Winter...

[Spearo]

..... is here and alive in Alberta! Temps dropped substantially and today we are in a big snowfall warning. In the winters that I've owned a 4x4 with good tires, I've loved it. Driving around the city is a blast, especially watching those that that didn't buy winter tires try to get around haha

Wishing you all a safe and fun season of driving- watch your ass, many people have short meories no matter how many winters they've driven through!

Mine's locked in 4x for the next few months.

Warmly,
Erik

[Aztec Nomad]

Hey,
We're also getting the snow here in central Ontario (Muskoka). Around 30cm is anticipated in the next 24 hours. I'll have to have fun in my Subaru for now until I get the Delica. Safe driving
Adam

[William]

oh man it's scary in Edmonton today... so much snow already this morning. I'm supposed to be going to pick up a Skyline today, no thanks!

[mycale]

I used to live in Midland, Ont. I did my time in the snow, I must say living here in Victoria, super sunny days forecast for the next week or so...it's kinda nice...I miss snow forts though

[Spearo]

oh man it's scary in Edmonton today... so much snow already this morning. I'm supposed to be going to pick up a Skyline today, no thanks!

Yikes! Yeah that's the wrong vehicle for today lol. Just a little quicker on a dry road though ;) I work right downtown and it's a nice slurried poridge out my window.

[White Mule]

Wishing you all a safe and fun season of driving- watch your ass, many people have short meories no matter how many winters they've driven through!

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[djelica]

I white knuckled a hyndai with all season tires from Calgary to Edmonton and back yesterday. (I go for work so I take a rental as I don't want to wreck my own and it's not fully insured just yet either).

So many cars in the ditch... stupid. I drove most of the time between 60 and 80 and I really wished I was behind the (right hand side) wheel of my new L400. I've been driving the streets of Calgary today and I am totally impressed with the Delica's ability in bad winter conditions. This thing rocks.

[jessef]

Wishing you all a safe and fun season of driving- watch your ass, many people have short meories no matter how many winters they've driven through!

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[Todd64]

We received almost 40cms(15") of snow last night. I guess that's nothing for a Delica?

[Spearo]

We received almost 40cms(15") of snow last night. I guess that's nothing for a Delica?

No worries lol. The best part is driving over the berms of snow created by the snow plows and graders in the centre of the road!

[FalcoColumbarius]

Wow... you guys think you have it bad..... when I got up today ~ it was SOOOOO cold.... I think I will wear a long sleeve shirt today .

Falco.

[Green1]

-26c in Calgary this morning... woke up to a phone call from my girlfriend who was stranded at work coming off a night shift. She couldn't get her car started, even with boosting it.
So without having time to plug in the delica I decided to try it anyway.... Delica started!

Drove down to her work, and we managed to get her car going by hooking up some decent jumper cables (not the garbage ones she carries) and charging her car up for a bit from the delica... (that volt meter in the binnacle is actually kind of handy!) then cranking it over... and over... and over... and....

Apparently her workplace doesn't realize that it might be time to turn on the power outlets in the parkade so people can plug in! (she had the vehicle plugged in but we're pretty sure there was no power)

[Spearo]

-26c in Calgary this morning... So without having time to plug in the delica I decided to try it anyway.... Delica started!

Mine started but took a full minute of cranking and 3/4 throttle. Maybe glow plugs need to be changed. Hmmm.

[Green1]

Mine started but took a full minute of cranking and 3/4 throttle. Maybe glow plugs need to be changed. Hmmm.

At this temperature, if yours started at all, your glow plugs are just fine! that long cranking is what you can expect at these temperatures if it isn't plugged in, doesn't matter how good your plugs are, they just aren't powerful enough to warm the whole engine from -25c to anything useful

[Spearo]

Actually it was plugged in- I have a battery warmer and an inline heater. I keep seeing posts by guys that their Delicas start on the first click and I'm wondering...