Why my Slingshot is parked in the garage

I think I should dislike this. That temp would probably kill me.

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Yeah, that's hotter than Satan's taint. Don't blame you, man.

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My Slingshot is my daily driver so I have learned to adjust. My hottest days driving it this summer were three days in June when we hit 122. As you can see from my OP I will get to enjoy 114/115 most days this week which after those 122 days won't seem all that bad

@Ruptured Duck makes a top for that...

(So do a bunch of others, but saying the whole list doesn't sound nearly as good).

@edwardaneal, I can feel your pain, heat. I know exactly your feeling. My sling has been parked for at least six weeks. Ready for cooler weather and ES. Are you going this year? If you do will see you there.

Empathetic..couldn't ride the last 3 days due to 10 inches of rain.

I haven't riden in over two weeks it sucks!

Mine was sitting for over a week because i had to strip it down to make templates.. Need to see what the weather is gonna be like this week. Really need to ride.

HeRSling and I suffered this weekend. High Sat. was 84 and today was 85. Terrible.

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Yea - I have thought about a top (I like the Twist Dynamic canvas), but I just don't know if I would like it. one of the things I love about my SL is the total openness - at this point I have time to think about it, cooler weather is coming so if I do end up with a top it can wait. One thing for sure is that I will need to sit in one with a top before I part with any $$

That's the point of @'Ruptured Duck''s top...you can remove it in like 4 minutes so you can have that openness if the sun ain't beating down on you.

Heck, here in the Houston area, thanks to Harvey, temps the past few days have been in the 70s! Too bad my Slingshot is sitting on jackstands in my carport, in the middle of my Hahn turbo install, covered to protect the exposed components and I couldn't ride if I wanted to! Of course, with all the rain, when I go out to lower the water level in my pool, I just get soaked. We've had at least 18" rain since Friday night with more to come.

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Heck, here in the Houston area, thanks to Harvey, temps the past few days have been in the 70s! Too bad my Slingshot is sitting on jackstands in my carport, in the middle of my Hahn turbo install, covered to protect the exposed components and I couldn't ride if I wanted to! Of course, with all the rain, when I go out to lower the water level in my pool, I just get soaked. We've had at least 18" rain since Friday night with more to come.

You able to keep the water away from the house?

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I haven't riden in over two weeks it sucks!

4 weeks for me I am going thru the DT's, I am not use to this

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You able to keep the water away from the house?

Our house is pretty high above the local creek and it would take a flood over a very wide area to hit our house, but almost our entire backyard is covered by our pool and if it overflows, the water will run up against the house if it overwhelms the backyard patio drains we have. I've gone out and switched the pump to drain water from the pool at least 5 times since Friday night and also clearing pine needles from the drains and plan on repeating the process every 6 hours or so. We've had around 18-20" rain since Friday night.
We are also lucky that our house is located just a couple houses away from the local water company's pump station, so our side of the street has the highest local priority for power restoration if there's a power outage. Our neighbors across the street told us that power on our side of the street was restored in a day or so following an outage during Hurricane Ike in 2008, but their side of the street was w/o power for around 2 weeks or so. I guess we just got lucky when we bought our house. When we closed on our house in April 2009, the bridge over the creek in our community flooded, but the Harris County Flood Control folks widened the creek and the bridge has been safe since. Naturally, we hope it stays that way.

Remind me to never go to Palm Springs!

Wow. A fat guy like me wouldn't have a chance. ..

@edwardaneal, last half of Jan through first half of Feb is usually our coldest time. Usually highs in the 40s then. When I was driving to work daily I just wore a heavy coat, good gloves, and a helmet. Oh, and pants too Only time I didn't drive was our 1-2 days a year of snow or if it was raining. 40 degree rain is really cold. My rule was if it is supposed to be over 40 in the afternoon and not raining I was riding.
Now I have Ruptured Duck's top for our hot, humid days or for rainy weeks. We didn't hit 100 this year but 99 and high humidity is still very uncomfortable. And the sun beating down on you in traffic is terrible. I LOVE RD's top and everyone who sees it is impressed.