Hi ALL: If you live in the desert you gotta use the toneau, it's the
only way to be able to sit on the seats after the car has been parked
awile in the sun. NM is as hot and sunny as AZ and I learned the hard
way (107* yesterday)
Bill 66&67spls in NM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Pepoy" <gppepoy@cybertrails.com>
To: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>
Cc: "Patrick P. Castronovo" <slick1@mohaveaz.com>; "Ryan Roswell Bird"
<BirdMan@myrealbox.com>; "roadster List"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Moving to Arizona - Smog any one?
> Oh, one thing.
> Never, ever, ever, sit on a metal seat belt buckle. If you
do.....you will only
> do it once.
> Guy
>
> snyler wrote:
>
> > Patrick P. Castronovo wrote
> >
> > >What you should be concerned about, (For Coming to HELL) is
protecting your
> > >car from the damaging heat. It will destroy the rubber and the
vinyl as
> > >well as the plastic.
> > Well, desert sun and temps are hard on things, but smog is hard on
things
> > too. Rubber deteriorated on my 1600 in Burbank at an amazing rate!
> > Rubber seems more stable here in south Texas where it's hotter and
colder
> > than LA, but the sun is more intense, being further south. Now
Vinyl and
> > plastic... that's another kettle of fish! And shortly after
moving here
> > from LA, half the glue let go in the car! Watch out for bare legs
on
> > black vinyl seats in AZ...OWIE!!
> >
> > -Marc T.
> > (Quasi-technical?)
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