40 degrees! Holy cow, how do you survive that? ;-)
I was running around up in St Paul last Friday night in shorts and a
T-shirt in wind chill well below freezing. (no, not in a topless car,
but shorts is shorts. I don't get the long pants out until the windchill
is under 5-10 degrees.
As for Roadster leg room, I hear ya, at 6'5" it is tight for me as well.
Thankfully Dad moved the seat rails back (one bolt is above an Xmember
and hard to get to) but I am able to straighten my legs out...if I put
my feet behind the pedals. HA!
I can drive with the top up, but it is tight and much more fun,
obvioulsy, with the top hanging on the garage wall!
Charging issues suck. My S10 as well as my youngest daughter's old ford
are both starting to have issues. Hopefully it will only be batteries.
Tim
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:56 PM, O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS) wrote:
> And along the lines of Tim's "lesson learned",
> When I first got my roadster I was very uncomfortable, and willed
> myself into
> thinking that removing the center console would provide more leg/knee
> room.
> I also did not care for the small grip size on the steering wheel, so
> got a
> 13" Grant Wheel with a big fat rim on it.
> The 13" wheel solved the knee room problem.
>
> I have since put the center console back in, (reupholstered from a
> pair of
> leather pants from the goodwill, but that is another OT story)
> but never the heater back in, and here in Southern CA just bundled up.
> (note: I am just a bit too tall to drive with the top up, so have done
> it so
> seldom that it is quite dangerous)
> And have since learned that I HATE underdash work with a passion.
> I "dismantled without a plan". Lesson: Don't dismantle without
> a plan.
>
> So fast forward to this weekend, and the wifey's van charging system
> took a
> crap over the weekend, and on most days "having to take the roadster
> to work"
> is akin to "power outage, have to eat the lobster and ice cream in the
> freezer
> before it goes bad."
>
> Not today. It was 40 degrees this morning. Weather channel windchill
> estimate says "40 feels like 40".
> All I gotta say is, "40 don't feel like 40 when you are going 80".
>
> Still a great way to start the day!
> She was a bit slow to start and get warmed up, which I interpret as me
> being
> scolded for not having her out of the garage enough.
>
> Happy roadstering!
> Fergus O
> Timing chains a-rattlin' in that holiday season!
> 69 2000
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