Perfect Duluth Day: And you think YOU’RE hot?

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And you think YOU’RE hot?

My car was so hot on Saturday that it decided to clunk out in the middle of I-35, just before the downtown exit. Let me tell you, nothing says “Perfect Duluth Day” like dodging four lanes of freeway traffic (plus an on-ramp) and scaling a hill full of dry grass in the searing heat to get to the friendly M&H store for coolant.

Just blogging about it is making we sweat.

Posted by Paul Lundgren on July 16, 2006 01:16 PM | Permalink

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but if anyone can pull it off cooly it would be you

Posted by: edgeways | July 16, 2006 02:21 PM

Sweaty bloggers.
Ewwwwwww.

Back in the day, I had a 79 Dodge Diplomat that would overheat way too easily. At the time I had just moved to Mpls, and was going back to Nebraska once a month or so to visit girlfriend, family, friends, get more of my crap, etc.

A couple of times, I had to drive with the heat on while it was 95-100 degrees. This would pull enough heat away from the engine to keep the Diplomat from overheating. Ugh. I also developed a technique of speeding up over the crest of a hill, putting the car in neutral, and then shutting it off while coasting down the hill. Then I'd restart it and put it back in gear as I started up the next hill.

I know, many of you are thinking "there are no hills in Iowa." and you're right. There are slight inclines, so my technique didn't work all that often.

Posted by: clumsy | July 16, 2006 02:34 PM

*Briefly daydreams of playing Frogger with a Paul Lundgren-faced frog.*

Heh. Hehheh.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune, Paul.

*Attempts to hide his grin.*

Posted by: ironic1 | July 16, 2006 04:48 PM

Well Paul, that's a real bummer, because you missed out on a lot of beer and margaritas and beer and margaritas and taco salad and margaritas and beer.

Good times.

Sorry about the car, man.

Posted by: Mark | July 16, 2006 08:55 PM

Paul, you were having this coolant probalm back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car.

Posted by: Purple | July 17, 2006 08:54 AM

Paul, you were having this coolant problem back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car.

Posted by: Purple | July 17, 2006 08:54 AM

Paul, you were having this coolant problem back in March, when it was cold. You might want to think about a new car. Whoa, what the hell just happened there?!

Posted by: -Berv | July 18, 2006 06:52 PM

And you think YOU’RE hot?

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