A farewell to summer

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 08/27/2018 at 10:35 • Filed to: Jeep

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( Update : Since this time the farewell is for real, since I finally put the windshield back in place today and put my top and soft doors on, and since summer actually is technically ending, thought I’d share this again. Bye, summer;  with a few notable exceptions you were pretty damned sweet.)

I leave for Florida in a rental tomorrow; by the time I’m back, we’ll be in September, and 90º days are rare, so today may be the last time I drive with the windshield down until next year.

Each autumn is an exercise in long-range weather forecasting for me. Putting the top up and taking it back down is time-consuming, and if it’s too cold, the top becomes nearly impossible to put up. (In fact, if it’s really too cold, the windows will break if you manhandle the top, but that kind of temperature usually doesn’t sneak up on you.)

So I want to leave the top off as long as possible, but not too long. The Jeep takes longer to dry out after a storm if it’s cooler, so that plays a role (plus, obviously, a cold rainy day in a naked Jeep is much less fun than a warm rainy day).

I could put the top up and windows in but leave the doors off once it starts getting colder, but honestly by that point it’s not really worth the discomfort. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the freedom of not having doors (parking lots are a lot less stressful), but I really want the whole shebang.

But those factory doors are so thick and I’m getting so wide that I’m going to spend months feeling cramped.

Anyway, first world problems. I really should find a way to chase the warm weather; at my last job I could work from literally anywhere, and getting a travel trailer and roaming was very appealing, but getting rid of my house likely involves a default and sigh, life’s just too complicated.

Anyway, enjoy summer while you can (unless you live near ttyymmnn and desperately want it to go away) because it’ll be a long time until it returns.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 10:43

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I’m up near Boston, Its supposed to be in the 90's all week. I’m gunna melt.

Just Jeepin' > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/27/2018 at 10:46

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I don’t know how people work outside in the 90s (and my yard reflects that fact) but driving fully naked in that weather is my heaven on earth.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 10:49

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o i’m in an office, but i’ll be melting from 4:30 on. the last heat wave we had, a local radio s tation had people calling in to see who had the worst job to do in the heat. I’m pretty sure anyone who has to wear a full body protection suit and be in an attic wins... or loses depending on how you look at it.

Just Jeepin' > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/27/2018 at 10:53

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For a year I lived in Somerville, working in Cambridge. I was in a small apartment in an old house, and had no control over the A/C or heat; the couple in the apartment downstairs did.

It mostly worked out ok, but there were definitely times when I wouldn’t have minded the ability to crank up the A/C.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 11:37

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I think it’s too early to declare the end of Summer

Just Jeepin' > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 08/27/2018 at 11:40

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It is, but for me August marks the end of unreserved  optimism about the weather... although this August was at least 50% cool/wet/unhappy.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 11:44

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but driving fully naked

My under-caffeinated Monday brain had a hard time remembering the context on that one...

Just Jeepin' > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 08/27/2018 at 11:48

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Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 12:56

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< c hecks long range fore cast >

Unfortunately, it’s still going to be summer for a while. :(

Just Jeepin' > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 08/27/2018 at 13:06

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I sure hope so, considering how much of August felt like October.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Just Jeepin' 08/27/2018 at 14:35

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August, to me, has felt like melting slowly as I near the surface of the sun. I miss winter.

Just Jeepin' > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 08/27/2018 at 14:41

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If I could find a way to have snow without cold, that would be my perfect winter.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Just Jeepin' 09/21/2018 at 21:45

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I noted that I had to turn the heat on low and wear a jacket in my Miata while driving to work with the top down around 630am the other day. First day I've experienced that in a while. Plus the sunset around 1900 so it was dark another day on my way home and I had to actually use my headlights. Meanwhile the heat came back today as i was pretty sweaty on the way back from brunch. Sep-Oct are usually the hottest months of the year around here though thanks to the Santa Ana winds so soon it will be hot/windy and everything will be on fire. I look forward to mild winter Temps in the 70s but I don't look forward to daylight savings forcing me to work earlier to get some sun on the way home.