01-18-2007, 02:23 PM
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[QUOTE=MNBoxster]Hi,
". . . This despite the car being garaged it's entire life and generally having spent less time in direct sunlight than many others. I don't want to have to repaint an entire panel to achieve a match."
How can your paint fade with only 2 weeks of sunshine the whole year in Minnisota?
A buddy of mine from Minnisota once told me that winters in Minnisota were 10 months long . . . and then there was 2 months worth of tough sledding.
Bn 
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01-18-2007, 08:19 PM
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[QUOTE=bnorman]
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
". . . This despite the car being garaged it's entire life and generally having spent less time in direct sunlight than many others. I don't want to have to repaint an entire panel to achieve a match."
How can your paint fade with only 2 weeks of sunshine the whole year in Minnisota?
A buddy of mine from Minnisota once told me that winters in Minnisota were 10 months long . . . and then there was 2 months worth of tough sledding.
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Hi,
 Your friend was correct, then along came global warming and that screwed us all up for the past 6 or 7 winters. Not nearly so severe as it used to be and for the most part, all the major storms of the past few winters have dropped snow all around us - seriously socked Ontario, Dakotas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, while we stayed Sunny and Dry. Avg. snowfall is off by nearly 2/3 of what it was 10-15 years ago. Snowmobile, Snow Blower, and Winter Tire retailers have been starving here the past few years.
The downside is that Spring and Fall seem to be lengthened and Summer shortened considerably. In 2006, we only had 10 days of 90° or higher temps from April through Sept. when the average used to be more like 45-50 days for that timespan. It's getting weird, people are afraid to put away their short sleeved shirts and Bermudas...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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01-18-2007, 11:07 PM
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It is getting suspiciously warm and or freaky weather all over the place these days, eh? That Al Gore may be on to something...although it's been near-record cold at night here in Cali.
Not trying to start a global-warming debate of any sort, but it really seems that we may be headed towards trouble (or knee-deep in it already).
Just another reason, among many, that I'm happy to live in the generation I do, rather than a later one.
Aimless midnight musing over...
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01-19-2007, 02:42 AM
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Update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>u
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01-19-2007, 02:43 AM
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Update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>update>>>>upda
The HAIRDRYER/DENTAL FLOSS method worked fantastically well....just waiting for the new badge to arrive.
Maybe I should of gone for 986S......
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01-19-2007, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by SD987
It is getting suspiciously warm and or freaky weather all over the place these days, eh? That Al Gore may be on to something...although it's been near-record cold at night here in Cali.
Not trying to start a global-warming debate of any sort, but it really seems that we may be headed towards trouble (or knee-deep in it already).
Just another reason, among many, that I'm happy to live in the generation I do, rather than a later one.
Aimless midnight musing over...
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Hi,
I'm not yet thoroughly convinced that it is Global Warming, but the evidence does increasingly seem to be mounting in favor of it. In any event, it sure is getting weird. Maybe Al Gore started it just to extricate himself from obscurity... 
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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01-19-2007, 08:50 AM
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el nino
global warming is killing the polar bear, ice caps melting bears can't travel for food over the ice.
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01-19-2007, 02:01 PM
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Global warming MY KEISTER!!
That's my car Wednesday night... with about 1" of ice on it. Down here in Central Texas! BRRRRRR!!!
And as a contrast, our summers have been more mild in recent years. I think in 02 or 03, we had 90 days in a row that went over 100 degrees. Last summer, I think we only broke 100 a handful of times.
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