# I hate waking up at 4 in the morning and realising I forgot to plug in the car **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023 "2017-01-13T11:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023/61 "2017-01-18T17:18:11Z")
The ultimate luxury. A garage with a heater. It might only be 40 degrees F in there. But at least the car will start. Compared to leaving the car in -20 F outside the garage. I have a Natural gas space heater in my garage/workshop. So I can work with power tools safely without a big jacket. I leave the heater on with a low flame anytime it’s colder than 30 F outside. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023/62 "2017-01-19T21:07:36Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > To show you my sense of perspective, I thought this was going to be about your new Tesla or some such. I’ll be the first to admit that there are A LOT of things that I don’t understand, but chief among them is why anyone would live anywhere that requires a “-” in front of the temperature more often than, say, once in a generation. Especially Fahrenheit. :eek: > > My brain won’t even let me imagine that level of cold. I would have no idea what this was about if I didn’t recently see someone “plugging in” to try and get his jeep warmed up enough to start in a blog I sometimes watch from Alaska. Even having seen that, I still thought this was about some hippy’s electric car for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023/63 "2017-01-19T21:22:28Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > She then blew her pitch when she idly noted that during her recent visit to Iceland it was actually _warmer_ than Minnesota this winter. If you can go to Iceland for a warm weather visit away from your winter season, I want no part in your frozen hellscape thank-you-very-much. Actually Iceland is significantly warmer than Greenland, a language usage which doesn’t seem to make any sense at first glance: > **[National Geographic](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/)** > > Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023/64 "2017-01-19T21:27:31Z")
When I lived in Alaska, it was not unusual to see a supermatket parking lot full of cars left running while their owners shopped. When it is well below zero, no one wants to take the chance of not getting it started again, and the small expenditure of gas is worthwhile insurance. The fear of having one’s vehicle stolen just wasn’t an issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-waking-up-at-4-in-the-morning-and-realising-i-forgot-to-plug-in-the-car/777023.md?page=3)