For many, today is just a normal day, for us in the North East US/CA, today and tomorrow are the coldest days in half a century. That said, I drove my 4C to work today. For context I am in Maine and it is currently 7F (-13.8889C) with wind chill you can drop that number to -12F (-24.4444C). This evening ambient temps will be -20F (-28.88C) with wind chill you can drop that to around -50F (-45.55C). Now I am going to be honest, I would consider myself a bit of a mad lad. However my shenanigans' of attempting to daily drive one of these year round may becoming to an abrupt end. This morning I drove slowly around town with no issue at all. Once I hit the highway things changed rapidly. I experienced a significant amount of power that I've never experienced in one of these. The handling was sketchy to say the least as I refuse to put all-seasons or snows on my car (again mad lad). The suspension was certainly rough but the more I drove the more it worked. After 12 minutes of driving the 4C at around 70-80 I lost the ability to change gears. Essentially the flywheel was spinning freely and the car would not change gear. I pulled over immediately and attempted to switch the car to neutral and nothing happened. I then proceeded to turn off the car and turn it back on. Classic mechanical genius. It worked. Gear box shifted completely fine again, now the check engine light was on and the car was telling me something in the MFD but I couldn't read it and nurse the car at the same time. I finally got to work and parked it. Turned it off and on and the engine light was still present. I shut it off again and 30 minutes later went outside to turn the car back on and the engine light was off and the car was idling perfectly normally. Again, after I lost the ability to shift I was still able to change gears perfectly fine. So I will update this thread tonight when it is far colder but I am going to drive the long way home through town centers where I am hoping the car will stay warmer. This day is obviously abnormal so I am not concerned about this being a recurring issue and I have driven this car in freezing conditions before, just never to this extreme.
Would love to hear thoughts, opinions and experiences from you all.
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Would love to hear thoughts, opinions and experiences from you all.
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