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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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 Posted - 01/12/2010 : 04:23:45
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Hi Guys
While I'm no expert on these matters.
I belive this (composite) picture pretty much sums up how hot it was here in Melbourne - Victoria - Australia, yesterday.
We drove about 160Km home, we were visiting the family over the past few days.
To make it a bit easier on ourselves, we drove home at about 8PM in the evening.
the sun was well down & the outside air temp had dropped to about 35C
That's (bitumen) road surface-tarmac whatever you call it in your country, & melted to the tyres.
Only on the two tyres nearest the edge of the road.
In Australia, that's the passenger side of the car.
Now all I have to do is try to figure out how to remove it.
My Brother in Law (joker that he is) asked if I had new bitumen retreads?
Regards Dr. Bob 
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 04:30:33
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probably gives great traction!!  we could use some of that in this constant slushy-refreezing-snow we're having.. |
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aaronharmon
Silver Member
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 04:58:58
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| Thought for sure it was going to be some fine looking Aussie honeys.... Very disappointed. |
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FunkenGrooven
Silver Member
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 05:38:46
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| Wow different place dif temp it was -22c overnight here last week, 0.5c high today (33F) |
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Pedal Dan
Silver Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 05:53:42
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| Pheeu, that't hot Dr. Bob!!! Here in Philadelphia Pa. In the US, it was 15F this morning. My old 68 Plymouth Wagon wasn't to thrilled with getting up! Oh well, these extremes help to make us enjoy a nice spring day! Cheers, Pedal Dan |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 07:05:14
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Dr. Bob,
If I knew who your premier was right now I'd give them a call and alert them that you're stealing the roads over there in Vic...
How's the bushfire situation where you are? We were lucky here in SA, only a few small grass fires which are mainly out now.
>Only on the two tyres nearest the edge of the road.
>In Australia, that's the passenger side of the car.
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That's the passenger side of the car in every country isn't it?
In countries where they drive on the right (ie most countries) The driver sits on the left of the car. Well, atleast that's the way it's been evrywhere I've driven on the right (Canada, Netherlands, Vietnam, Iran). That's why the indicators and wipers are around the wrong way for us on European cars, they don't bother changing them for the right-hand drive market... |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 09:00:05
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Shouldn't this be a 'sticky thread' ?
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hateandwar
Gold Member
Australia
524 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 09:32:14
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haha! bob, im a fellow Victorian too so i know how bad this heat is.
Yesterday i was welding at a job out side for most the day. I think it reached 43 or so.
Not fun!
...i too was expecting aussie girlys as well  |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 13:28:34
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 15:03:34
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quote:
Originally posted by sp-1
Shouldn't this be a 'sticky thread' ?
Nice one....
Dr Bob.... ....wanna swap...?.....
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Radioheading
Silver Member
United Kingdom
494 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 15:10:18
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quote:
Originally posted by sp-1
Shouldn't this be a 'sticky thread' ?
I think this is one of those "Its so bad its good" things. Weather here is lovely n cool though! Not really hot or cold, A bit slippy though  |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 17:32:49
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Wow Dr. Bob, you could tar your entire roof with that.
No wonder why road taxes are so expensive |
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2010 : 18:37:34
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Wow, I thought those temps would be hot. 35C is only 95F? Your roads shouldn't be melting at 95! And 43C is only 109.4? Y'all need to visit Phoenix in late June, early July. That's what we'd call a break in the heat.
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2010 : 07:43:07
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If you could figure out how to get some nice sharp gravel stuck in those 'Tar-Tredds', you could probably take over the Irish Export Division of my second-hand tire chain empire.
Maybe a multi-axle trailer with a few dozen 'tyres' to soak up the bitumen, then a brief run through a quarry, with a final dip in some epoxy-adhesive blend. |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
1454 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2010 : 09:32:09
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quote:
Originally posted by phostenix
Wow, I thought those temps would be hot. 35C is only 95F? Your roads shouldn't be melting at 95! And 43C is only 109.4? Y'all need to visit Phoenix in late June, early July. That's what we'd call a break in the heat.
So this is an invitation for the annual Bossarea-BBQ ?
I bring the plastic forks and knives |
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phostenix
Gold Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2010 : 15:25:02
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You'd enjoy April much more for a BBQ.
BTW, there a story like this in the Phoenix news last summer where the asphalt (what we call it here) on a private street softened in the heat like that. It was improperly mixed, IIRC. The battle went on for months between the residents & the pavers until they fixed it. |
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Now this is what I call HOT!
