A few things about storing stuff in cars in summer. Learned from experience with 'meltable' and 'leakable' stuff. As a technician I carry lubricants, tape, CDs, floppies, squeeze bottles full of solvents, etc.
1.) The coolest place in a car is under the seat or on the floor, out of the sun, covered heavily with a towel or blanket or in a cooler such as Graywolf suggested, this will keep stuff at floor- board tempeture. Reach 'under' the car and feel the metal, cool. The lower the better, since heat rises, as you all know. (Actually a 'bottomless' cooler might be even better, I'll have to try that.) 2.) The hottest places are the dashboard, rear shelf or trunk of a dark colored car. Unless you lay it directly on the floor of the trunk and insulate it as above. 3.) Leaving the windows open even 1/4 inch (6-7mm) helps a lot. Unfortunately it also lowers security a lot on some cars. 4.) Most importantly, there is *NO* place cool enough to store Snickers or Milky Way candy bars in a car in summer. :-( Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Waller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:08 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Car Glove Box [Was Re: Pentax MV - Good or bad?] > > > "get a MINI; the glovebox has A/C." > > Yeah, so what do you do when the engine isn't running? ie - no A/C > > Kenneth Waller > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Mar 23, 2005 12:48 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Car Glove Box [Was Re: Pentax MV - Good or bad?] > > Kostas Kavoussanakis mused: > > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, frank theriault wrote: > > > > > how much they usually cost, it makes a good camera to (for instance) > > > keep in your car's glove-box, so you always have a camera with you, > > > > Even out here iun Scotland I cannot help thinking that this won't > > really work, as cars are known to overheat. But as it's not the first > > time I read this, I thought I would ask if people really do that. > > Sure - why not? Cars overheat because they're mobile greenhouses. > But the glove box isn't open to the interior of the car, so the heat > would have to get into the glovebox somehow. The door is usually > made of something that's quit a good insulator, and the interior > lining of the glovebox is generally plastic - a poor conductor. > > If you're really worried, get a MINI; the glovebox has A/C. > > > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com >
