, the temp will be -20F and very windy. I can figure out it will feel bitter if it is cold and windy. I don't need some arbitrary number along with the ACTUAL temperature.

Clearly, you don't understand what the windchill number represents. The wind causes more heat loss by any object that is warmer than the current ambient air temperature. In the case of an object that's at 98°, the heat loss with wind is significant. Therefore, the windchill number represents the effective temperature that would be equivalent to the the heat loss absent of wind.

Naturally, you can believe what you wish..............

Here in Sask, we had 10-15cm lastnight and winds sustaining 40Kmh drifts 4 to 5 high on the highways...didn't go to work today, doubt me SD would have been able to trudge thru all that. it would have started though.. Expecting to see -57 overnight and into the morning tomorrow...

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