the joy of owning a type r in the summer

kahmed87 · 9th June 2008, 21:55

jumped in the car this afternoon and burnt my hand on the gear shift the b****** sun had heated it up had to drive with a cloth over it any one else had this problem

Pumatron · 9th June 2008, 21:57

Yes, i regularly drive with a cloth over my knob.....ahem

Jack The Lad. · 9th June 2008, 22:05

Nick an oven glove from the kitchen mate.

R-2 · 9th June 2008, 22:13

i had to do the exact same thing today.

I was about to post about it but you beat me to it.
I have an Infra red thermometer at work so tomorrow i'm going to see what temp it gets to.

Dimplyred · 9th June 2008, 22:58

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Originally Posted by R-2

i had to do the exact same thing today.

I was about to post about it but you beat me to it.
I have an Infra red thermometer at work so tomorrow i'm going to see what temp it gets to.

Funnily enough same thing happened to me today

Infra-red thermometer!!!! LOL.

Will it be like science project that the kids need to write up?

HappyMan · 9th June 2008, 23:27

Same thing happened to me too - I have a sports knob in my humble 1.8 ex if you were wondering

lxf2442 · 9th June 2008, 23:28

hahaha so i guess im not the only one with the gear symbol branded onto my left palm cuz of the redhot gearshift knob.

RabidManx · 10th June 2008, 03:43

Mine was rather warm when I got in this afternoon, however as was the temp in the car....left it running for a few mins with the a/c on and it soon cooled down.....not much use if you are in a hurry though!

Perhaps leave the cloth over the gear shift whilst not in the car rather than drive with it over it??

hurricane · 10th June 2008, 06:42

That is one of the reasons that they make driving gloves.

illegalhunter · 10th June 2008, 08:08

Its oposite in the winter , hand frozen to the knob

angie4m · 10th June 2008, 08:08

I prefer to burn my hand than to have it frozen off. The wee wooly hats that you get on the innocent smoothies (near winter time) are good for putting on the gear knob. Perfect fit and they stop your hand from getting cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Looks a bit odd, but serves a purpose

angie4m · 10th June 2008, 08:09

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Originally Posted by hurricane

That is one of the reasons that they make driving gloves.

Don't even start me on them....there was one post that almost ended up in the gutter due to my choice of gloves

ctrdaveg · 10th June 2008, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumatron

Yes, i regularly drive with a cloth over my knob.....ahem

Try a boxing glove mate it stops the blisters too.

ctrdaveg · 10th June 2008, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

I prefer to burn my hand than to have it frozen off. The wee wooly hats that you get on the innocent smoothies (near winter time) are good for putting on the gear knob. Perfect fit and they stop your hand from getting cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Looks a bit odd, but serves a purpose

Have you tried an ipod sock, that does the trick and is in fashion

lloeki · 10th June 2008, 13:52

personnally, as a workaround, I turn the middle air blower towards the gear stick, and the left one towards the place where I put my hand on the wheel, let it run a bit before handling them, and wait for convection to do its work (don't even need to set tempreature low).
10~20s is usually enough to make it bearable.

hurricane · 10th June 2008, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

Don't even start me on them....there was one post that almost ended up in the gutter due to my choice of gloves

???

need more info...

moons · 10th June 2008, 14:57

Bloody hell.. you guys live in England. You don't know hot!

hurricane · 10th June 2008, 15:09

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Originally Posted by moons

Bloody hell.. you guys live in England. You don't know hot!

What about cold then? I live in Finland and it regulalry gets below -30C. That is cold!

As for hot, believe it or not we often have long summers of well over +30C, but certainly hotter than the UK!

moons · 10th June 2008, 15:15

Australia here mate, 45C+ in the shade.

uncler · 10th June 2008, 15:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

I prefer to burn my hand than to have it frozen off. The wee wooly hats that you get on the innocent smoothies (near winter time) are good for putting on the gear knob. Perfect fit and they stop your hand from getting cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Looks a bit odd, but serves a purpose

Haha! I thought I was the only one using the little Innocent wooly hat on the shift knob. Perfect in winter for ensuring hands don't freeze, although ideally I'd like to see Innocent do a little baseball cap for summer use!

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angie4m Moved on Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,772 Thanks: 17 Thanked 32 Times in 32 Posts iTrader: (0)	I prefer to burn my hand than to have it frozen off. The wee wooly hats that you get on the innocent smoothies (near winter time) are good for putting on the gear knob. Perfect fit and they stop your hand from getting cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Looks a bit odd, but serves a purpose

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lloeki Wheelnut Join Date: 17th September 2007 Location: France Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	personnally, as a workaround, I turn the middle air blower towards the gear stick, and the left one towards the place where I put my hand on the wheel, let it run a bit before handling them, and wait for convection to do its work (don't even need to set tempreature low). 10~20s is usually enough to make it bearable.

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moons Valve Cap Join Date: 10th July 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Australia here mate, 45C+ in the shade.