COLD HUMMER

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There's nothing worse than a cold HUMMER.

I'm in WI this week and do not have access to a garage. It was -15 @ 7am today. Yep, minus 15! INSANE! I haven't been around this type of cold in quite some time, and when last I was, I had a heated garage to park in.

I went to start up the truck this AM to "warm" it up. I had turned everything off in the truck the evening before, full tank of gas.

I couldn't believe the noises the truck made after starting up. It sounded along the lines of stepping on a cat. The truck tuned over with a light hesitation and than seem to run OK.

After 15 minutes of running the heat on high, having the heated seats on high, I ventured back out to the truck. I put the truck into drive and two things happened. One I had no power steering at first. I had to really turn hard. It was comparable to being aired down and turning your wheel up against a large boulder. AFfter a minutes or so of working the wheel back and forth, it was back to normal. Than I stepped on gas to go and the truck "chugged." It was comparable to an old car running on 1/2 of the cylinders it should be. After the initial shifting up to about 40mph, that went awa as well. The truck also feels like it has no shocks.

So, at some point I hope my boys drop back down from the size of skittles back to their normal kiwi size, I need to figure out a way to get this truck warmed up.

Can Rancho shock freeze up?
Do you think my PS Pump was froze? or steering lube on something froze?


What do people do with their trucks/ cars when they live in this type of weather on a normal basis every year?