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01-17-2012, 10:26 PM
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Alaska has a real winter. At the end of October we get our first snowfall, from then the ground will be perpetually covered in snow until mid march. In Anchorage we get cold snaps down to about -15F. Occasionally it will warm up into the 30s and some snow will melt, but any melt is soon replaced as warm weather usually means snowfall. Since the snow doesn't go away the city takes it off the streets and puts it into dump trucks, which in turn dump it at designated snow dumps. Quote:
The car has started up for me no problem every time. Most of my starts are with the starter motor as the car doesn't IMA start when it's cold, nor does it auto stop until its well warmed up. On sub zero days I plug in the block heater to be nice to it, but I can't tell that it makes a difference in how the car starts. I'm operating entirely in Econ mode to try and get some reasonable fuel economy as well as purposefully slowing the car down on winter roads. I've only filled it twice so far, but it looks like my avg in the winter will probably be ~28mpg.  Car is a 2012 base model 6MT Here's some pics I snapped earlier when we had some sunlight.   Notice the height of the snow bank compared to the car, on the other side of that snowbank is one of Anchorage's major 4 lane roads.  Instrument panel showing the temperature. It was -13F this morning, by lunch it warmed up a bit. 
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01-17-2012, 10:37 PM
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Hey, Welcome to the Forum.. Moved ya over to the new member introductions.. I lived on Adak AK for several years a while back ago.. Kinda sorta know what it is like... Great to see the CR-Z working in the climate/conditions..
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01-18-2012, 06:35 PM
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Welcome, and glad to hear you're getting good traction in the snow. Some have complained that it's not that great in snow, but that may depend on various factors such as driving style, tires, tire pressure, etc. What tires do you have on it?
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01-18-2012, 07:09 PM
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welcome to the forum!
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01-18-2012, 08:09 PM
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Welcome!
We'll look to you as the expert for all matters relating to winter driving the CRZ! I certainly cannot compete for that title this year. We've had the warmest, least snowy winter in memory. Partly due to my idling my SUV 24 x 7  Drive safey, and we look forward to hearing more from you.
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01-18-2012, 09:48 PM
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01-18-2012, 11:23 PM
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