MuuMuu101's 68 Dart, A Learning Process...

Not sure what they're saying over on moparts, but as a fellow resident of California and a guy that's been daily driving my mopars for the last 9 years, you still benefit from having a choke most of the time in the winter. No, it's not impossible to start the car without one, but if you want it to fire right up every time you need the choke. Otherwise you'll have to pedal it to life and babysit the idle 'til it's warmed up. I ran my Challenger for a winter without one. It worked, but it was a pain in the butt and it didn't do me or the engine any favors. I put a manual choke on it after that, piece of cake. With the electric choke on the 750 DP on my Duster it's 2 pumps and fire. If it's really cold I might have to repeat that once before it catches and idles, but that's usually all it takes.

Remember that these are fair weather cars for most folks, it doesn't matter how cold the winter is where they are if their car is hibernating in the garage for 6 months.