Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Auto financing (Re: Pickup trucks for city boys) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 11:28:46 +0200 Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <7upholxkct.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Mb45ovBNwewwYRf/ZoLdywOXpK8P4PkrTOUvisN6ZgIPj3+AGO X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:YrNP3B3PMRxBPFgEFmfR29gkpXQ= sha256:fVkIO6NamlEqb3jN13X98zFTSUaKce1pTTZtKGDw9ug= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72981 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23538 On 2025-09-02 07:32, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 02:21:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> At the time they talked me out of the airbag, they were optional. I >> wanted them, but the delay for getting them was long. The AC was >> optional, but I was absolutely certain I wanted it: driving with 40°C is >> not nice in a metal box. Of course, now the airbag is not optional. And >> nobody chooses no AC: the choice is actually plain AC or "climatization" >> (AC with automatic temperature control). > > I've lived most of my life north of 45 degrees. I realize many European > cities are further north but on the North American continent 40 C would be > very unusual. Cartagena is just on the Mediterranean, and the temperatures are moderated by the sea. Temps during the day in summer are around 30°C, reaching 35°C some days; and humid. But just 50Km inland and the temperatures are 5 degrees higher. And temperatures are on the rise. Not much higher, but high many days. Then a tin can hit by the sun warms up significantly. > > I think it hit 35 today and it seldom gets higher. I was reading outside > and at about 2030 I was getting a little chilly and came inside. It's a > semi-arid climate so when the sun goes down so does the temperature. It's > be about 12 tonight. 'It's a dry heat' as they say. > > When I lived back east there were times when I wished I had A/C when I had > to go south. Even if the temperature isn't extreme the humidity make you > wish you had gills. With one trip in a company van that had vinyl seats I > more or less came down with diaper rash. No fun. No... > > Other than a recall for the Toyota exploding air bag model I've never had > them deploy. A snowplow turned into my lane an totaled the car but it was > only about 20 mph and the glancing blow wasn't sufficient to trigger them. > > I think the first family car with seat belts was in '65. Seat belts just > like a race car! Considering they were only lap belts they may have been > worse than no belt. The best thing they were good for was keeping you > from sliding across the bench seat during spirited cornering. My > girlfriend knew what was coming when I told her to buckle up. > > > > > -- Cheers, Carlos.