Well, should be travelling in the forseeable future, and it's likely to be in the S2000, AND I've found the destination provides wireless access -- so I am thinking of taking along the laptop computer.

Packing for a trip is always tight. It looks like the ideal place for a laptop is that depressed well in the center of the truck; alas, I've read here (search is my friend) of some complaints about the trunk getting hot. Anyone have expereince, positive or negative, about such transportation? High annoyance factor if, upon arrival, I find that I cooked our computer.

Data points: stock 2007 S2000, 6-hour highway drive, 4 year old (?) Mac (pre-Intel).

 

What or who is in the passenger seat? Seems like the best place imho. Maybe under a seat as well?

 

under the passenger seat would be a good spot.

 

Trunk does get hot but if you cook your laptop then the laptop's the problem. Never had an issue with any laptops in the trunk cooking on my road trips (5,000+ miles on the last one). If it's in a sleeve you can easily fit it somewhere in the cabin. Behind the passenger seat is also a possibility.

 

Thanks for the replies.

In the passenger seat -- wife (that was implied as I DID state that packing would be tight )

Under the passenger seat -- OK, but I thought the exhaust routed there?

Behind passenger seat -- promising, wife is short.

Takeshi, if you can do 5K miles without toasting your laptop, I should be able to do under 1/10th of that in mine, computer in the trunk.

Anyway, a neighbor gave me an external backup device, I guess I should get him to walk me through using it, that way in the worst case I'm buying a new computer, 5 years seems a long time between computers anyway but the Mac has been trouble-free.

 

Unless you're driving through hell I can't for the life of me see this being an issue

 

It'll be warm in the trunk no doubt, but if the heat damages the laptop, methinks the problem is with your laptop, not the trunk.

 

I think you're overly worried about it. The internals of a laptop probably get hotter during a couple hours of use than they will in your trunk when it's off.

 

I usually do a 2 hour drive after I get out of class to go visit some friends about once month and my laptop is in my book bag which is in my trunk. I have been doing that since I had the car with no problem. I have a greddy dual on there too. I have never really noticed any abnormal heat from my trunk.

 

If you put it behind the passenger seat, make darn sure the seat doesn't get slid back into it. It could easily crack the case and/or the screen. I'd be more worried about that than the heat.

The trunk doesn't get as hot as a car left out in the sun for any length of time on a 100 F day. Maybe up to 120 F on a long trip on a hot day?