russia freezes extremely. down to -53 degree celsius / -137 degree fahrenheit.....

[link to pogodavtomske.ru]

Guys, it's normal here.

uhhhh -53 degree's celsius is is -63 degree's fahrenheit..

Wisconsin hit -55F a few years ago.
Fuck that! That's just too cold.
I couldn't imagine dealing with those temps every Winter.

no, its not, numbnuts.

In -35c cars that not in garages are freez- wheels defeated(to 0 psi ), and fou can't start engine- battarey aint no working enough. If car is diesel - paraffin(wax in diesel fuel) precipitate and crystalise- is MUCH bigger problem. But there is too many guys making cash on car defreazing. They use 50-100kW gas\diesel fuel heat guns. Defreaze costs 30-50$ and it about 20-30 mins.
80% of peoples who using cars in winter have a "engine covering" - carbon fabric blanket that puts on engine to save heat. On the north another problem - car freezes when you drive. It means cooling liquid freezes in radiator while engine is running. in that sutuations cooling liquid changes to 98% clean spirit.. covering all engine.. put inside doors and roofs extra thermal insulation.. exhaust pipes goes thru the gas tank to heat fuel..
I want to tell that -40 sometimes -45 - is absolutely normal.
When it -30 and low, im going my job on foot- i think it's great to breathe clean air))

I'd take earthquakes over cold any time. You are tougher than I am I will admit.
An earthquake could make a 10 foot wide split in the road and I would just get mad about hitting more traffic lights.

However I shiver and bundle up when the temp drops below 70*F

Forecast in Iceland shows that we might break the historical RECORD for lowest temperature ever recorded, next 27th December, near Myvatn

[link to www.mbl.is]

The computer models forecast a low temperature between -34ºC to -45ºC, still uncertain and difficult to predict exactly. But the absolute Icelandic record stands at -38ºC from 1918.
temperature in Reykjavik for 1938 is still falling? Recently it dropped by almost 1.8°C

[link to notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordp...-temperatures]

Record warm weather occurs in Czech Republic on Christmas Eve

[link to news.xinhuanet.com]

^^^^^^^^GOOD TO KNOW!

pass it on. i did. :)

Meanwhile, in the Czech Republic...

Wisconsin has colder temps than freaking ICEland???

Um, no. Canada here. -47C with no wind chill at least once every winter, lasts sometimes 3 weeks. Car starts, everyone goes to work, life goes on. Pretty typical here but yes when doing a cold start in -47C if you do not have an engine bock heater only older cars will start and only if they are well tuned.

Tires do tend to get flat on the bottom so for the first few minutes it feels like driving on square tires and your seat is hard as a rock. That was my experience young and poor parking outside with no block heater.

Most people garage their cars and/or use engine block heaters so the coolant is lukewarm on start. Only thing is, keep an emergency bag in your car and be prepared to go it alone for a while if you hit a drift and go off the highway in winter. Stay in your car and keep your head.

Every year a few people try to walk what seems a short distance for help and they don't make it.

ehm., whats the fuss. -50 C not really unusual temp for siberia. I think siberia has Record is northern hemisphere -70C something and some areas have permafrost.

also Canada hits -50 all the time, I thought Russians were the same, I guess Canadians are just hardier..