OK, I finally reached sunny Florida, last week. Spent the first two days driving on snow and ice. After Haines Junction, clear roads rest of the trip. Beautiful weather all the way. The Mazda Miata just humms on down the road. Where the speed limit is 70 or 75, evreyone is doing 80 to 85. Miata just purrs on down the road, keeping up with traffic.
Tried to have everything working fine before I left. Checked the well heat tapes. Taught Sky how to service the boiler, and to trouble shoot any problems. Also showed him how the zone valves worked, and how to open them in an emergency. Had new locking hubs put on the wife's Kia Sportage, and fresh oil changes, and checked all vehicles over.
Just got a call from the wife, she is in a tizzy. She rolled window down on her KIA last night, and it is stuck in the down position. She can not drive it to work that way, the temps is 45 below in North Pole this morning. She can not drive the car to the shop with the window down. Told her to check the fuses, if none are blown for her to call a tow truck to take it to the shop. Kia dealer said he was swamped and it would take a week or two before he could fix.
She commendered Sky's S-10 to go to work. She slid through two intersections. The ABS went out, and Sky does not use studded tires like she does. Told her at 45 below ABS sometimes fails, especially if vehicle is left out over night. S-10 had been left out. Suggested she go buy a new set of studded tires for the S-10, and slow down. Her Kia does not have ABS so with studded tires she should have no problems.
Suggested Sky drive my Diesel F-350 to school, since his Mitsubishi has too much torque to drive comfortably on snow and ice. He does not like driving my truck to that bastion of liberalism, I have a big picture of a wolf in the cross hairs on both doors. He says he gets hard looks, and a few nasty comments from girls at the Universaty.
Oh well, I'm enjoying the sunshine. It's in the 80s here in Tampa. My Miata and Honda are running fine. The beach is good, and enjoying my buddies grand kids.
PS: My joints don't hurt in this heat.
