mirrors that go boom.

looks like i have an un-planned acura visit this week

this is for all you northern boys that complain about the snow and the cold!

 

Gg!

 

it reaches close to 100 up here in the minnesota on some really crappy days, i'm not really sure how that works but it does.

at least you get to drive with just 1 set of wheels all year haha

 

it does in a good bit of places.. but 100 degrees + 100% humidity.. = 125 on the heat index... i was in arizona when it was 107 outside.. felt like 80 degrees here..

the moisture in the air is the destroyer of all worlds here..

ps. i'd go for using winter wheels.. it prolongs the life of your nice ones

 

Damn! Cali is just hot not humid.

 

Pshhh, I still say snow and cold is worse than heat!!

 

^^^^no way dude...

Ive lived in several different climates (IL, NE, MS, TN, KY) and the southern heat+humidity takes the cake. The heat and humidity in MS is close to LA and it SUCKS...


rockstar that sucks re the mirror...can you get one from fleabay?

 

damn..its still only in the 60's up here..rainy ..miserable..thats hoooot tho,,damn..lol my rearveiw looks like that alsoi also lived in the south for many years..south florida..love the heat but..but that southern heat is something totally diffrent..brutal!!!

 

ho crap. and im complaining cause its 90 degrees over here.

Then again my dad lives on the gulf coast so I know what that summer heat feels like... not very good.

 

take the mirror off NOW!!!. it can possibaly leak and that will ruin your dash, seats, center council, all plastic in its way.

 

yo forget that....i want 100 degrees plus 100% humidity...its about to be summer in 3 days and its feels like its turning into fall...

on another note..whats with the mirror?

 

lol im in houston, a few weeks ago, i came out and it was like 105 or somthing hehehe, i couldnt go to Frys either hahhaha

 

See the quote above. The original mirrors in these cars had a tendency to start leaking the fluid for the autodim feature. The original company that made them were replacing them for free at first and then they stopped. I was lucky enough to get one before they stopped giving out the replacements.

 

the humidity in south florida is unrealllllllll

 

- IMPORTANT!!!!! Mirror issue-
if anyone gets spots on the edge or a bubble anywhere on the surface of the glass--after mirror auto dim quits working
Its going to fail in a big way!
See the `rearview mirror exploded` thread for scary stories

some dealers are doing a 50-50 pay with you for a replacement mirror- its a $150 part
go talk to the PARTS manager and then take it to glass shop for $20 install or DIY
do NOT buy a used one- its probably the old style

Put a ziplock on that thing today BEFORE you drive = no kidding
a qt or larger size bag and some tape, so the mirror is contained with seal at top

It will leave a bad substance that will make you sick all over the interior!!-IF you are lucky enough to be out of the car when it happens
Leave the moonroof cracked open to act as a heat chimney in those temps too

For all in bad high temps: a piece of window tint film on the inside of the moonroof will cut interior temps- feel the glass when its been outside for a few hours, and it stays hot while you drive~
there is no legal limit to how dark there!

A piece of reflectex material-(hardware stores sell by the linear foot)
looks like bubble wrap with mylar on both sides- slip that into moonroof and it will cut 15-20 degrees especially with the tint-
Tape a leading edge so it cant get sucked out when the roof opens vertically at back--(guess how I know)

104 ++ is average in my area pretty soon, better get the Thermoblock spacer installed so it still runs like its cold out

 

I feel you on that heat. Texas gets hot and humid too. Sucks ballz

 

took it off after the pics

i called the manufactuer to see if i could get a replacement but no luck..
oh well.. i guess i'll pay the 120 at the dealer.. i cant see behind me! lol

i cant believe there are people that want the hot weather! TAKE IT!

 

^ We'll take half of that heat in the winter...you can have half of our snow

 

Heat sucks..at least in the winter you can put on more stuff to get warm. In the heat you can only take off so much..

 

...i say this all the time...

 

when i get in my car in the afternoon... it takes about 15 seconds before i start dripping sweat.. by the time my AC cools the car off, my shirt is soaked

mirror ordered.. gonna attempt to put it on myself. it took two of us to get the old one off lol.

PS. the cold doesnt affect how you look and smell!

simple things like pumping gas leave you wiping sweat from you head and neck.. its horrible

 

you must be fat......j/k brah....:surrender

 

^

 

Ever heard of remote starters ?

 

yall aint right for that lol.

but no, no husky peeps over this way. my wife would kill me.

its just really THAT humid and muggy. the inside of my car measured 132 one day with a cooking thermometer...

remote starters are for lazy people.. why not just go outside and crank the car? lol
i dont get off at certain time everyday.. so when i leave.. i just found out im off.. it wouldnt benefit me much.

 

Ive got remote start on mine, but only use it in the winter.

And youre right, rockstar-it really is THAT humid and muggy in the "dirty south". I remember in MS on a hot summer day all you had to do was go outside and stand there for a couple of minutes and the sweat would start.

100 ambient+100% humidity=something like 200 degrees, right? (or at least it feels like it..lol)

 

^ LOL I don't think you can just add like that.........

It gets pretty hot up in the NE sometimes too. But only heat waves that last 4-5 days. It's mostly like upper 80s-mid 90s most of the time

 

Damn Rockstar that sucks. I just wish that we could even hit 70 here in RI! We haven't seen 70 since we had 3 days of mid to high 80s in April.

 

40-70 is my dream climate.

somebody find me a place like this!

 

.....

but when it gets that hot i crack my sunroof open upwards so it gets some ventilation...i hate burning my buns on the leather seats...

 

your terrible lol, looking for a fat friend maybe!

i gotta wear pants and a polo to work

i roll the windows down right when i leave but its like a hurricane of hot air for about 30 seconds lol. then the AC starts to cool down.

anyone have an idea if an aftermarket mirror will fit on the bracket.. i never used the auto dim and to keep it from messing up again i'd like to just have a regular ol' mirror.

anyone?

 

New England spring, summer and fall. It hits 100 degrees maybe once a year. If that.

 

doesnt work with my 6 speed

 

It was 98 here in south Florida today....Way to fkn hot!!!
But 65-70 is PERFECT!

 

oh but there are ways around that my friend...mine will work when I convert to M6, you bet your ass

40-70 dream climate..dont forget 0% humidity! Sign me up..

 

im late on this but best idea EVER.....



bypass the clutch without swap? dangerous tho...i had an accord with it....left it in reverse as thats where it had to be for the frame lock...somhow while at work early 6am my car turn on and starts doing circles in the lot. luckily somone runs in and tells me while the lot was still empty...no harm but damn what a foul....remote was in my pocket..somtin hit it off i guess

 

set it up so parking brake has to be applied in order for it to work. Ive got several buddies that have it on their manual vehicles

 

den how do you turn it on from your house?.... and that car is gone too

 

make sure to apply the parking brake before you get out of the car and go inside for the night?

 

Weather has been horrible down here lately. I think I am under a heat advisory for today.