My '08 Sport arrives next week and in Interior Alaska we usually mount a battery blanket, oil pan heater pad and transmission oil heater pad all plugged into a 3-way outlet to a single plug out the front of the grille to plug in each night (no garage). I can't find a winterizing thread so was wondering if anyone else has done this and can provide tips on sizes of pads, where/how to mount etc. Thanks!

 

Wow, I am very impressed with what you have to do to keep your Fit going through the cold winter you have. This will be my first winter with mine and I plan to keep it in the garage as much as I can to help it from sitting out in the winter weather. Bravo to you and all the extra it takes to keep your Fit happy when it gets cold outside.

Cat :x

 

I went through all last winter with my LX Fit outside. All I used was a block heater. But only when it sat for a few days and then I would plug it in for maybe 2 hours and it started the first time every time. That's even down to -35C. I let it warm up a few minutes and used the 1st and 2nd gears to start off b4 shifting to D3 or Drive.

 

I have started a Honda Civic Si with 282K miles on it after the car sat for three days at -45F without being plugged in, using Mobil1 0W-30 oil. The question is, what is best for the engine at cold startup? I expect to get 300K miles on this Fit motor.