Yaris Accident: How Much To Fix?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

I don't think I could handle that heat .. which is for me harder to handle than the cold. I can handle -40C/-40F .. without too much pain (for short periods of time anyways), but anything over 86 degrees (30 C) is just too hot for me. I know I am a wimp .. but really it seldom gets much over 30C here, which I am very happy about.

The interesting thing .. is that my brother has a house in Phoenix (where it gets as hot as anywhere in the US), and my parents have a house in Palm Springs (not much better). So .. what is it. Well it is a Canadian thing .. that if you can afford it, you can actually enjoy warmer climates rather than freezing your *** off at home. I don't think that I will ever get to that state .. so for me I just hope that me and my Yaris will get thru the winter.

Personally .. the best climate I have ever seen is in Hawaii where 78F/26C is just about right. I also like southern California (Los Angeles area .. where I have found it very nice in January.)

Anyone that is tired of the heat can come for a visit .. it was 53F / 12C here today. That is definitely not hot and not cold. Just about where I like it.

Oh yea ... one final little note. Unlike all of you, I have never used the air conditioning in my Yaris. Helps with the fuel economy.

Yeah, Phoenix is the one place I can think of where the heat index is usually higher than Houston, and I find it hard to travel through there during the Summer heat and could never live there. One of my relatives lived there for almost a decade and he had to head up into the mountains on the weekends to escape the heat. In 2009 I was driving from California to Texas in July and the dust there really disrupted my already disrupted sleep schedule. I eneded up staying for a few days just so I could leave at the right time.

You're right, Palm Springs is a bit better, and I find that I can handle being there. I have a friend who lives in Rancho Mirage and has spent at least 6 months a year in that valley since 1984. He told me that the valley has become less dry re all the development and especially because of the addition of so many golf courses. When I thought about the time I've spent there over the same period (but I was young when I first went there) I'd have to say I agree with him. His wife loves it there too and some of her relatives have made that move as well.

Wow! No A/C use ever. I wonder how many of your fellow Canadian members can say that.

[nookandcrannycar]

^^^^^ I should say Phoenix is the one place where the heat index often gets higher than the Texas Urban Triangle because the heat index can in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin get as high as it does in Houston.

[edmscan]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Wow! No A/C use ever. I wonder how many of your fellow Canadian members can say that.

Well I have only had my Yaris for 4 months .. so really maybe someday it will happen. But at this point being September, I am not likely to use my AC this year. But soon I will be using the heat in my Yaris .. this is for certain.
Just a difference in perspective as we live in very different climates.