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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 4doorj,Mar 24 2005, 03:31 PM
how about a/c blasting with the top down?
Perfect! I do that all summer long. No tree-hugging in my car.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:04 PM
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[QUOTE=chrissa,Mar 24 2005, 03:55 PM] Actually, you want to know hot?
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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sorry for this dumb question but why would tree huggers not like this??
sorry
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 4doorj,Mar 24 2005, 04:18 PM
sorry for this dumb question but why would tree huggers not like this??
sorry
Your mother ever yell at you for standing there with the fridge door open?
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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Running with A/C on burns up more fuel.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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^ oh ok.... kinda common sense

sometimes i over look the obvioius!
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by chrissa,Mar 24 2005, 03:55 PM
Actually, you want to know hot? Try a one piece leather racing suit in 30+ air on a cloudless day. Heat stroke while behind the handlebars is not cool (pun intended).

Chris.
Boy, good thing my 2-piece is somewhat well-ventilated...as long as I keep moving of course
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 04:46 PM
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[QUOTE=xviper,Mar 24 2005, 11:49 AM]
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by BobbyS2k,Mar 24 2005, 06:46 PM

+30C is about ~85degF...way too hot for me.
2 weeks ago the Bay area experienced a mini heatwave and it reached
90degF, I drove the S with top down but put it up after driving for 30 minutes.
Don't forget to put on 50SPF sunscreen folks!

Oh and btw, spring break here in the states. My family and I are going on
a Mexican Riviera cruise. Beach Combing anyone?
I'm driving down there next July ................................. with hardtop.
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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 06:29 PM
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Back in '03 I got a severe sun burn coming back from Vancouver to Calgary... 12 hours straight with the top down, it was 30-35 degrees in the BC interior, plus they had those crazy fires going. Not to mention just 3 days prior we had the top down for about 14 hours on the way to Seattle (through Montana)... again, probably 33-35 degrees from Spokane to just east of Seattle.

No sun screen, either.

Ever since then I haven't been a huge fan of top down.

But for whatever reason I'm thinking about leaving the hardtop at home when we do the Vancouver trip in July
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