How does your car behave differently in the extreme cold?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:26 pm
It was -11°F when I left for work this morning
Obviously, I don't drive my EG in winter, but the tsx instead.
Here's some things I've noticed:
- Lcd display screen on radio is super slow. Transitions in text or numbers is faded in/out.
- Clutch pedal feels squishy and has less travel - feels like a completely different car.
- Suspension is a lot stiffer, that's kind of fun.
- Shift very slow until the car is completely warmed up. I can feel the gears engaging. Not grinding, but you can feel a slight notch when shifting into a gear. Once, right after I started driving after the car sat outside, I either did not have it far enough in gear or shifted too quickly because it popped out of second.
One thing I'm always sure to do when I arrive at my destination is to open the door for 20-30 sec before I get out and lock it up. I have a theory about hondas rusting from the inside out that I noticed when I replaced the rear 1/4's on my EG...
When it's cold outside and you're blasting heat inside and breathing, that's a lot of warm humid air trapped in the car. Think about a glass of ice water on a summer day. You get condensation on the side of the glass which is exposed to the warm humid weather. The same thing happens on the inside of cars. Especially when you have snow on your shoes and it melts into the carpet. If you've ever come out to your car and had to scrape ice from the Inside of your windows... that's why.
So I make it a habit to turn off heat a couple mins before I get to my destination and then open the door while I'm gathering my stuff before I get out. Maybe it helps prevent rust, maybe not... but it's good for a piece of mind.
Obviously, I don't drive my EG in winter, but the tsx instead.
Here's some things I've noticed:
- Lcd display screen on radio is super slow. Transitions in text or numbers is faded in/out.
- Clutch pedal feels squishy and has less travel - feels like a completely different car.
- Suspension is a lot stiffer, that's kind of fun.
- Shift very slow until the car is completely warmed up. I can feel the gears engaging. Not grinding, but you can feel a slight notch when shifting into a gear. Once, right after I started driving after the car sat outside, I either did not have it far enough in gear or shifted too quickly because it popped out of second.
One thing I'm always sure to do when I arrive at my destination is to open the door for 20-30 sec before I get out and lock it up. I have a theory about hondas rusting from the inside out that I noticed when I replaced the rear 1/4's on my EG...
When it's cold outside and you're blasting heat inside and breathing, that's a lot of warm humid air trapped in the car. Think about a glass of ice water on a summer day. You get condensation on the side of the glass which is exposed to the warm humid weather. The same thing happens on the inside of cars. Especially when you have snow on your shoes and it melts into the carpet. If you've ever come out to your car and had to scrape ice from the Inside of your windows... that's why.
So I make it a habit to turn off heat a couple mins before I get to my destination and then open the door while I'm gathering my stuff before I get out. Maybe it helps prevent rust, maybe not... but it's good for a piece of mind.