Real Heat

“Real heat with no compromise in performance.”

hmmmmmm.............   Sounds like my Gas heater.  Friggin thing will drive you out.

Gordon Nichols posted:

“Real heat with no compromise in performance.”

hmmmmmm.............   Sounds like my Gas heater.  Friggin thing will drive you out.

I have a gasoline heater too. It's only slightly more complicated than the lunar landing module. This is anvil simple, and a new twist on an old idea.

President for Life, the People's Republic of Stanistan

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts."

My experience is that most of the time, even though I know the facts, at a later time I find out that I did not know ALL the facts.  And much of the time, I know the facts which prefit my paradigm, while dismissing information which does not agree with my facts as misinformation.  Actually, I have yet to meet the soul who knows all the facts.

Todd M posted:

President for Life, the People's Republic of Stanistan

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts."

My experience is that most of the time, even though I know the facts, at a later time I find out that I did not know ALL the facts.  And much of the time, I know the facts which prefit my paradigm, while dismissing information which does not agree with my facts as misinformation.  Actually, I have yet to meet the soul who knows all the facts.

Me neither, Todd. I certainly don't. Every day I find out how little I really do know.

My father-in-law used to say I was a know-it-all and since he was never wrong I guess I must know all the facts.  Who knew?

"My experience is that most of the time, even though I know the facts, at a later time I find out that I did not know ALL the facts. And much of the time, I know the facts which prefit my paradigm, while dismissing information which does not agree with my facts as misinformation. Actually, I have yet to meet the soul who knows all the facts." - Todd M

The officiality of that statement cannot be disputilated! - 

101 degrees (without heat index) and those to our North are already worried about heat!

Quityerbitchen

Higher temps means your grass won’t grow as fast (or turn brown when it dies and stops growing) and you won’t have to mow as often.

Put on your headlights and mow after dark.

@Lane Anderson "i thought i was wrong once, but i was mistaken"  haa!

WOLFGANG posted:

101 degrees (without heat index) and those to our North are already worried about heat!

It’s 95° (straight-up) out here on the prairie as well, Greg. The thing is, in the upper Midwest, winter is never too far out of mind.

Since my “opinion/fact” tagline was so popular, how about another? “Failing to plan is planning to fail”.

I've been using the 'heavy duty' heater boxes from Aircooled dot net for about five years now and they do indeed provide 'real' heat - for most reasonable folks.

That assumes you don't need to be toasty on a 20-degree day with the top down. My car is comfy with the top down to about 50 degrees. Below that, I put the top up and, with the windows in, there's as much heat as in a normal car - you can drive in shirtsleeves.

Of course, my car has a mild two-liter that only needs a 1.5" exhaust (the Aircooled heater boxes are 1.5"). It looks like Stan's find now provides the same kind of heat for those who insist on stuffing more hp into our silly little cars.

I guess a gas heater might be nice if you insist on plowing through the drifts in Lower Snowbovia, but, like Stan says, this heater box looks like a rational alternative for rational folks.

Stan Galat posted:

Todd M posted:

President for Life, the People's Republic of Stanistan

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts."

My experience is that most of the time, even though I know the facts, at a later time I find out that I did not know ALL the facts.  And much of the time, I know the facts which prefit my paradigm, while dismissing information which does not agree with my facts as misinformation.  Actually, I have yet to meet the soul who knows all the facts.

Me neither, Todd. I certainly don't. Every day I find out how little I really do know.

"Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas

You know he knows just egg-zactly what the facts is."

—Steve Miller

“He ain’t gonna let those two escape justice,

Makes his living off of the people’s taxes.

Go on, take the money and run.”

... such a wordsmith, Steve-o is. He speaks with the pompatus of love. 

Stan Galat posted:

WOLFGANG posted:

101 degrees (without heat index) and those to our North are already worried about heat!

It’s 95° (straight-up) out here on the prairie as well, Greg. 

My mistake:

Short sleeve shirt..., and winter boots

With a heater like this the warm smell of colitas rising up in the air should be easy to detect.

So I'm out on the bike heading to visit a very old (96 years old) friend in the next neighborhood and ask "Siri":

"Hey, Siri.....What's the outside temperature?"

"It's currently 89 degrees.  Rain is approximately 14 minutes from your location.  If you're walking, seek shelter".

"And if I'm on a Bicycle?"

"Pedal faster".

"Thanks, Siri".

"Have a great afternoon".

Robert M posted:

With a heater like this the warm smell of colitas rising up in the air should be easy to detect.

And I always thought it was coitus.......

Mitch, ditto on temps with the gas heater in my Spyder, but without the "top" part.

DannyP posted:

Robert M posted:

With a heater like this the warm smell of colitas rising up in the air should be easy to detect.

And I always thought it was coitus.......

Mitch, ditto on temps with the gas heater in my Spyder, but without the "top" part.

Colitas = marijuna

Also called, Reefer, Asparagus, Lettuce, Christmas Tree, Lady Jane, Mary Jane, Weed, Pot, Grass, Dope, Ganja, Hash, Herb, Aunt Mary, Skunk, Boom,  Chronic, Cheeba, Blunt, Ashes, Atshitshi, Baby Bhang, Bammy, Blanket, Bo-Bo, Bobo, Bush, Bomber, Broccoli, Cripple, Dagga, Dinkie Dow, Ding, Dona Juana (or Juanita), Flower, Flower Tops, Gasper, Giggle Smoke, Good Giggles, Good Butt, Hot Stick, Jay, Jolly Green, Joy Smoke, Joy Stick, Koosh, Roach, or one of 1,200 other slang terms.

My favorite: The devil's lettuce.....

The heaters in our little beasts only work if the engine gets warm enough to produce heat. I even have the Thermostat. With all the cooling precautions, larger sump, oil cooler with temp gate, it is impossible to get the engine warm enough in 30 degree weather. I also enlarged the curtains to seal the cabin and added the middle top latch. Put in the frame bypass to increase the air flow and engine noise. Toasty warm in the mid 40's though. I had a BA 6 in a Westy that would melt steel, probably should put a little gas job in the Speedster. I just do not drive in the cold any longer. 

Solution install a subie

Robert M posted:

Colitas = marijuna

Also called, Reefer, Asparagus, Lettuce, Christmas Tree, Lady Jane, Mary Jane, Weed, Pot, Grass, Dope, Ganja, Hash, Herb, Aunt Mary, Skunk, Boom,  Chronic, Cheeba, Blunt, Ashes, Atshitshi, Baby Bhang, Bammy, Blanket, Bo-Bo, Bobo, Bush, Bomber, Broccoli, Cripple, Dagga, Dinkie Dow, Ding, Dona Juana (or Juanita), Flower, Flower Tops, Gasper, Giggle Smoke, Good Giggles, Good Butt, Hot Stick, Jay, Jolly Green, Joy Smoke, Joy Stick, Koosh, Roach, or one of 1,200 other slang terms.

My mind automatically read this in the voice of George Carlin. Funniest comic ever and damned near prescient, RIP.