Does your car have a block heater?

[RedRooster]

Who lives the farthest north without a block heater and/or interior warmer?
I can't imagine NOT having one, that'd be some kind of wierd tropical utopia or something.

My cousin and her boyfriend from North Carolina came up here a couple years ago, and when he saw the plug on the front of everyone's cars he wondered if we were all driving electric cars up here or something. 🙂

 

[Freejack2]

In New York (well excepting maybe the buffalo area) it rarely gets cold enough to be a problem. I don't think it's been below 0 degrees Fahrenheit more than a couple of days this winter.
Right now it's over 40 degrees out. I know it was an option for my car but it's a waste of money when my car will start at like 20 or 30 below zero.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Nope. Itty-bitty 540 CA (only like 400 CCA) Interstate battery has no problem starting my old Honda even in 0 degree (Fahrenheit) weather.

ZV

 

[Thegonagle]

If it was regularly -25 F when I needed to get somewhere, I might consider installing one, but most any car in good tune (even a Civic with 150,000 miles) can start at that temp, and even colder.

 

[jsbush]

I live in Quebec, and I never had a problem starting newer cars. Older cars (93 and under) we always had block heaters on them.

 

[Ausm]

We use them in Wisconsin


Ausm

 

[Rallispec]

i live in virginia, i've never even seen a block heater

 

[notfred]

The coldest it ever gets here is just barely cold enough to cause the dew to turn to frost.

so, no, I don't have a block heater. The low temp for tonight is forecast at 32F, which is exactly 0C, and is also colder than average. Usually, it only gets down to about 40-45 this time of year.

 

[trmiv]

Nope, we don't need them in the SF Bay Area, CA.