Dreaming of fall.......

[Ronkh]

Easy for you to say. In the winter you aren`t ONR washing vehicles in a cramped garage with a salamander heater on while it`s 18 degrees outside.

No we don`t. But we do ONR washing of vehicles in a cramped garage with salamanders running around while it`s 90+ degrees outside.

[Ronkh]

Stone crabs? Is that the bada$$ version of a Fla STD?

Only in the villages........................

But for the rest of FL, it`s special crab claws that are INCREDIBLE, and will slice up your hands like shredded wheat if not careful.

[WaxAddict]

Not sure what you guys in the north pay for heat, but a July or August electric bill down here can run me over $400. That really eats into my wax and QD funds.

[rottenII]

Not sure what you guys in the north pay for heat, but a July or August electric bill down here can run me over $400. That really eats into my wax and QD funds.

Electric bills are a killer whether U are running A/C or heat. Lucky for my area we have natural gas for heating so my ave bill I the coldest months was under $200.00. Much better than those that are stuck using propane/heating oil or electric.

[Ronkh]

Electric bills are a killer whether U are running A/C or heat. Lucky for my area we have natural gas for heating so my ave bill I the coldest months was under $200.00. Much better than those that are stuck using propane/heating oil or electric.

I have natural gas (see attached) - Lunch/dinner thread.

Too bad it`s not for heat. Most of FL uses heat pumps for heat. That gets expensive

[Izula]

I dont have garage and its been raining every week here. I really dont want so see any rain anymore im sick of it haha just started doing correction.

[House of Wax]

I couldn`t agree more. I absolutely loath the heat and humidity of summer. The months of june, july, and august can`t pass quick enough

[trashmanssd]

Not sure what you guys in the north pay for heat, but a July or August electric bill down here can run me over $400. That really eats into my wax and QD funds.

during the 4 months of rel winter I avg 500 for heating oil plus 200 for electricity on top that. if you drag it out to the other 2 months on either end of that my total heat bill is usually 3000-3500 a year.

[Accumulator]

Guess I`m gonna be the oddball here- I *like* Ohio`s four seasons, all of `em. But then, with regard to detailing, I have a climate-controlled shop. Previous one lacked A/C, learned my lesson the long, hard, hot way.

Heh heh, thinking of AZ, Accumulatorette and I spent quite a few Junes there back in the day. Yeah, it does get hot in AZ during the Summer but that lack of humidity made all the difference for us. But I can`t imagine not having A/C in the shop out there

[MiVor]

Well winter can be tough here in CNY with snow, cold and SALT, but then we don`t have poisonous snakes, fire ants and/or gaters in the yard and no tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornado`s to deal with !!!
Hmm, maybe winter ain`t so bad after all - LOL

[Ronkh]

Well winter can be tough here in CNY with snow, cold and SALT, but then we don`t have poisonous snakes, fire ants and/or gaters in the yard and no tropical storms, hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornado`s to deal with !!!
Hmm, maybe winter ain`t so bad after all - LOL

After living in Victor NY, as well as CT, NYC and VA, all I can say is that I prefer this:

[Marc08EX]

Welp, we`ve had a mild weekend with morning temps in the mid 70`s, which is such a tease, because once May starts, we`re locked into 6 months of hot. Come mid June through October, the humidity monster will make it intolerable in the garage. Yep, in the same vane of the Dreaming of spring..... thread, this old fart Floridian is dreaming of Fall. Late Fall.

Winter in (this part of) Florida is blissful. Polishing paint with a sweater on. No THAT seems very far away.

I sure do, it has already hit 101 and going up. I was in the garage adding another coat of Collinite with sweat dripping everywhere. Of course as the saying goes "It`s a dry heat".

Dave

I`ve been looking forward to fall since April started LOL! It`s been hot here like davidc said and it`s only going to get worse. I absolutely hate summers here where the lows only go down to the 90s...

Detailing May to October is very difficult especially when doing multi-stage paint correction. Working in the garage is just intolerable!

[Ronkh]

I`ve been looking forward to fall since April started LOL! It`s been hot here like davidc said and it`s only going to get worse. I absolutely hate summers here where the lows only go down to the 90s...

Detailing May to October is very difficult especially when doing multi-stage paint correction. Working in the garage is just intolerable!

It gets bad here with 90+ 90%, so I can imagine 107+........

[Ronkh]

yep. don`t miss this at all

[MiVor]

Oh c`mon....`into every life a little rain must fall` and when it gets real cold, the water just gets a little hard!