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Old 01-13-2009, 09:34 PM   #82 (permalink)
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
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This is precisely why I haven't "warmed up" to electrics and diesels as year-round vehicles for the Midwest. 30 years experience already told me 1) batteries lose LOTS of capacity in the cold, and 2) diesel fuels have gelling problems, and diesel engines have starting problems, with our kind of cold.

Now as THREE season vehicles they can be great.
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