A couple years back I drove this beat up POS and had problems starting in the winter. The block heater was busted and my battery was weak. Even in -15 weather, the thing wouldn't start up. Being a very poor University kid, I replaced the block heater. The thing's very easy to replace... I'm sure it'll be a little more difficult to put one in. However, not by much. All you really have to do is follow the instructions which is knock some metal thing in, put the heater in, screw tight and voila! But the car still had troubles starting up in really cold weather so I finally forked out the 100 bucks for a new battery and the thing now never has troubles.
Having a good battery is a very important. I don't think the block heater did much for me, but I just do it just because.
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