1. Belt on your truck starts making squealing sounds
2. Your emergency only goes like half way down
3. Your F-150 rides like a F-550 for the first 10 miles
4. When you start your F-150, It only winds up to like 1000 rpm's rather than its usual 1900
5. Power steering doesnt properly for first few miles
6. Gear shifter feels like its in a bucket of tar


Anybody else???...never got above 25 today here in CT.

 

this is for my 1987 B2000

you know its cold when...you start burning oil by the gallon

 

GEESH!! I think I'll stay in sunny CA. ~ Im wearing shorts and a t-shirt with the windows all open

 

-when you have to scrape ice of the windows - on the inside!
-when you are going to lose a filling with the ride while the tires warm up to get rid of the flat spot that froze into them overnight!
-when your power steering whines like you've never heard before on start up...
-when the rear right tire is covered with frost from your exhaust freezing on it!

Gotta love winter... Now if we could just get some %^^@#@ snow!!!!

 

yes i know what your saying! usually at start up, its "chug chug VROOM!" now its "burr burrr bleh bleh burrrrrr" at least snow is fun

 

you can't get the frecking key to go into the door lock to start with

 

Nice and sunny 70 degrees here

 

- when you have to use both hands to shift from reverse to first until your tranny warms up.
- whenever you shift, it clunks until your tranny warms up.

 

- you fart in the cab and it feels so good you try an work up another one.

 

no one farts in my cab!! not even me

 

If you get cold enough you'll squeeze 'em out like a one legged burrito vendor on a three day drunk.

 

 

When you throw a pot of boiling water out the door and the water makes a loud pop and just disappears instantly. Not a single drop will hit the ground if it is cold enough.

When You have an extension cord hanging of the bumper and someone thinks you have an electric motor.

The thermometer in your vehicle reads -40F. Trust me the thermometers in Ford vehicles stop at -40F, when this happens you know it is damn cold.

Have you guys heard of ice fog?

When metal burns you because it is cold.

When all you see on the highway are Ford trucks. When it gets to -50F here it seems like the only vehicles that run are Ford's, everything else freezes up and won't start. Toyota's are the worst, the tundra engines don't like to start up when the temperature gets into -10 to -20F range.

When your brakes feel weird.
When your battery needs a blanket.
If you live in Alaska.

 

I laugh, i thought you were kidding until i looked at where you live!

 

You laugh at the "Good to -20*f" washer fluid as you scrape off blue ice.

You know why you got such a good deal on the car with the vinyl seats.

So much vapor is coming from the exhaust you can't see the car behind you.

You use your snowmobile gloves as driving gloves.

Your glasses fog over completely when you come inside making you blind.

The engine makes 2 grunts and a click.

You make a mental note to change the oil if it ever starts and when it does start, it won't shift out of first gear for 2 miles.

You think you're brilliant because you figured out the vacuum hose going to the trans(older cars) is loaded with ice.

You try to figure out how long it will take to drive to the Florida Keys in first gear so you can drain the above vacuum line.

The wiper blades are frozen to the windshield.

You recognize your friends by brand of cardboard in front of their radiator.