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And you think YOU’RE hot?

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My car was so hot on Saturday that it decided to clunk out in the middle of I-35, just before the downtown exit. Let me tell you, nothing says “Perfect Duluth Day” like dodging four lanes of freeway traffic (plus an on-ramp) and scaling a hill full of dry grass in the searing heat to get to the friendly M&H store for coolant.

Just blogging about it is making we sweat.

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but if anyone can pull it off cooly it would be you


Sweaty bloggers.
Ewwwwwww.

Back in the day, I had a 79 Dodge Diplomat that would overheat way too easily. At the time I had just moved to Mpls, and was going back to Nebraska once a month or so to visit girlfriend, family, friends, get more of my crap, etc.

A couple of times, I had to drive with the heat on while it was 95-100 degrees. This would pull enough heat away from the engine to keep the Diplomat from overheating. Ugh. I also developed a technique of speeding up over the crest of a hill, putting the car in neutral, and then shutting it off while coasting down the hill. Then I'd restart it and put it back in gear as I started up the next hill.

I know, many of you are thinking "there are no hills in Iowa." and you're right. There are slight inclines, so my technique didn't work all that often.


*Briefly daydreams of playing Frogger with a Paul Lundgren-faced frog.*

Heh. Hehheh.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, Paul.

*Attempts to hide his grin.*


Well Paul, that's a real bummer, because you missed out on a lot of beer and margaritas and beer and margaritas and taco salad and margaritas and beer.

Good times.

Sorry about the car, man.


Paul, you were having this coolant probalm back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car.


Paul, you were having this coolant problem back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car.


Paul, you were having this coolant problem back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car. Whoa, what the hell just happened there?!


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