1st Snowflake of the season

[hammer]

For my car (Volvo S40), the owner's manual has a range:

When the ambient temperature is between 23 °F and 36 °F (–5 °C and +2 °C), a snowflake symbol is shown in the display. This symbol serves as a warning for possible slippery road surfaces.

Also looking forward to seeing temps too cold for the snowflake...

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

At outside temperatures between 41-32° F the snowflake will appear on the LH side of the temperature and between 32-23° F on the RH side to warn you that ice may form on the road

 

[Glenn]

Of course, I also like the first day where it's cold enough that the snowflake DOESN'T come on...

That's good snowmaking weather...

-w

That's gotta be a little German Engineer humor. "I think they'll know it's cold...we don't need a snowflake at single digits".

I translated that quote...so they're talking ferinheight in that example.

 

[drjeff]

Finally got the 15 degree snowflake pic from last March uploaded

 

[bvibert]

My snowflake wasn't on this morning at 17-19F

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

neither was mine at 22.......

 

[WJenness]

Same here (no flake @ 22)

-w

 

[WJenness]

Going to test out the LOW end of the scale tonight with a drive up to SR, will be rolling in up there around midnight. Projected temp (according to NWS is about 4 degrees F)

-w

 

[bvibert]

When I started home from work today my display read 20F, on the trip home it rose to 23F and the snowflake came on, along with it's warning chime. Now I know.

 

[bvibert]

It's been cold enough here a few times in the last week or two, but this is the first I've seen this season:

Always an exciting event for me! 8)

 

[RootDKJ]

Got one yesterday morning in M's car.

 

[billski]

It's been cold enough here a few times in the last week or two, but this is the first I've seen this season:



Always an exciting event for me! 8)

13.5 MPG :-o

 

[WJenness]

13.5 MPG :-o

That's just the instantaneous readout...

On FB Brian said he was just backing out of the driveway...

So it's essentially meaningless.

-w

 

[Glenn]

Got one last weekend when my wife and I were heading back from drjeff's Mt Snow place Saturday night.

 

[bvibert]

13.5 MPG :-o

That's just the instantaneous readout...

On FB Brian said he was just backing out of the driveway...

So it's essentially meaningless.

-w

Yes, what he said.

 

[o3jeff]

Yes, what he said.

Why does it get such bad mileage in reverse?

btw that is still better than my around town average in my Wrangler

 

[billski]

Yes, what he said.

Phew!

 

[mondeo]

Why does it get such bad mileage in reverse?

btw that is still better than my around town average in my Wrangler

That short a gear, that's not bad mileage.

 

[bvibert]

Why does it get such bad mileage in reverse?

btw that is still better than my around town average in my Wrangler

That short a gear, that's not bad mileage.

For the record I was at the end of my driveway just about to pull out when I took the picture. I was facing the road, not backing out. I had backed out of my parking spot, then drove forward up a small incline and around two corners before traveling the 30 feet or so of straight driveway to where the driveway ends at the road. All told maybe about 80 feet total of driving was represented in that 13.5MPG.

 

[o3jeff]

For the record I was at the end of my driveway just about to pull out when I took the picture. I was facing the road, not backing out. I had backed out of my parking spot, then drove forward up a small incline and around two corners before traveling the 30 feet or so of straight driveway to where the driveway ends at the road. All told maybe about 80 feet total of driving was represented in that 13.5MPG.

I'm not able to really get a good visual from that, possible to draw a picture?:wink:

I don't have a snow flake by my thermometer in my car.