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Matt
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #1 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 10:53am » |
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 Now thats what i call frost!
how long did it take to de-ice it?
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pappa
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #2 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 10:59am » |
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Dunno, haven't done that yet 
I'm about to go change the rear wheel bearings and do some
other work on it soon. I reckon it'll take about 5 mins for the
windscreen and back window to clear.
But on the sidewindows, it's manual work  hmm...
An idea...
Wifey! Go buy a sixpack from the town hon, would you!? SLAP!
(I guess not... )
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #3 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 3:19pm » |
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where's your blood ?? what you going to do when winter comes ??
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #5 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 6:24pm » |
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WELL ...
It was an easy job after all, the temp rised up +2 celcius, so
the windscreen heater took care of that and backscreen heater
of the backscreen. All there was to do was to scrape the sidewindows
and it very easy too.
Once it rained overnight and then it dropped down to -10 C. Had a
Mondeo back then, took me half an hour hard work to get in to the
car, then another one to peel it 
bizzay1 - we drink a lot of alcohol and grow hair to our backs.
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #6 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 7:17pm » |
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In the last winter we had temperatures that got down under -30 C in some regions and i'm alot away from Norway.....
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #7 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 8:26pm » |
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Where are you from?
The record for us - right where I live - in the middle of Finland is about
-42 Celsius. In our backyard that is. -20 C is common in january/february
nighttime and often it goes down to -30 C. I'm looking forward firing up
my Cossie at -30 C
Going back a couple of years there was -51 C in Kittilä, Lappland (Finland)
But yes, - 30 C I know what is mate... brr...
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TiberiuS
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #8 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 8:40pm » |
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D@mn...and I get worried about firing my car up at 0 C when it's been laid up...what a wimp I am 
Regards, Bruce.
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #9 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 8:44pm » |
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I'd rather have -5 to -10 C than 0 C. The air is a lot drier and
causes less humidity problems. Currently it's around 0C and
there's a heck'uva fog outside 
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #10 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 8:55pm » |
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on Nov 18th, 2006, 8:26pm, pappa wrote:Where are you from?
nighttime and often it goes down to -30 C. I'm looking forward firing up
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From Romania
I have fired up my 2.3 at -20 C. The starter would barly spin....3-4 times...and it fired up.....for 2-3 minutes it did like a tractor plowing the farm.....verry noisy.....
The cold period was for a week or two...then it went to warmer temps (-15,-10). I have started the car about 2 times per day....about 4 or 5 days...... In the spring the battery passed away...hmmm i wander why
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #11 on: Nov 18th, 2006, 9:09pm » |
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Well Hello there Romania!
Last winter I had a VW Touran 2.0 Tddi -05 with a pre-heater on it.
We had -27 C and it did not start. Winter grade Diesel was in the
tank... My -86 4x4 Scorpio needed about 15 sec to start...
VW had to go, it was a disappointment. Very good to drive, very low
MPG (km per litre as way say), but a disappoinment in quality and
to use. Had to jack it up six times to remove little rocks from the
brakes... what a noise they make! Same problem seem to pop up
in many other cars that are manufactured with similar rear brakes.
They suck in all the little rocks that whirl around under the car.
I'm off to bed, catch ya later guys...
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #12 on: Nov 19th, 2006, 12:49am » |
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-27.... just the right temperature for a bottle of Corona!
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #13 on: Nov 19th, 2006, 9:27am » |
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Corona, don't know about that ...
Baz, save the remote+cd box for me and I'll bring you a bottle
of Finlandia Vodka ...
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #14 on: Nov 19th, 2006, 11:23am » |
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Vodka??
My goodness I would collapse!!
Remote and CD is still here!
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Re: Cool Scorpio sighting in Finland
« Reply #15 on: Nov 19th, 2006, 7:54pm » |
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But it'll keep your blood from freezing
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