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Colder'n a...
Jan. 22nd, 2003 08:43 pmwell... somethign anyway.
I have this sort of weird geeky metric. Since I have a car with a diesel engine (Golf TDI. bout 48mpg), it needs to have a pre-heater turned on in cold weather. This is shown by a little light on the dash that basically says, after you turn the key "Hang on a second, its so GODDAMNED COLD out, I need to warm up certain bits o me before i can start.)
Now, normally, this little light goes on for perhaps 4-5 seconds on a cold day.
This morning it was on for -15- seconds. I pictured this frozen popsicle in the car, staring at a dashboard thats saying, basically, "Its okay to start the engine now!"
Current temp outside: a smidge above 0. That's farenheit, btw.
Wind is WSW at at 16mph
That makes the windchill: -13degrees.
Ah LUV Boston!
I have this sort of weird geeky metric. Since I have a car with a diesel engine (Golf TDI. bout 48mpg), it needs to have a pre-heater turned on in cold weather. This is shown by a little light on the dash that basically says, after you turn the key "Hang on a second, its so GODDAMNED COLD out, I need to warm up certain bits o me before i can start.)
Now, normally, this little light goes on for perhaps 4-5 seconds on a cold day.
This morning it was on for -15- seconds. I pictured this frozen popsicle in the car, staring at a dashboard thats saying, basically, "Its okay to start the engine now!"
Current temp outside: a smidge above 0. That's farenheit, btw.
Wind is WSW at at 16mph
That makes the windchill: -13degrees.
Ah LUV Boston!
