BMW E60 530XD | M57 Cold Start -33°C

Seen some videos of M57's struggling to start at not even sub freezing temperatures due to faulty glow plugs/relays and people seem to think that BMW's are supposed to struggle like that. Having "daily'd" this car for four years in the arctic I'd like to debunk that, lol.

Car has been sitting for 6 hours, no engine/block heater and no auxillary heater. Fully functional glow plugs and relay.
Unlike most cars where I live, this car doesn't even have a block heater installed. I (normally) just run the factory option Webasto auxillary heater which has been modified to heat up the engine and front windshield instead of the cabin. I do run a 1400W cabin heater with a cable which exits through the trunk for comfort. The auxillary heater or even just the "rest" function on the climate controls is more than enough to keep the cabin warm when stopping for groceries etc.

No mods aside from rear muffler removed to accomodate the quad exhaust on the M5 rear bumper.

One parking sensor is a bit sensitive to the cold, hence the warning light. (If one is failing, the whole system shuts down).

The light codes are for the LED angel eyes, goes away after the engine starts. They also don't pop up at all if the engine is started directly without turning on the ignition first.

310.000km on the dash, and still going strong.