Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
Yeah, I would love to have a motor vehicle at my disposal for certain things. Got by with rental cars until recently. I often could get $10/Day weekend specials from Enterprise during certain off-seasons. Now I can't seem to find a car for under $75/Day. Crazy. May end up getting a car again. I just don't use cars enough to keep them happy. I might use it every weekend for a month, then no usage for a couple of months. Cars don't dig that schedule too much.
yeah, I just had to buy a new battery. I forgot to unplug the old one and the car sat for about eight months and fully drained it a trickle a day, all day ….. Cars are fine just running for 20 minutes in the driveway every couple months otherwise.
Like yourself, when I need a car I need a car … and rentals don’t add up. Even rent-a-wreck (which we don’t have out here) is expensive nowadays. Even with the cost of insurance, owning a car makes more sense for me … so long as I unplug the dang battery.
Originally Posted by
suncruiser
I actually don't mind riding and commuting in the heat. Had to for a couple months in 17, right when the temps were between 117-122. was kinda brutal but I still made it! I'm a native to Phoenix, the heat is just kinda another aspect of here. Not reason to stable the bikes
I have done a bunch of hiking in that weather …. It wasn’t too bad. But then I used to live near Orlando, Florida, where 99 degrees and 99 percent humidity was the norm all summer. The body adapts … not to say it feels good, but the body keeps functioning.
Since you are already acclimated, you would be alright. For me, if I went back to that kind of heat, I would need a year of slowly increasing immersion before I would dare daily riding.
Hope everything works out exactly as it should.