Does the rear trunk really get that Hot

[LoveBunny]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

Us 986 owners can start a cooking show about the versatile Boxster. What have you cooked in the trunk of your 986.

For the 987 in 2007 the plastic coolant tank in the trunk got moved to the engine compartment, just like the Cayman.

If this means mine is a lot cooler than a pre-2007 car, I think I really lucked out by waiting to get mine because it would be a real pain not to be able to put my bag in the back trunk. I'm still going to check the temp tomorrow out of curiousity though. I borrowed a cooking thermometer from my mom and I'm going to stick it in my laptop compartment.

I did just go for a very short drive and when I got home I felt in the trunk with my hand. Under the furniture pad that I keep back there when I felt towards the engine with my hand it felt warm. My cold Red Bull I'd just bought was still cold in the bag with my other stuff though. We get such warm weather here that even a car with the engine in the front could get a pretty hot trunk in the summer.

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I have a neighbor who wants to lose weight. I told him he can ride in my truck tomorrow when I go to Greensboro ( 1 hr. one way ). We will settle this issue once and for all. I'll keep you posted.

[Tool Pants]

Better put a bowl of water in the trunk for your friend....

[LoveBunny]

I had to drive for a little over an hour this morning. I took the meat thermometer out of my purse in my house and it read 80 degrees. I stuck the needle in my bag right up next to my laptop in the trunk. When I got where I was going and took it out it read right at about 80 degrees.

I left my car parked for about three hours and left the thermometer in the trunk. Today wasn't a particularly hot day since it was overcast and getting ready to get some light rain. When I went back to my car the thermometer read 100 degrees.

I then put my bag back in the car and put the thermometer under my bag and towards the engine. I drove back to New Orleans, parked for about 15 minutes, and then drove home which took about 30 minutes. When I got home the thermometer read 100 degrees. I felt the bottom of my bag with my hand. It felt warm but not hot.

My car is a 2008.

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Excellent experiment w/ good data LB - you are so proficient and expedient it is amazing.
I bet you were good in chem or physics in school - and I really mean that as a compliment. I can't believe that you're single - you're so smart. Very useful data then guys/girls. That's pretty close to ambient I'd say, but too warm for ice cream - d_amn it. Confirmed, ice cream goes in the front trunk.

This is kind of like that TV show "Mythbusters". A show that is very interesting and informative too, also entertaining btw ..... and fun too ...... just like this forum.

Then I declare this .... "Confirmed" Ice Cream will melt in the rear trunk of a 987!

Cheers LB and great job

[LoveBunny]

Well, keep in mind that if things changed 2007 and after my data may not apply to other cars.

Amazingly I did really well in the one physics class I took in college, because science was never my thing. All of my other sciences were biology, which I bombed. I really was scared I wouldn't graduate because I had a biology class last semester. I think they gave me a D out of pity. Good thing I didn't try to become a doctor.

So maybe for a better experiment someone with a pre-2007 Boxster could put a roast in their trunk with a meat thermometer and see if it cooks or try to heat up a pizza. I'd love that Myth Busters show. That would be such a cool job.

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Hehe we really should write to mythbusters. They do shows on almost anything. Such a great, interesting show.