Gulf Coast DeLoreans?

[Farrar]

Bill, maybe you should get your windows tinted. The previous owner of my car did that, and it makes a big difference. The tinted windows in my daily driver also help keep things cooler as the car sits in the sun. Protects the interior, too.

Farrar

[content22207]

During the summer months I generally drive my DeLorean after dark (hence all the courtesy lights, modified tail lights, etc). I definitely don't want the sun shining on my lenses. I'm not too keen about it shining on my fascias either, even with 2" wide eyebrow bars.

I do drive during winter daylight -- one of the advantages of living down South (no road salt).

Bill Robertson
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[Mike C.]

Mike, that would be great. Can we call it Gulf Coast DeLoreans for now? I know technically Texas is on the Gulf Coast but they already have their own club.

Thanks!
Farrar

No problem. Will have you set up shortly as GCD - Gulf Coast DeLoreans so you all can use the section to help get organized.

People from higher latitudes have no concept of direct sunlight. Southern sun is a killer. It bleaches the color out of everything it touches. It fries plastic to a crisp. It will even cause cloth to disintegrate.

Southern sun causes every bit as much damage as northern road salt (different type of damage of course, but same magnitude). Any Southern owner who doesn't use a dash mat is asking for trouble.

When I went to DC last week to retrieve my DeLorean, I accidentally left a bottle of lemonade sitting on the service truck. Four days later the sun had bleached all the artificial color out of it. It still tasted like lemonade, but the liquid was clear, not yellow. That's how powerful Southern sun is.

Bill Robertson
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Agree 100%. First purchase was a dash mat, and never looked back. You can actually see the sun has started to bleach the black mat slightly from when I first got it.

[dmc6960]

Couple key things about AC...

Yes, the sun is an absolute killer. It will pump more heat into the cabin then the AC has capacity. Add that if the car has already been sitting in the sun, EVERY interior component now has a major heat soak which will continue to radiate its heat until brought under control (very hard to do if still in the sun!). Take the sun/heat soak out of the equation, and even a crappy AC system will do a decent job cooling the car. Just two days ago Minneapolis had a record high of 103º. However my car sat in the garage until evening when I took it out to test my computer fix. That car was an icebox 5 minutes after leaving, had to turn the fan down to 2 and AC to Norm, eventually fan went down to 1. It was still over 100º outside, but the sun was very tinted behind an orange haze from the AZ wildfires. The lesson of all this, TINT. And also, I really hope DMC has some UV/IR tinting built into their new windshields. It would really be a shame to loose that opportunity during the production phase.

[Dangermouse]

Can we call it Gulf Coast DeLoreans for now? I know technically Texas is on the Gulf Coast but they already have their own club.

r

What, not the Redneck Riviera Delorean Club ?

*runs away and hides

[content22207]

Says the man from Georgia (squeal like a pig?).

Bill Robertson
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[dvonk]