• Classic cars and this god damn heat wave. How do you beat the heat?
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[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;31316030]Wait, you're Norwegian? I've always thought you were Swedish because of the flag.[/QUOTE] Yeeeah my ISP is Swedish for some reason since my house is in a fucked up place so I can only have mobile broadband. That's why FP thinks I'm in Sweden download cap at 150kb/s ;_; No, wait. This is how it is right now: [URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/1400886458.png[/IMG][/URL] Unstable as fuck. Rating this piece of shit ISP 1 star
I can't imagine 150kb/s downloads again [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/1400880685.png[/img] Although this is Jap's internet. Pretty soon I'll go from 25mb/s max to 1.5mb/s max. And upload will be like a meg-ish. Moving to the country (and eating lots of peaches) has its disadvantages. :( [editline]25th July 2011[/editline] Also, this is Wifi. :v
My truck has fender vents. You pull a knob down by your feet and it opens vents that go into the fender and bring in somewhat cool air. It works pretty well.
Yeah my truck has that too, when I found out I thought it was the bees nees, still do.
[QUOTE=FordLord;31323135]My truck has fender vents. You pull a knob down by your feet and it opens vents that go into the fender and bring in somewhat cool air. It works pretty well.[/QUOTE] Thats what i meant by 'lower vents'. If they werent sucking air from the engine bay where there is 1000F headers then ya maybe it would be cool air.
[QUOTE=MightyMax;31326389]Thats what i meant by 'lower vents'. If they werent sucking air from the engine bay where there is 1000F headers then ya maybe it would be cool air.[/QUOTE] Mine doesn't suck from the engine bay, or it at least doesn't feel like it. The air mine brings in is fairly cool.
[QUOTE=bradley;31322310]I can't imagine 150kb/s downloads again [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/1400880685.png[/img] Although this is Jap's internet. Pretty soon I'll go from 25mb/s max to 1.5mb/s max. And upload will be like a meg-ish. Moving to the country (and eating lots of peaches) has its disadvantages. :( [editline]25th July 2011[/editline] Also, this is Wifi. :v[/QUOTE] Do your peaches come from a can?
Yeah, they were put there by a man.
In a factory downtown? [editline]26th July 2011[/editline] Ice bags seem like a good idea :v:
[QUOTE=bradley;31342670]Yeah, they were put there by a man.[/QUOTE] lol i thought of that song when you said peaches lol i love that song. have you seen the music video?
I have seen the music video, the ninja thing was... Odd.
"LOOKOUT!" the song is literally musical genius
Black '93 Accord, no A/C, broken driver's window, southern californey. Any challengers?
[QUOTE=Sputn!k;31359827]Black '93 Accord, no A/C, broken driver's window, southern californey. Any challengers?[/QUOTE] You poor brave man.
[QUOTE=Sputn!k;31359827]Black '93 Accord, no A/C, broken driver's window, southern californey. Any challengers?[/QUOTE] Color on the outside of the car has nothing to do with the temperature inside, it's the color of the interior that matters then Well it's most likely black or some other dark color like many cars but just so you know
Blackcars do heat up faster and to a higher temp, mythbusters said so
by very few degrees yes, but it doesn't matter that much
[QUOTE=Ldesu;31366981]Color on the outside of the car has nothing to do with the temperature inside, it's the color of the interior that matters then Well it's most likely black or some other dark color like many cars but just so you know[/QUOTE] I used an infrared thermometer on a bunch of different colored cars at a dealership. Black cars are [i]much[/i] hotter.
Doesn't matter what color it is, all i know is, it's fucking [I]hot[/I] inside any car. I normally leave my windows down when i'm home.
my car is broken drivers window/ AC as well.
My car has working AC as well as windows but using both in any combination NEVER cools down the car before i hit my destination, not even by a few degrees...I almost have to drive with my head out the window...AC is cold but doesn't work very well at all...Windows don't help much when it's a two door, nothing to circulate really.
[QUOTE=justin1992;31370026]My car has working AC as well as windows but using both in any combination NEVER cools down the car before i hit my destination, not even by a few degrees...I almost have to drive with my head out the window...AC is cold but doesn't work very well at all...Windows don't help much when it's a two door, nothing to circulate really.[/QUOTE] If I'm going for a drive, I leave my car's AC blasting on max for like two minutes with the windows cracked open as I'm grabbing my wallet and doing other stuff. When I leave the house, I open up driver side doors as I close the garage door and lock the front door. Works like a charm in the Florida heat.
When I had a garage and if it got hot in there and got the car all hot and stuff, I backed out with the door halfway open. Works pretty good too, but then again my car has surprisingly good AC.
[QUOTE=Saber15;31368440]I used an infrared thermometer on a bunch of different colored cars at a dealership. Black cars are [i]much[/i] hotter.[/QUOTE] But that is the [I]surface[/I] not inside.. We're talking about beating the heat while driving in classic cars. You don't put AC in cars because the metal on the outside is very hot
Use one of those interior car showers that Jeremy Clarkson used in the Top Gear US Special.
[QUOTE=Sputn!k;31359827]Black '93 Accord, no A/C, broken driver's window, southern californey. Any challengers?[/QUOTE] Except it isn't humid in southern California and your sweat functions as intended. Unlike Alabama. We stew in our own sweat because it's too humid to evaporate. [editline]27th July 2011[/editline] Also, I burned the shit out of my hand today on my Volkswagen's stock steering wheel. That black piece of shit gets hot.
[QUOTE=Ldesu;31371813]But that is the [I]surface[/I] not inside.. We're talking about beating the heat while driving in classic cars. You don't put AC in cars because the metal on the outside is very hot[/QUOTE] I was measuring the inside as well. IIRC, there was about a 15F degree difference between a black car's and a white car's outside. The interior had about a 5F difference. My dad's last car was a light brown, but when he switched to a newer model in dark gray, the interior gets much hotter, much faster. He mentioned he had an A/C on his car, so I mentioned what I do with mine :v:
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;31376008]Except it isn't humid in southern California and your sweat functions as intended. Unlike Alabama. We stew in our own sweat because it's too humid to evaporate. [editline]27th July 2011[/editline] Also, I burned the shit out of my hand today on my Volkswagen's stock steering wheel. That black piece of shit gets hot.[/QUOTE] Same here, every time i drive i gotta steer by lightly holding the bottom of the wheel with my fingers, if i touch the top to turn a corner i get burns on my fingers each time...Almost made me wear gloves once (I'm to lazy to put the windshield sun guard things in the window, takes too much time and effort plus i think it's too big anyways) [editline]27th July 2011[/editline] These stupid reflector things incase i worded it crappy: [img]http://www.uniquebirthdaygiftsideasformen.com/files/images/small/custom_uv_shield.jpg[/img]
Fucking shift knob on this CRX is metal who the fuck Oh my god I couldn't shift fast enough going home today
i hate black leather in hot places dont s2000's come stock with metal ball shift knobs?
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