[Roadsters] also slightly OT: Have a plan, 40 feels like 40

[ljordan704]

Fergus,
3 words: 12-volt-blanket!

Linda

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On Dec 5, 2011, at 10:56 AM, "O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS)"
<Fergus.OFarrell at ngc.com> 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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