How We Drive Cars at -55 °C | -67 °F? Yakutia, Siberia

[@catsspat]

I'm showing this video to my cars so they know how good they have it.

[@MariaSolko]

😂

[@Juandinggong]

Lmaoooooo

[@Vortex6242]

Hah!! Hallarious comment!! 😂

[@Marylandcrabs]

Too funny!😂

[@ItsMichaela_F]

I tried to show this to my bmw, now i have check engine light, i don’t recommend 😂.

[@syspangylium]

"Only by supporting and helping each other we can survive in this world". There's a serious message to a lot of people right there. Basically, all of us, around the globe.

[@davemustaki134]

@@syspangylium we saw how much we helped each other during covid....

[@lajoswinkler]

@@balduinHH Nice trolling.

[@dave642]

@@ElliHarperTrump Grifter. 4 years of chaos. I suggest you buy his Trump coin.

[@imark7777777]

@@tmkongen yeah if only other person... thought this way. Right now we're currently in a war yet to be called that against to create an "us and them" and get rid of "them" that are causing all the problems.

[@imark7777777]

@@davemustaki134 that thing everybody says didn't happen and was a big conspiracy.... And yet we had people helping each other in so many ways.

[@Videolinquency]

The best thing about sub-zero temperatures is the lack of mosquitos. It's hard to find arguments to love deep winter, but it can be done.

[@Pythoner]

they come out with a vengeance in the summer though

[@WymiataczPlays]

Indeed, just like Pythoner said, they make up for it in the summer, they have insane amounts of these.

[@mrkonradxx2965]

There is another advantage - the absence of rain, dampness, mud, snakes and ticks. In the North-West of Russia there are many of these problems. Dampness, mud and rain can occur even in January, during thaws. Also in winter, animal tracks are visible in the snow, making hunting easier. You can store meat outside without wasting electricity on the freezer. It is easier to carry firewood and logs from the forest on snow than on black trails. However, for this you need a caterpillar tractor.

[@sd906238]

Get a dog and the dog will keep his fleas nice and warm all winter long.

No mosquitos. No hay fever. When I take a shower, I'm clean; in the summer, I can take a shower the moment I'm leaving the shower. I can only take off clothes untll I'm naked… in the summer. When in the summer I come in from the heat, it's still hot inside (Germany, AC is an absolute luxury, and basically no-one has it). See, easy to find arguments against summer and pro winter.

[@douglasbayne1973]

I live in Baltimore, MD, USA. Watching your videos makes me realize I need to stop complaining about 35 degrees F in the winter. I enjoy your videos - thank you for sharing.

[@thelixir715]

Hey, neighbor!

[@bendavis7246]

Im a trucker from aberdeen md, my trucking company is in Fargo ND. I add additives to my tanks to keep from freezing. It was 4 degrees in Fargo yesterday morning

[@DroneStrike1776]

35F? Here in RI, we had 5F for 3 nights straight, my furnace was struggling to warm the house of. Damn energy efficient furnace only heats up for 10 minutes and shuts off for 10 minutes. Today's high was 40F, my neighbor was outside with his pressure washer washing his car and truck. I was going to wash my at the coin op bay but too many people. It's 39 on Tuesday, I'll do it then. Currently, it's 24F right now. Last winter, we had a stretch of 10 days with lows in the low to mid teens.

[@DroneStrike1776]

@@bendavis7246 It was 5 deg in RI for three nights. 0 to minus wind child, feels like 0F, but it was somewhat normal for us. We're used to the 10-15F nights. Battery on both cars died.

[@anne-kristine120]

35 F = 1,7 C😊

[@IntrepidRobot]

Amazing to see how people can survive in the harshest of cold climates. Canada has some catching up to do 🙂 Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge!

[@MariaSolko]

Thanks for your support!🤍

[@skimanfree1073]

Canada has some catching up to do 🙂 Meaning what? They need to get colder?

[@fuzooli]

@@skimanfree1073 Your comment got my LOL!

[@Decadent36]

You have the most calming, soothing voice of all times! :) Your videos are always informative and quite well produced. Your father's philosphy is something we need much more of in this world as well.

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words 🤍

[@mollyb4541]

Your fathers advice is what the world needs today ❤

[@im1who84u]

9:25 That's good advice for Siberia where you live, but don't do that in New York if you want to go on living.

[@KevinMaxwell-o3t]

My son was stranded on the road, and dozens and dozens of cars drove by without stopping to help. He's a good-looking, clean-cut guy, not an axe murderer. But he ended up walking miles and miles for help. I was disgusted by the behavior of those drivers.

[@SeanSandberg-j3q]

"Humanity and mutual assistance are what really matters!" Absolutely! Amen! Thank you for sharing your culture and realities with us all. God bless you, your family, your friends and countrymen! May we all respect and help each other always.

[@hp1265]

Thanks!

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you for your support🤍

[@villepinte8647]

very nice video. I apppreciate your vids. Your english is nice, your voice is calm. Hello from France

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you!

[@syspangylium]

I second that. Maria reaches out and touches hearts all over the world like an angel. She must have offered a lot of pancakes to the spirits. That was not a joke. Bless you and your family, Maria ❤️

[@thelizardking1886]

@@syspangylium😂😂😂

[@syspangylium]

Just to clarify why I mentioned the pancakes. This is from Maria's video about making pancakes : "In Sakha (Yakut) religion we believe that every place - a lake, a river, a forest, a field or a house - has a master (a spirit) - ichchi. By Sakha custom every time we cook alaaji, the first (any) odd number of pancakes are left for the ichchi. We leave pancakes on the ground in a circle. Later, birds or animals - "mediators" between two worlds - will eat them, delivering our offering to the ichchi. "

[@nickhickson8738]

But please the background music is unnecessary.

[@ConstellationOrion]

Greetings to our Turkic brothers in Yakutia from Turkey. They need and applause for making a life in such harsh conditions. I am here crying when it is below 0 already.

[@denizalpazazi7155]

Turns out, even leading an ordinary life in Yakutia, is a reason itself to applaud. My best wishes to the enduring Yakut people for their endeavor and to situate a civilized, modern life despite these harsh conditions.

[@TeemujaToivoRuskeepää]

They are Russians

[@denizalpazazi7155]

@@TeemujaToivoRuskeepää they are russian federation citizens, not russians.

[@huathai8204]

Your father is a wise and good man.

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you, he is🤍

[@DougPaulley]

He has a wise and good daughter also.

[@cindywho134]

Very nice message at the end. We all need more of this.

[@rossi0202]

....a little sarcastic

[@robotbro7187]

too risky to do in the US, people have been sued and worse killed for trying to help passengers on the side of the road.

[@donngg]

Unfortunately modern companies and jobs made and keep making people more isolated and always hating each other. That's how most people survive today. Of course that we need that, kindness and love is what we all need, but modern times makes that almost impossible

[@moggadah]

Well, isn't it clear in the video? The greater risk people have of dying, the closer they have to work together. If you live in a freezing climate in scarce surroundings you have to help others, otherwise there'll be no help for you.

[@srinp8726]

no, what we need is life theming problems, so people have no choice but to help each other....just kidding

[@hory-portier]

The message at the end reminds me of the time when I had trouble with my tire at the highway. I had a spare one, but I couldn't unscrew the broken one... The wrench I had didn't allow to grip it well enough to use much strength, so I was stuck. After maybe 15 minutes finally a random person stopped. He saw what was the issue, brought the right tool and needed just a second to move the screw. A hero I needed at the time. I want to one day help someone in similar way on the road. I keep some useful tools at car for that and some other situations now.

[@nortiero]

I've seen many videos from various visitors of your region, always wondered how cars keep working in such a harsh environment. Now I know! Thank you, very interesting detail.

[@desmondbreezey813]

Эх, а у нас в СПб главная проблема зимой, что на ручнике машину не оставишь, примерзнет 😅 Красиво у вас в Якутии, когда-нибудь обязательно приедем (но скорее всего не зимой :) )

[@veritanuda]

Fascinating and amazing. It is not only impressive how as humans we learn to cope with such extreme conditions, but also that it is our nature to go to such places. Really, every time I watch one of your videos, I am so impressed and enlightened. Thank you so much for sharing. Shared too.

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you so much🤍

[@veritanuda]

@@MariaSolko Добро пожаловать

[@sherrysharad]

Very informative. Your narration is very calming as well. Greetings from New Delhi, India.

[@rustino666]

That was a really interesting video. Thanks for sharing and putting in the effort to make it. I never imagined that engine oil would freeze! And the frozen water blocking up the exhaust pipe is crazy! I also never would have guessed that extra windows would be taped onto the car. It must be extremely important to make sure all maintenance is done in preparation for the winter. Great video!

[@faisalanwar6530]

Your father is such a good man! Wise words...

[@andrewclarke3622]

I've been watching your channel for about a year.I find videos like these simply jawdropping! Im form the US (living in California but grew up in Michigan) I thought I complained about the cold. I left Michigan for California in 1998, and to this day, it never feels that cold.

[@blurayen313]

Welp while we never get THIS cold. We did have wind chills of -20 last week and temps of -5. Thats Summer to them in this region probably!!

[@andrewclarke3622]

I know. That's why find it mind blowing when Maria posts videos like these.

[@jasonjohnson1690]

Your videos are so nice! Calming, great voice, beautiful visuals, nice music, and always interesting facts. Thank you. Please keep it up!

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

-40 is the coldest I've experienced and that was cold. To make it better it was during my military service and we were sleeping in tents for three weeks. Cold. We moved the entire combat command centers once a day, but we had two command centers each moving with 12 hours difference and switching command in between. Anyway we had a lot of old military trucks, some made back in the 50's, and at -40°C making sure everything worked was not always easy. Still it was military equipment and made to endure that kind of weather. What was interesting was that we also had a lot of new Toyota cars and varying age WV busses. And those also worked well at these temperatures. Still, this was 10 degrees warmer than what they talk about in the video. -40° is cold, real cold. But -50°C is hellacious!

[@jeffhoward9186]

You father gave some great advice. I am so happy that people live by that advice. We should all be able to live by that advice, but the reality of that advice has stop away from the coldest place to live. Stay warm and continue the love..

[@etswe]

Sweden here. It doesn´t get that cold where i live but you need some things to make your car work. I have an electric plug in heater with battery charger and with a heater inside the cabin. I also have a fuel powered heater that heats both the engine and the cabin. Studded tires are a must.

[@Aaron-z9o]

Your father is an exceptionally wise man....God bless you and your family and all the citizens of Yakutia Siberia... Greetings from Waynesburg Pennsylvania, USA....

[@chrisdaniel1339]

There are several states in the US such as Alaska, North and South Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, ect where the temperature can reach -30°F to -56°F. It is common in those state to have an resistance block heater installed in the engine and adhesive heating pads for the oil pan, transmission, transaxles, transfer case, and the battery(frozen batteries may not have enough power to start the vehicle). When the vehicle is not running it is plugged in to power so the engine and critical lubricants stay warm. There are also diesel and petrol hydronic heaters made by the German companies Eberspächer and Webasto that heat the engine coolant and circulate it through the engine block keeping the vehicle warm and ready for use and only using a minuscule amount of fuel compared to idling the engine. The hot exhaust would also help to keep the oil and transmission fluid liquid with the addition of a car blanket.

[@jesses1589]

I was going to make a similar comment but I see you got here first =)

[@brunonikodemski2420]

As per comments below, ANY heat from external sources can be trapped under a blanket. Also, the exhaust pipe is being blocked by the H2O from the combustion itself. A simple insulating sleeve could solve this, if it were non-combustible.

[@GlennC789]

Block heater in my CR-V warms the engine by 50F in about two hours. That's about the max, it won't warm any further with more time. It's very efficient because the entire engine and the majority of the coolant are heated. A 0F start becomes a 50F start. Approx. 10 cents worth of electricity and no doubt saves several times that in fuel plus gives quicker heat. The cold in this video is on a completely different level though. I can't imagine living in conditions where a car literally can't be started without the processes/precautions described here. Must be about the coldest inhabited place on Earth.

[@userNicholas13]

extreme climate, too harsh even by Arctic standards. Seasonal temperature differences in Yakutia can reach 100°C. At the height of summer the temperature here is +40°C, and in winter the thermometer drops to -60°C. The difference between day and night temperatures often reaches 30°C.

[@ThaVexedCanadian]

Yeah but in Canada you see we're north of you and we also get that weather too. You think it's terrible but it's just another day in the hood for us

[@marybethscherry2282]

Love your videos, Maria! Your English is amazing and so are you! Love from Cleveland, Ohio, USA. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@melissash]

Great video as always. The end made me tear up too 🥹 wise words from your father!

[@MariaSolko]

🥹🫂

[@MrLobsterity]

I'm from Moscow. Bought a car with Lada's "automated manual" transmission to be able to tow anyone without caring that something in transmission could ever break :)

[@melissash]

@@MrLobsterity 🫶

[@ACivilizedPrimate]

This is a brilliant idea for a video! I live in Canada, but I have never had to deal with this level of cold, and I have wondered how vehicles were maintained in Siberian winters! The idea of engine oil freezing is crazy to me! I have left my trucks out in the wind at -36 celcius, and never had to worry about my oil freezing. It just took a long time to warm up after starting the engine. I only ever had to worry about the battery going dead in the cold! Thank you for showing so many details!

[@KevinMaxwell-o3t]

I suspect Maria is showing us single-weight oils. We use multi-viscosity synthetic oils here in both the US and Canada, for winter use, and never see oil solidify like this.

[@ACivilizedPrimate]

@@KevinMaxwell-o3t Ahhh! I didn't know that! I haven't put much research into motor oils outside of what you need to know to change your own oil. Thank you for the info!

[@bektasmehmetaliful]

Bu güzel videolar için teşekkür ederim, sizi Ruhi Çenet ile tanıdım, Yakutistana selamlar.

[@mikesawyer1336]

Only by stopping and supporting each other…. That just made my day!

[@SailaSobriquet]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing this with us! Temperatures that low are mind-boggling to me. And what a very nice message! The world wold be such a better place if everyone shared that belief. You are a very dear person! Thank you for your videos!

[@cartaginalandscape6349]

Is the first video that i see. Perfect english pronunciation. And the voice, "brings" peace... Thank you for the beautiful wild landscape!

[@jozsefkuti9974]

I watched your video with interest. Greetings from Hungary.

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you❄️

[@jozsefkuti9974]

🥀

[@pmull252]

I could listen to your voice all the time. It's very calming.

[@AiyynaBaurs]

Наhаа да ыарахан олохтоох эбиппит кыhын😅 but we should remember that after foggy harsh winter there is always spring with a lot of sunny days😇 The ending of the video is so moving😢 It makes my heart warmer when I think about people helping each other and humanity❤

[@MariaSolko]

🤍🤍🤍

[@amanfedorov7294]

Учугэй байыы видео Ди, молодец 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MariaSolko]

❤️

[@djmeowth]

I live near the equator and I start to shiver below 10°C! This degree of cold is unimaginable to me. Thank you for showing me how you survive in such temperatures, I've subscribed and will watch your other videos!

[@msmsmarketing]

Fascinating and well-made video! Greetings from Austria, Europe, where the lowest temperature I ever experienced in my whole life was -28° C. I can see that a lot of work has gone into the production of your video, and that your skills in video-making have reached a professional level. Thank you for this highly interesting information, and all the best to you! Keep up the good work - looking forward to your next report! -- Michael

[@77936fief]

You have the most soothing voice

[@pmull252]

The most soothing I have ever heard

[@NoName-ds5uq]

I was travelling through the Australian outback(Western Queensland) decades ago and had to stop in the middle of nowhere because my car overheated. Every single car(both of them! 🤣) stopped to make sure I was ok. It was bloody hot! Opposite ends of the temperature scale, but that is just what you do. Seems like the people of Siberia have the same mindset to look after each other. Funny how similar people are the world over, isn’t it? Maybe we all should be looking at our similarities rather than trying to find ways to demonise other groups of people for whatever petty reasons we can think up…

[@alexandrvasilev2865]

Did someone ever demonized Australians?😅

[@NoName-ds5uq]

@ yeah probably someone has, but I can’t think of any right now… 😉 My point was that too many people in this world try to look for differences in other groups of people when we should be looking at how similar we all really are.

[@syntron]

Thanks!

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you for supporting my channel ☃️

[@TonyMarony73]

Your Father is a wise man. that was so true. Helping each other will make us to survive.

[@omatad]

Your voice is amazing ❤

[@arcticradio]

Wonderful video Maria! Here in Northern Finland we get -30’s and we have plug in engine heaters but -40’s are tough for cars as the clutch and hydraulics get so stiff. I need one of those car blankets here! I hope you get to visit Finland one day. Sending best wishes to you and your family.

[@MariaSolko]

Thanks so much! Yes, I forgot to mention that even tires freeze and become “square” form. Greetings to our cold solidarity fellows. We go through similar challenges 😆 Hope to visit your country one day 🇫🇮

[@cliffontheroad]

@@MariaSolko The man selling the car-warming service at 8 minutes is NOT to be trusted. Turning the key "half way" ? Impossible. Special tools? He stuck the heater under tha blanket till the resultant temperature was within a range. Period.

[@seanfyodorovich5230]

@@cliffontheroad It's the nuance of the language. He meant that it didn't crank long enough.

[@ArakkAttack]

Moron​@@cliffontheroad

[@Matthew_Loutner]

​@cliffontheroad He was saying that the engine starter only turns the engine halfway around in its rotation. What he meant was that there is a limit on how long it will turn the starter because turning for a long time will drain the car's battery. If you do not understand what mechanics is about, it is not appropriate for you to say which mechanics can be trusted.

[@guidoguidis1269]

It's very cold in Yakutia, but your voice is warm! 😍

[@yjocks]

Here in Saskatchewan Canada it can get to -40 Celsius in the winter. I find getting a fresh oil change with full synthetic oil early winter before it gets real cold helps a great deal. Also most all vehicles here here have engine block heaters so when it gets below -20 we plug in our vehicles to keep the engine warm.

[@XblXEXOXAKJlb]

We also have these, but they are not enough

[@alexandrvasilev2865]

You also would need suspension, brakes, and tires heaters.

[@Kimikimbobopo3]

Many things that are supposed to work in cold weather become useless at -50/-55, and we usually have this kind of temperature maybe two-three months in a row, not like a couple of days during the whole winter. But this year, our winter is anomalously warm though

[@markcherriman6136]

Just love listening to your voice , it's so soothing .

[@sarahg6902]

Fascinating. I enjoy also watching videos about Svalbard which is the northern most town in the world and is dark for 2.5 months a year. However, interestingly it isn't nearly as cold as where you are - must be the effect of the Gulf Stream? Just so interesting to hear how other people live!

[@TIGERSDFW]

Gulf stream ? Uhh. Younneed a mentor

[@merlin5476]

@@TIGERSDFW not everyone is as highly educated like you..

[@TIGERSDFW]

@merlin5476 just an average education. But I do assume that most people know why areas are generally cold or hot, along with geography that exudes extremes

[@hg6996]

Water has a _very high_ heat capacity and freezing it releases a lot of heat. And when I write a lot, I mean A LOT. The energy difference between frozen and molten water is the equivalent of a temperature difference of almost 80°C! And now you get an impression what the consequences will be once climate change will have molten all the ice in the Arctic Ocean during summer. The temperatures will go through the roof and everything will die there.

[@leorbuis9024]

Your editing and narration are superb, I can't imagine how much work it was to get that drone shot in -50 ° weather, thanks for taking the time to make these videos we appreciate them very much.

[@craigharmon7743]

Auto start when the temperature gets cold enough, kind of like the furnace kicking on at home with the thermostat - great thinking for the extreme cold. Thanks very much for this real interesting video!

[@НатальяТоноева]

Сахам Сирин аҕынным 🥹🫶🏻 Астык видео Маша 😍 It’s a very interesting and amazing video 👏 Thank you for telling about our incredible Yakutia ❄️💎🫂

[@MariaSolko]

🥰❤️

[@tnrod41380]

Thank you so much for this video. Your words at the end give me hope that there are still good people in this world.

[@stevepine3568]

Great video! I also like seeing Yakutia. Always been interested in Yakutia and the people.

[@leonardus6791]

Very impressive and even touching how to be responsible for others as well.

[@paolodallago1658]

Very nice video!! You give so meny interestin detail!!Expensive gasoline at 0,8 dollar per liter?here in italy it cost 1,75 euro per liter!!

[@syspangylium]

We have to convert Euros, dollars and rubles to work hours to get a true comparison. Possibly a topic for another @MariaSolko video?😢

[@MrLobsterity]

0.6€ for 95 gasoline in Moscow (in my Lada Xray's manual it says it can take any gasoline, but 95 recommended for most efficiency). In Yakutsk they also have to sell a more expensive "arctic" breed of diesel fuel that's required by state standard to stay liquid at -55.

[@VioletDisregard23]

Where I live in New Zealand petrol is currently about USD1.50 (NZD2.67) - I’ve just rounded these off. Our minimum wage is currently at NZD23.15 which is USD13.10 per hour.

[@WhiteAlcatraz]

in Italy you probably also earn 3x as much

[@nishantthaccker1173]

I feel fuel prices around the world have stabilized to being more or less the same like say USD $1 to $1.20 per liter with some exceptions like middle east it's cheaper etc.. Before there used to be too much difference

[@michaelvachon1334]

Even though I live in a climate that has a winter season with a number of days below freezing, I've never experienced the issues you presented here. Thanks for your comprehensive coverage of what it takes to stay mobile in your region.

[@esoxluciusswe]

I wish petrol was only 0.8 USD per litre 😅 We pay 1.5 USD per litre in Sweden. Lining in the environment you do during the winter is impressive and I have to respect the strength you have to do it every day, year after year. I bet it's beautiful during the summer, though.

[@MattyEngland]

Wages are much higher in Sweden

[@lajoshorvath6239]

We are also in Hungary. About 1.5 dollars for 1 litre of petrol. Wages and........bullshit

[@FairyNL]

2 euros per liter in the netherlands 😢

[@tayuhiroya9452]

@@MattyEngland In hungary the average wage are below 1000 dollar a month and we still pay 1.5 dollar per liter.

[@АлексейСмирнов-к4л]

@@MattyEngland The average salary in Yakutsk in 2024 was 108,000 rubles, approximately 1,000 euros.

[@bananashaveice]

This is fascinating! Your heartfelt and powerful message is a lesson for the world. Hugs from California!

[@Sparker408]

Maria, I honestly don't know how you do it. It's 2 degrees Celsius here and I can't wait for spring!

[@MariaSolko]

Spring will come soon! ☀️💚

[@Sparker408]

​@MariaSolko I can't wait 🙏. By the way I really enjoy your videos. It's so interesting to watch and learn about other cultures.

[@otm646]

From 0 to -10 it's about the same. It's actually not that bad to get around with the right clothing and most newer cars do just fine. When you get down to -18 that's when things really stop working. The conditions she's in are a whole different universe.

[@ronaldcuieii8639]

Wow, i can only imagine what that feels like on the skin goodness😮. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!

[@DerBoss-hr3ts]

2:55 Funny, in Germany 1 liter of gasoline is about 1.75€ :D

[@hg6996]

And average income is how much higher? Three times? Four times?

[@agenda697]

@@hg6996 That's true but i thought price at the pump was based on world oil price, $1.70/ litre here in uk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@idontgetanyhoes]

@@hg6996it doesn’t matter. It’s the same all over the world except Russia and America

[@vasilpenev9268]

​@@agenda697 well this is true if your county doesn't have oil and social political views

[@k.larson4682]

Price at the pump is based on many things, including federal taxes and big oil company profits.

[@MomchU]

You have so charming and calm voice! Pleasure to listen and watch your videos. Thank you! Stay true.

[@Mprikiman]

We love your Maria! You're real heroes of humanity LIVING(not just surviving) up there! Best wishes from Greece, God bless you!

[@inteluser1]

Thank you for sharing your experience and your knowledge, Maria.

[@SetiaTriantoTech]

Greetings from Indonesia... I often watch your video 🙂

[@temapozhar]

Спасибо за интересный рассказ! Про многое слышал, но вот про двойные стекла в машине и замерзающий конденсат в выхлопной трубе не знал.

[@userNicholas13]

Это да и у машин лопаются шины в такой мороз

[@scrapironfish]

You have a very soothing and relaxing voice imo. You should do some "sleep talk down" or "meditation" videos.

[@60726072008bha]

Hear it in 0.75x, even more soothing.❤

[@Mark-z3o1w]

Great video! Very informative.

[@christopherkn917]

Greetings beckoning you from Uganda 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 🇺🇬 East Africa 😊

[@kanishkagunasekera5763]

Beautiful work

[@juandenz2008]

Informative video ! The extreme weather causes so many complications that people in warmer climates don't need to worry about. Maria says petrol is expensive, but everyone comments that petrol is even more expensive in their countries ! I imagine that the $0.8 / litre cost in Yakutia is a lot relative to their incomes, even if it doesn't seem that expensive in absolute terms.

[@Matthew_Loutner]

I think she was saying that using the car engine to heat the car all winter is an accumulated expense.

[@kpizzlemynizzle922]

"Respectfully" Your English is impeccable. Your voice and accent are easy on the ear. Your face is as delightful as the smell of the plumeria blossom. I find this video informative, concise , INTERESTING and just plain dog gone good!!! Lafourche Louisiana. New subscriber! :)

[@kpizzlemynizzle922]

OH WAIT!!!! PLZ tell your Very handsome husband with his chiseled jaw that seems more pronounced and powerful than that of a "10" Vicodin, GOOD catch SIR!

[@cryptickcryptick2241]

Interesting. In Wisconsin, USA it did not get that cold. it only got to -45c. We had electric engine heaters that would be put on the oil pan. The heaters were small. The heaters would plug into a house electric outlet. The heater would keep the oil warm in the engine. At time my dad would take the battery off the car and bring it inside the house and then carry the battery back outside when it was time to start the car. This only happened a few times, during the worst of the weather. (A cold battery will only give 1/4 of the power, a cold engine will take 4 times the power. When you start a car in winter compared to summer it is 16 (4x4) times harder. Interesting. Thanks for making the video and sharing. It is good to see how other people solve the problems. I am really surprised by engine blanket, car blanket, and double windshield.

[@Stepan_Novikov]

Hi from Yakutia, the winter in Yakutia start from October to April, the temperature is -30-50 C every single day, that's why we use these experience by our cars.

[@nigelcox1451]

Can you imagine transitioning all their cars to EVs? I think I see a flaw.

[@allseeingeye2388]

@@nigelcox1451hey, we drive BYD BEV everyday in Mongolia. No problem

[@nigelcox1451]

@@allseeingeye2388 At what temperatures?

[@allseeingeye2388]

@@nigelcox1451now at 9am is exactly -29 C. It stays during nights in a heated garage. It’s official CLTC (unrealistic measure) range is just above 400km, realistically 300km (when above freezing) and now it dropped to around 200km. It’s standard BYD Atto 3 with 50 kWh battery. Edit: I love instant reaction of an electric motor and seamless acceleration, so usually I drive a bit faster than surrounding.

[@MehdiS-music]

I live in Finland were the temps go from -20c to -35c in the cold winter months, the best cars in these environments (as seen on this video) are Japanese cars and Asian cars in general. Many of Euro/US crap car brands struggle here. I drive an old Nissan and never had issues due to cold weather, the thing heats up the interior fast and runs the same(apart from fuel consumption) no mater if winter or summer.

[@TheSpokesman69]

Excellent informative video 👏🏼👏🏼

[@michaelkosinski7441]

watching your channel makes me feel good when it's -5 F here. It could ALWAYS be worse.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

The extreme cold is life and death for sure. A lesson well said.

[@TricksterJ97]

It always seemed to me that it was easier to warm up than to cool down. You can put more layers on to keep warm, but you can take everything off and still be unable to cool down.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@ True but if you hit a moose at -30 and get knocked out. Your froze solid.

[@MrAtalisha]

Last 1 min .... amazing ... and so truth

[@LavenderLushLuxury]

interesting science behind this topic 🧪🚙❄

[@jamesblair9614]

That’s a nice video Maria, it’s your calming narration. Everything gets brittle in the cold, including people.

[@lutomson3496]

your gas is cheaper there then here in california...the coldest ive lived in here in the US is -45f in the USA we plug our cars in with water heaters to keep the engine block warm to start and also a battery heater to keep the battery warm we never used a blanket wish we had them though! and we didnt have auto starting systems like you do the starters though sometime got so cold that the grease froze and hard to start our farm tractors we used kerosene heaters to heat them inside the barn to start along with the electric water heater we had studded tires and chains also and i remember the fog at -30f ice fog..so glad i dont live in it anymore great video always!!

[@DustyMorals]

In Canada gas costs almost twice as much but we have to pay for trans surgeries for all the children and pay for very expensive imported anal lube for our trans minister.

[@clusterguard]

VERY NICE VOICE. HELLO AND THAKS FROM NUUK, GREENLAND. BEST WISHES !!

[@UrbanApostle]

I grew up in Minnesota, USA - the cold in Yakutia is on another level - what you get in Yakutia all the time Minnesota gets only once in a while - Amazing video - thank you for sharing 😁

[@ricesnow3880]

This is fascinating. Thank you for sharing!

[@maciejwarda1974]

I lived in Fairbanks Alaska and we all used synthetic oil, synthetic transmission fluid and rear differential fluid. We put 100% coolant in radiators. We also plugged in our cars into outlets during the day and night. ALL CARS had a block heater, transmission fluid heater pad and a battery heater pad to keep those things warm when car was off for more than an hour. With ALL the cheap energy in Russia why nobody plugs their cars in there in the arctic, pretty stupid to be covering cars with blankets and thawing them out with heat guns!! Oh and when we went to the mall or shopping or the movie theater in winter we LEFT THE CAR ON, even for 2 hrs when at the theater.

[@Dowlphin]

I assume in that extreme place even such structures are still in the planning. I think even having a radiator would be a problem. But removing it might be too hasslesome. I so want to see cars specially made for such cold, though.

[@peterscott2662]

Fairbanks is tropical compared to Yakutia, so you really can't compare, when you haven't really experienced what they do.

[@Dowlphin]

@@peterscott2662 In Fairbanks, you have to button up your shirt in winter. In Yakutia, electricity freezes in the cables. 😅

[@maciejwarda1974]

@@peterscott2662 who are you to tell me what i haven't experienced? those idiots in siberia with all that oil and gas can't even have make plug in outlets for their cars?? how fucking backwards!!!! Go and learn something from Alaska or Canada.

[@Kimikimbobopo3]

Note that Yakutsk is built on permafrost (the cold comes from the soil, huuuuge ice beneath, that's why the majority of buildings are on piles), and the weather is around -55 for three months in a row. Comparing Yakutia to Alaska sounds a bit ignorant. Many things that work in “cold” regions/countries just STOP working at -50!

[@bostonbound2323]

I love this content, so interesting and informative. Even if I live in an area that gets relatively cold during winter, the challenges you explained in this video blew my mind.

[@wildedog3967]

Wednesday night it got down to 8 F here and I checked out the temperature in Yakutia , -58 F ! I suppose people can get used to anything but I can't imagine what that kind of cold feels like .

[@MariaSolko]

It feels fresh 🌬️

[@learntocreatebiz]

I am from Minnesota, which borders Canada. Last week it got down to -19. January is our coldest month. The coldest temperature only lasts for 2 or 3 weeks, thank God. I know none of this compares to your temperature where you live. I just don't understand why people stay there. I know now that Oymakon used to have like 1500 people and now it's down to like 500. so I can see people are leaving there. where are they going now.

[@MrLobsterity]

@@learntocreatebiz Their homeland. Salaries bigger then average. 2 months per year of vacation days by law. That's how siberian land is still habitated. And well, they're having very hot summers. Something about "sharply continental climate".

[@starlands9989]

Dear Maria, Greetings from Romania! Thank you for your wonderful content!

[@fromandtounknown6575]

regular car grills: let the air inside to cool the engine so it doesnt overheat Jakutsk: Block all the vents in the front grill so the engine doesnt freeze over while driving

[@MariaSolko]

I know right 😂

[@hg6996]

Actually I did block my car grill during winter time even driving here in Germany. The cooling provided by the airflow in winter is only needed when going faster than 60 miles per hour. If you go slower than that blocking the grill will improve aerodynamics and allow the engine to run on normal temperature. I was saving gas by doing so and my indoor car heating also worked much better. Btw the indoor car heating is also taking away heat from the engine. One just has to make sure not to forget about the blocked grill. I put a sticker on my speedometer so I was always reminded.

[@TricksterJ97]

We used to this in Manitoba in the 70’s and 80’s - but you rarely see it now.

[@VioletDisregard23]

Thank you for another great video! As always I learned some interesting things about how people live in such extreme conditions and all with that beautifully calming voice. We need more people like your father in the world. Good advice from a kind person.

[@MariaSolko]

Thank you, I am happy you enjoyed the video!🤍

[@herschelwright4663]

Wow, and I thought that -20 to -30 degrees Celsius in Winnipeg was brutally cold!🥶

[@michaelmullis9502]

I thought it would be colder than -20c in Winnipeg! We get -20F in minnesota!

[@nishantthaccker1173]

@@michaelmullis9502 - Wow is Minnesota this cold .. I thought max it dropped to single digits in F but negative F is damn cold😅

[@The_Audiobook_Channel]

Hideli ho Winnipeg neighbour! lol. The coldest I've ever been here is -35 C

[@TricksterJ97]

It used to occasionally dip into the-40’s (no windchill) many decades ago, but as of late only into the-30’s it seems.

[@georgewachsmuth9201]

Thank you, Maria, Another great video…with an important lesson in the end,

[@ashantal5172]

What a beautiful message at the end.

[@rambot670]

I suddenly feel so grateful after watching this video !

[@eddielindaa]

What a lovely woman. I like your calm, gentle approach

[@DroneStrike1776]

As someone who is a car enthusiast, I love this video. I don't know how you guys survive such climate. It was 5F here for 3 nights, I can't image -58F.

[@hbproph1]

I love her voice, I really fallen in love ♥️ 😍