cold as ice in germany

[Daniel]

sorry for the bad pic !

[Mr Balsen]

-11,5 degrees celsius ????

Frederic

[RS6Driver]

My former beast had to survive -38C in the far north of Sweden a few years ago. -11C is like summer compared to that.

[The RS6]

Is that a 10-liter average consumption?

That amazes me more than -11.5 )

[Ruergard]

-11,5? C'mon... Comparing to where I'm going tommorow (Norway to go skiing.) that is like summer.

[Mr Balsen]

-11,5? C'mon... Comparing to where I'm going tommorow (Norway to go skiing.) that is like summer.

You know how are those chicken in Germany !!!!

Frederic

[Erik]

-11 is nothing!

[Daniel]

we are in germany spoilt by temperatures !

we are not in the north ;-)

the liter are 13,1...bad pic !!

[Leadfoot]

My former beast had to survive -38C in the far north of Sweden a few years ago. -11C is like summer compared to that.

The wife's brother when in the Navy did artic training in Norway and talked about being as cold as -40C, I thought he was bull shitting but maybe he was telling the truth after all.

[snoopra]

We're experiencing our winter temps as well, 67F............at night.

[vangelis]

OMGG .. -11!!!!! ,, the coldest temp I ever seen was 9c one day here in UAE,, and in my home country egypt was 13c ,, never seens that subzero temperatures!!

[Bigglezworth]

I should have taken a pic of the -44C we had a couple of weeks ago. It's -27 (-36 with the wind chill) right now and only expected to get up to -17 this afternoon. We've been under an arctic disturbance for the past 3.5 weeks here and setting records for cold temperatures and quantity of snow. I'm looking forward to things getting back to average with the minus teen temperatures at night and single minus digits during the day.

[Erik]

The wife's brother when in the Navy did artic training in Norway and talked about being as cold as -40C, I thought he was bull shitting but maybe he was telling the truth after all.

I used to be an arctic ranger for the cumpulsory military training, 10 months in Arvidsjaur.

I didn't become a member in the "CLUB -50C", i.e. being outside at that temperature over night, but it was close.

Slept in a tent a close -50C for a night, needless to say we didn't have a guard outside that night...

I prefer :cool2:

A lot of cars are tested in Arvidsjaur, on the frozen lakes.

[Mr Balsen]

Do you special thinks on your cars to drive at such low temperature ?
I suppose they are stored in heated garage ?

Frederic

[Ruergard]

Do you special thinks on your cars to drive at such low temperature ?
I suppose they are stored in heated garage ?

Frederic

I guess it's mostly heated garages that's being used up there. But I guess also engine-heaters plugged into the wall is common.

That's what we use when going up in the north.

[Bigglezworth]

Do you special thinks on your cars to drive at such low temperature ?
I suppose they are stored in heated garage ?

Frederic

Many utilize engine block heaters to aid in the easy start of their automobiles. That said I purchased my RS6 this past summer and as ironic as this sounds - don't know if the car came with a block heater or not. I will have to go and look to see if there is a cord somewhere near the front under the hood. Even with teh -40 temperatures, I've been able to start the car reliably and after a 15-20 minute warm up drive away just fine. Synthetic oil helps alot as it remains viscus as very cold temperatures. That and a good high amperage battery to ensure the starter cranks over well, a glycol coolant mixture that is good to -60+ and you're set.

[peiserg]

damn you lucky bastards. Your rs6's must be fast as hell with temps that low. Coldest i've seen this year is 45F in phoenix. What is that.. maybe 7-10C?

I'm still using my aquamist intercooler spray! I'm even having my tech fit another nozzle next week!

[vangelis]

same here ,, the temp reach 45c and sometimes over 50c ,, but when its cold like the car become a real beast,, that cold was not less 10c.