I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

**Dantheman** · 01-04-2021, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

74*?!? JHFC. I'd burst into flames and be reduced to a puddle of sweat.

Seriously. It's winter FFS.

**Boissal** · 01-04-2021, 01:18 PM

Temps never reached that summer-like level, I got things back under control. It's the same behavior you've all described when entering a cold car and cranking the heater to 11 as if it would make the car warm up faster... but applied to a house.
As far as walking around naked, I think it would be risky from a "get attacked by the cats" perspective. Ms Boissal would just raise an eyebrow and go back to whatever she's doing...

**XXX-er** · 01-05-2021, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

she already has a dishwasher

yeah but she wants an automatic dishwasher

so she can complain about how you loaded it

**riser4** · 01-05-2021, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Boissal

Temps never reached that summer-like level, I got things back under control. It's the same behavior you've all described when entering a cold car and cranking the heater to 11 as if it would make the car warm up faster... but applied to a house.
As far as walking around naked, I think it would be risky from a "get attacked by the cats" perspective. Ms Boissal would just raise an eyebrow and go back to whatever she's doing...

Those Euro types, not giving two cares about nudity.

**Bobcat Sig** · 01-05-2021, 11:24 AM

That crank-the-car-heat-to-max thing is my wife, too. All this despite all cars equipped with auto temp.

**booner** · 01-05-2021, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig

That crank-the-car-heat-to-max thing is my wife, too. All this despite all cars equipped with auto temp.

My wife LOVES the dual zone control. The vents are 4 ft apart.

**Mustonen** · 01-05-2021, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Bobcat Sig

That crank-the-car-heat-to-max thing is my wife, too. All this despite all cars equipped with auto temp.

“Do you actually want it to be 84 degrees in here? I don’t think you do.”

“YES I FUCKING DO.”

**muted** · 01-05-2021, 12:57 PM

Wives are cold and cranky getting into a car, you all might learn to leave them the fuck alone. And yes, they do want to broil for a bit before they acclimatize and turn it down. Relax.

**zion zig zag** · 01-05-2021, 01:54 PM

My wife has finally learned to dress like an Eskimo on road trips. Heated seats help too.

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**radam** · 01-05-2021, 02:08 PM

Maybe my car isn't as fancy as yours, but if I set the temp dial to the highest/hottest setting, it puts out warmer air than if I leave it in the middle. And big surprise, that warmer air helps the cabin warm up faster. But what do I know.

**Boissal** · 01-05-2021, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by radam

Maybe my car isn't as fancy as yours, but if I set the temp dial to the highest/hottest setting, it puts out warmer air than if I leave it in the middle. And big surprise, that warmer air helps the cabin warm up faster. But what do I know.

Do tell us about this magical vehicle that can generate heat with a cold engine. We're talking the first few minutes of driving here, not an hour into the trip.

Heated seats seem to improve the level of anger about cold temps a bit. I'm now trained to always turn off the seat warmer when I get in a car after Ms Boissal. The thing is on 10 months out of the year and I'm not a fan of getting my ass broiled in June...

**El Chupacabra** · 01-05-2021, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Boissal

Do tell us about this magical vehicle that can generate heat with a cold engine. We're talking the first few minutes of driving here, not an hour into the trip.

Heated seats seem to improve the level of anger about cold temps a bit. I'm now trained to always turn off the seat warmer when I get in a car after Ms Boissal. The thing is on 10 months out of the year and I'm not a fan of getting my ass broiled in June...

Don't hybrids have a heat strip type setup that generates heat electrically, not just based on engine coolant getting hot?

**Bobcat Sig** · 01-05-2021, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Boissal

Heated seats seem to improve the level of anger about cold temps a bit. I'm now trained to always turn off the seat warmer when I get in a car after Ms Boissal. The thing is on 10 months out of the year and I'm not a fan of getting my ass broiled in June...

Same. And I check the t-stat, which is usually maxed out to 80 degreeds.

Originally Posted by El Chupacabra

Don't hybrids have a heat strip type setup that generates heat electrically, not just based on engine coolant getting hot?

They do. A buddy had a Fiat 500e for a hot minute and that thing heated up faster than any car I've ridden in.

**Timberridge** · 01-05-2021, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by muted

Wives are cold and cranky getting into a car, you all might learn to leave them the fuck alone. And yes, they do want to broil for a bit before they acclimatize and turn it down. Relax.

What did women do in the days of covered wagons and carriages? It seems like the modern ones have gone soft.

**AK47bp** · 01-05-2021, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

What did women do in the days of covered wagons and carriages? It seems like the modern ones have gone soft.

They died during childbirth and stayed out of our hair

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**muted** · 01-05-2021, 03:40 PM

They had blankets and stayed warm from the horse farts.

**XXX-er** · 01-05-2021, 03:59 PM

I think I have already posted in this thread about not listening to my wife complain about being cold cuz she always complains about cold.
But the heater actualy WAS malfunctioning which was not discovered until the beginning of a 3000km winter trip much of which was at -30 C

**singlecross** · 01-05-2021, 04:13 PM

Heated vest... aka the "Titty Toaster".

**Mustonen** · 01-05-2021, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

I think I have already posted in this thread about not listening to my wife complain about being cold cuz she always complains about cold.
But the heater actualy WAS malfunctioning which was not discovered until the beginning of a 3000km winter trip much of which was at -30 C

I hope you were properly condescending about the whole thing.

**MakersTeleMark** · 01-05-2021, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

What did women do in the days of covered wagons and carriages? It seems like the modern ones have gone soft.

They stayed in the kitchen where the oven kept them warm?

**dan_pdx** · 01-05-2021, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

I think I have already posted in this thread about not listening to my wife complain about being cold cuz she always complains about cold.
But the heater actualy WAS malfunctioning which was not discovered until the beginning of a 3000km winter trip much of which was at -30 C

Gold. I can imagine doing the same thing - I'm not sure my marriage would have survived it.

**XXX-er** · 01-05-2021, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Mustonen

I hope you were properly condescending about the whole thing.

It was xmas so nothing was open, i did most of the -30 wearing cowboy boots, there was a mini weather system in the suby, the top 6 inches of the inside of the car were either fog or freezing on the inside of the windows

I don't know if one can really be properly condesending when their teeth are chattering and the toes are painfully frozen

you have probably heard me say I give thanks probably once a week that my wife kicked me out and I have gone out with a sucession of smarter women