I have a 96 power stroke and it is excellent truck (auto) the previous owner was a mantinace freak witch is good the only problem he had was 1 cam sensor and the fuel heater I live in pa it is about 17 degrees this morning and the truck always fires right up I have not plugged it in yet!
My stepfather used to have the same kind of responsibility of not plugging in cool weather like this. He forgot to plug it in so it can start pretty easy.