Holland&Holland wrote:We have really gotten wimpy as a society. I remember stretches of this type of weather every January growing up in northern MN. It sucked to try to get a car started in it but that was because we had old cars stored outside so... You dealt with it and went about your day.
Back in the early '70's, I rode my 2-stroke dirt bike to class at SDSU (South Dakota NOT San Diego) and parked it in the bicycle racks outside classrooms (working for Campus Cop helped). Fifteen minutes of fun & cold was much better than 1. Trying to start a car, 2. Scraping windows IF car started, 3. Driving to campus following roads, 4. Finding a parking spot, 5. Walking 15 minutes to classroom.
Repeat process to go home.
After installing studs in dirt bike tires enabling much improved traction I was able to jump the railroad tracks cutting my travel time in half. Also helped to lose a squad car following me, although the next day he was waiting for me on the other side. After relating the WHY and that the Campus Cop backed my process, he accepted IF I would put lights on dirt bike (lights were small but there). Brookings South Dakota very seldom plowed snow on side streets resulting in heavy snow pack which was great for studded tires, Sheet metal screw heads work great on ice, suck on snow. Install snowmobile track 1.25" carbide tipped studs really helped on all surfaces except bare concrete.
Back on Topic now.