My truck starts every time . Actually I rarely plug it in new vehicles usually start better than ones that are older the fresh battery I guess. If it is real cold I will plug it in but last year I was working on my car so the wife was banished to park out side and her car was always plugged in, I had to change her battery out in the -35 last year it was not pleasant.

Not sure if mine has a block heater as it came from Kirkland Washington. Need to take a close look but the locale is a double whammy for no need of a block heater.

How do you figure you'd damage the alternator? No matter how dead the battery gets, the alternator can only output to its design limit.

Yeah man, according to the weathernetwork it will be hitting -41 C tomorrow, but that is with WC. FML! Oh.. and thanks for all the input, I got my brother to boost my car and it started up... it sounded like it was dying when it first started but now it starts up normally and I've plugged that **** in finally..man was it a pain in the *** to maneuver the plug.

i did damage it once hehe

on a side note its 14 degrees in Toronto , isnt it crazy? but thu-fri snow might start.

Well i didn't plug it in and didn't start it for two days, she barely started this morning cranked a few times then it chugged like a diesel when it did start . I guess it is time to start plugging it in, although the weather man said +3 for the weekend

wow! Hella cold! Definitely don't miss the blistering cold!

I hope you guys are using some good oil that still flows at those negative temps!

Amsoil synth all the way. I don't worry about that, ever.

Amsoil FTW...
...Mr. Pusher Man...

I just seen on the news Edmonton was the 3rd coldest city in the world today

By "Block Heater", you mean that big box that you drive the car into then shut the door behind you right?

I park my winter cars outside and haven't plugged one in in 10 years. Use min 5wt full synthetic (i/c engines), check condition of your battery, coolant and belts before snow flies = Car starts! I wouldn't blame anyone for using a block heater though.

I almost froze walking across the street to Union station this morning... -1!!!

I have a husky/shepherd with most of the husky winter accoutrements, and he loves nothing more then to play in this crap. I run him 15 min twice a day and can't handle another day of this crap. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Inline water heater = best thing ever. Nothing like getting into a vehicle and the heater working right off the bat, even if it's just a wee bit.