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Originally Posted by G450X
I doubt you will be too close to Kennewick while enroute to Seattle (SE WA), but I'll pm my info in case you have trouble W of the Rockies.
We are having a strange freezing fog temp inversion at the moment - you need a good defrost or the windscreen ices over....
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The ventilation system was totally redone about a month ago. Even with the holes in the heater boxes the whole system produces an oven hot hurricane at 3-5k rpm. Way, way better then my old bug ever was, and I don't even want to think about the pathetic and useless defrosters in my air cooled bus and Vanagon!
There may be trouble if I get stuck going slow (5-15 mph) and won't push enough air, but traveling in those conditions is not in the plan.
Because this car is not exactly up to modern safety standards I'm planning on being a daylight only, fair weather driver. I have 10 days to make the trip, and even then, safety is a higher priority than getting there. I'm giving her a fighting chance, she's getting heated seats with headrests and 3pt seatbelts from a late 80's Carrera. Safety systems like brakes are getting refreshed, headlight relay and instrument light fuse are getting installed. The car already has H4 headlamps, and I'm considering red led replacement instrument lights.
She should be as safe as a 42 year old car can possibly be.
Dan