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The usual ranting-long



I get the concept in reverse  (a la Vermont), and I  use my sunroof in the 
winter whenever I can stand it. (I think it stayed closed for January) But 
honestly, the DD is the only AC car I have. And that's a beauty sentence 
Sara. Well (un)punctuated!
Cathy


>From: "Sara Arms" <gtigirlie@hotmail.com>
>To: bgsterling@earthlink.net, roccit_53@hotmail.com, 
>scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: The usual ranting-long
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:59:26 -0500
>
>I know I know... this is a very very stupid thing to try and understand, 
>but being from the frozen tundra (aka Vermont) I know all about driving 
>with the sunroof open and all the windows down with the heat on full blast 
>when the weather gets warms enough for the ice on you windows to thaw and 
>allow you to actually open them up without breaking something.  How's that 
>for a run on sentance?
>
>I have sympathy for the "drive like it's summer when it's not" idea, but 
>The AC part is beyond my mental capacity.
>
>
>
>Sara
>Burlington, VT
>'84 Rabbit GTI
>'91 All-Trac Wagon "The ice trial champion"
>http://community.webshots.com/user/gtigirlie
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Brad Sterling" <bgsterling@earthlink.net>
>>To: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: RE: The usual ranting-long
>>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:17:51 -0800
>>
>><snip Cathy>
>>WHO HAS AIR IN A CABBY???
>><end snip>
>>
>>Apparently, this is something that only ragtop lovers understand.  I 
>>wasn't
>>born with the ragtop gene (gimme a sunroof any day), so I don't get it.  
>>Why
>>would I want a car with more weight, less torsional rigidity, and higher
>>insurance rates, not to mention makes you unkempt and deaf at your
>>destination?  Yeah, please, sign me up (sic).  But according to a Miata
>>driving ex-coworker of mine, you have to get A/C on a convertible because 
>>of
>>those days when it's too hot to have the top down but you have the top 
>>down
>>anyway.  I thought it made more sense to just raise the top.  He said
>>"What's the point of having a convertible if you have the top up?" and 
>>then
>>went on to explain that you need heat for those days that it's too cold to
>>put the top down, but you have the top down anyway.  Like I said, I don't
>>get it.
>>
>>-Brad
>>'86 Scirocco 16v
>>
>>
>>
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