-45 - Centigrade and Fahrenhiet cross at -40 - a little factoid I learned on that trip. At that temperature, when I walked outside, it felt like someone hooked a vacuum cleaner over my nose and mouth and sucked all the air out of me.

Actually, worse than the cold was the thing that I really don't know how you northern guys deal with - like 6 hours of daylight. That was the most depressing thing about it that I could see.

Bav - sorry for the thread hijack - the car looks great, especially for having that much snow piled around it. I understand now why people talk about garaging their cars all winter. I can't imagine having all that salt, dirt, and assorted winter nasties stuck to my car for months on end. Yikes.