God Bless you, but I can't see June--September in the heat of the day here in Southeast Central Texas. Driving around Lake Huron at the Detroit Alfa Convention pre Tour, about 3 in the afternoon, I was glad I'd left the no-op AC 164 in Texas, cause we put the top up and the ac on as others in spiders became miserable. Part of it may be my age and health. I may just also be a wimp <g>. But I love my air conditioned Alfas and this is the 21st Century and the allegedly the globe is warming
Best Wishes, Bernie --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Lawrence K. Selan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Lawrence K. Selan <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [alfa] sorry, i can't help it > To: "'Bernie Bennett'" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 9:50 PM > Bernie, > > With all due to respect and as someone living in Houston, > when I went > looking for my Series 4 Spider, I looked for a non-Veloce, > one without an > air conditioner. Less weight, fewer things to go wrong. > I've never regretted > the decision. In all the time I've had her (10 years), the > top has been up > maybe 10 times for a total of a couple of hours to dodge > the odd rain > shower. In the winter, even at 25 degrees, top down, jacket > and hat. The > only caveat, it can't be raining. (Suggestion, when leaving > the top down for > extended periods of time, lay clean diapers on both sides > of the plastic > window, keeps it from getting scratched. Change yearly and > use a boot to > keep the sun off) > > That being said, when I moved here, I was told, "In > Houston, you can drive a > convertible with the top down 11 months out of the year, in > August it is > just too hot". > > Regards, > > Lawrence K. Selan > Cypress, Texas > 1991 Alfa Romeo Spider, 33K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of > Bernie Bennett > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 8:10 PM > To: Jack EdwardDoskow > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [alfa] sorry, i can't help it > > > Jack: > > because it was 103 today and 101 is forecast for the next 5 > days and how > else can a spider be a daily driver in Texas. The > compressor on the Series 4 > spider makes driving bearable, sometimes even pleasant. Oh > I see your email > address puts you near Indiana. Well, hope you can drive > your spider in > summer, we actually can drive ours year round here in > Texas. > > Best Wishes, > Bernie Bennett > > down to just 3 automatic Alfas, our 164 L has found a new > home. > > --- On Sun, 8/23/09, Doskow, Jack Edward <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Doskow, Jack Edward <[email protected]> > > Subject: [alfa] sorry, i can't help it > > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 7:33 PM > > but i have to ask : > > why does a ALFA spider need an air conditioning > compressor > > ? > > jak > > -- > > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
