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took this on the way to work this morning.

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You got that right!!! It is painful on the bare skin. Here is where we are at right now: It sure is nice having a garage...it was 9°F above in my garage this morning. That's a 33.8° difference!!!!!

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Renthorin!That is cold... I have the Vibe warming up as we speak!

I let the vibe warm up for a few while I put the mailbox out and gave all the dogs their morning pats on the head.Funny thing is the vibe never really warms up on the drive in until I hit the freeway. It stays at about 1/4 temp until then.

Well it's a balmy 15 degrees here! Now where's my sunscreen...

My Vibe said it was -11F when I came to work this morning. The temperature guage hardly moved on my 7mile drive to work and the car pretty much sounded like a tank!

ms3 said -22 on the way to work :s the clutch felt like goo too.

wow that's friggin cold...i had to use my a/c yesterday on my way to work...it was about 86 yesterday and like 90 few days ago =/

Put some of that heat into a ziplock bag and mail it my way please

Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »Renthorin!That is cold... I have the Vibe warming up as we speak! I pre-heated mine and it was only 0 °F(I'm glad I'm not still driving my VW Rabbit Diesel.) Quote, originally posted by breezd »My Vibe said it was -11F when I came to work this morning. The temperature guage hardly moved on my 7mile drive to work and the car pretty much sounded like a tank!Yeah, but I bet it started right up (do you have a block heater?) Isn't electronic fuel injection awesome? Anyone remember carburators and throttle-body single-point injection? When it hit -10 you'd might be out there with a can of ether or dry gas trying to get the car started and hoping you didn't blow a ring or singe your eyebrows in the process! LOL Batteries are also a lot better in cold weather now than they were just 15 or so years ago.

Quote, originally posted by ned23 »Yeah, but I bet it started right up (do you have a block heater?) Isn't electronic fuel injection awesome? Nope, no block heater here.Good thing I finally changed out my battery a few weeks ago. I still had the original, which is surprising for those pieces of junk to make it 6 years! I doubt I would have started it with that!

The block heater is awesome in this cold weather! The Vibe will start right up even on the coldest days. Not really that useful for me though since I haven't driven it all winter. I wish my Blazer had a block heater!

It was -31°C here this morning (-24°F). Will be like this for the next 3 or 4 days...That's REALLY cold...I'm glad I got the block heater.

Was 89 here in the OC yesterday. Dropping down to a chilly 79 today.

Same here in Ottawa -- I park in a garage so the vibe started with no issues. leaving work might be another story

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I was wondering if this thread would get started. A warm 2 above today around Indy. The Vibe wasn't happy to start on the drive home, but treated it to a little something, picked up a new battery. Still had the OEM one in it.

Quote, originally posted by Renthorin »took this on the way to work this morning.I saw the same temp this morning.... My battery is just at 1yr old and I wasn't sure if she was gonna start this mornin...lol.. and then the heater fan made some horrible noise for a few seconds, same with yesterday.. We are supposed to hit -20 tomorrow..

Quote, originally posted by Renthorin »I let the vibe warm up for a few while I put the mailbox out and gave all the dogs their morning pats on the head.Funny thing is the vibe never really warms up on the drive in until I hit the freeway. It stays at about 1/4 temp until then.I do 45mi to work and back and I was on the highway (70mph highway, I do 5mi at 55mph, prior to that) for 10-20mi before it got decently warm... I need a coolant flush..

man i feel like a lightweight here in chicago! with the windchill they said its about 20 below

they are such wusses in central Ohio that they closed schools today because it got down to 0 °F for a few hours this morning.

took that pic few days ago lol don't know why but my room sucks...whenever it's like 90 outside it's like 10 degrees higher inside...and having no a/c in the room sucks too

All the above is nothing... ^^yes, I live there and that's from last night! Not including windchill....

Brrr. I was down in Regina when you guys got that cold snap in Dec (-36). I'm glad we got a chinook this week and we're sitting at +11C. I've dealt with enough -30C this year. I'm done.

my drive in to work about 20 mintes ago was +7F. on the way home it is supposed to be -5F lol gotta love it. origional battery too.

Quote, originally posted by Renthorin »I let the vibe warm up for a few while I put the mailbox out and gave all the dogs their morning pats on the head.Funny thing is the vibe never really warms up on the drive in until I hit the freeway. It stays at about 1/4 temp until then.I am curious if a different thermostat is available through Toyota or aftermarket that would open up quicker.

Close off all the grill intakes. That will help the coolant warm up a bit quicker when its this chilly.

Quote, originally posted by vibolista »Close off all the grill intakes. That will help the coolant warm up a bit quicker when its this chilly. The snow and ice have been doing that!

You need to put a picture of that frosty on your signature, grizz.

Took this during my lunch break today. Quite nice in the Bay Area for the last few days

I Duck Taped the upper grill on my trix on the outside.Not really great looking but who cares, my temp gage goes almost half up and I get heat really fast.No block heater.In Minnesota a warm up is around the corner.

The problem I think is the engine is too small and doesn't heat up enough, not compared to how cold it is.I can sit in any other of my vehicles in this weather and feel the temps rise/watch the temp gauge climb.I sat in the vibe idling before a drysuit dive when it was snowing and the temp gauge just sank lower and lower and the vents blew colder and colder air.Moral of the story? When it is this cold I drive my Blazer :-)Ha ha...not really....the vibe is more fun in the snow than the 4x4

-34C this morning in my Vibe

Hey Canada! I think you left the front door open, it's getting cold down here...

Minus 7 F today and the 2009 started right up on the first turn of the key. No unusual noises. I let it warm for a good 15 minutes while helping the neighbor. I had to help jump-start the neighbors car and take him to Pep Boys for stuff and ended up coming in to work late.

It was -22F when I came in to work this morning, according to my computer it is -1F currently. Mid 20's tomorrow! Wahoo!

Quote, originally posted by vibolista »You need to put a picture of that frosty on your signature, grizz. Once I get the windows tinted and rims. Do not be shocked if I go your route.

glad to send you all our weather. we had -22F temps for 3 weeks straight! last friday, it was -23F at my house, this morning on my way to work it was +42F!!! and in about 3 days this week we had a 60 deg temp change! everything is a melting mess outside and we have some chinook winds ripping things off our houses. this year, our fence stayed up, but our 4' dish got blown down.

Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »Once I get the windows tinted and rims. Do not be shocked if I go your route. Too cool. Frosty was my first choice for color, but none to be had in New England when I bought mine. Will look great.

Quote, originally posted by ramenboy... »man i feel like a lightweight here in chicago! with the windchill they said its about 20 belowit doens't matter. it still sucks. i left work at 4am the other day and it was -17. today was it was +10*F. i almost took off my hoodie i was warm. i dunno about the vibe. she's getting a little iffy on me. i need spring so i can get in the hood and really get everything checked out. last month i had the stock battery in the car. if it got to 10 the starter would take a bit then start the car. i got a die hard silver battery with 600 or so CCA. it seems to take a little bit more to get the car started. plus the fan sounded really messed up yesterday. maybe just had some snow/ice on it because the sound went away after a bit.

I had the same temp 3 mornings this week, including yesterday. As I write this it's not +21!!! No more need for a coat!

woot! +46F this morning on the way to work. too bad the snow's melted and the wind blew down one section of the fence. our grass is green, but we're afraid it will die once the freeze hits us again. no way we're keeping these crazy spring temps with it only being mid Jan.

I saw a coldest of -12 one morning. My 03 on the Oe battery has so far started up every time but it is slow cranking at these temps. Right now it is 19 degrees here.

Got home from company party, 1-18-09, 1:30am: Just made 28,300 miles @ 61 degrees/nearly 1,000ft above sea level.

Worst here I've seen this week was -15. Wife killed the 95 Neon somehow. Hopefully just dead battery or too cold for it.Should replace the Vibe's battery. Haven't changed it since we bought it in 06, and it's an 03 and the battery terminals were real nasty when we bought it. Might be the original

here in colorado it's been unusually warm, 60 today. We had a couple days a few weeks ago were we never made it out of the negatives. Cars were dying everywhere, I'm glad the vibe holds out so well in the cold.

Quote, originally posted by irishroach77 »here in colorado it's been unusually warm, 60 today. We had a couple days a few weeks ago were we never made it out of the negatives. Cars were dying everywhere, I'm glad the vibe holds out so well in the cold.The heat in the 2009 2.4L vibes is amazing. It blew me out of the car at -7 °F. I guess that's what happens when you plug a 2.4L engine into a heater designed for a 1.8L