Originally Posted by
jackal
As for rental cars: some do come from the factory with factory block heaters installed, but it's usually just luck of the draw. The rental agents aren't likely to even know which cars have block heaters.
I wouldn't want to drive from ANC to the Fairbanks area on a day like today without a block heater, battery warmer, etc. It was pretty cold in the Fairbanks area. To the east of Fairbanks, I Eielson AFB hit a record low today of 42 below this morning.