++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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Our intercom system is haunted suddenly. The extension on the phone keeps ringing, but there's nobody at the door.

I probably freaked someone out on the street when I went to answer it the first time.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,550
13,798
126
www.anyf.ca
Our intercom system is haunted suddenly. The extension on the phone keeps ringing, but there's nobody at the door.

I probably freaked someone out on the street when I went to answer it the first time.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,550
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126
www.anyf.ca
This is getting weirder. I thought it was a coincidence that I was hearing other phones going off every now and then but I think it might be related.
 

EliteRetard

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Mar 6, 2006
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Sleep time nef.

Cold one this morning, had to use the heat in the car. It did not do much, I get home before it starts blowing hot air. :awe:

How old is your car? When was the last time you had a good service on it? Crap in the radiator/heater core can reduce it's effectiveness. Car should be warmed up in a few miles, unless below freezing (in which case you should be letting it warm up a bit before driving).
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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HEY SQUIRREL!!


Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

Nope, was at work, but it's cloudy and raining anyway so would have missed it. Every time there's suppose to be northern lights there's clouds. This time of year it's mostly just rain so summer is pretty much over now.

I did get lucky enough to catch some last year though:

 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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How old is your car? When was the last time you had a good service on it? Crap in the radiator/heater core can reduce it's effectiveness. Car should be warmed up in a few miles, unless below freezing (in which case you should be letting it warm up a bit before driving).

It's a 2004 so it's old enough, but it's normal for it to take a while for heat to start, the entire engine block has to actually get hot enough for the radiator to start circulating hot coolant. That takes a while. The engine temperature needle is pegged as low as it can display and only slightly moves up by the time I get home. On a hot summer day it will display a hotter temp, so I know it's working.

If I started my car and let it run every time it's below freezing I'd be wasting a lot of gas. :p I only do that when it's like 30 below, and even then sometimes I don't, but I really try to do it as it's not good for the car to get in and drive... then again some people will argue it's not good to let it run. My remote car starter works like crap when it's warm out so I don't use it, it just keeps activating the starter without actually starting the car and gets stuck in an infinite loop until the driver door is open, or until the battery dies. I should probably get that checked.
 

sdifox

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It's a 2004 so it's old enough, but it's normal for it to take a while for heat to start, the entire engine block has to actually get hot enough for the radiator to start circulating hot coolant. That takes a while. The engine temperature needle is pegged as low as it can display and only slightly moves up by the time I get home. On a hot summer day it will display a hotter temp, so I know it's working.

If I started my car and let it run every time it's below freezing I'd be wasting a lot of gas. :p I only do that when it's like 30 below, and even then sometimes I don't, but I really try to do it as it's not good for the car to get in and drive... then again some people will argue it's not good to let it run. My remote car starter works like crap when it's warm out so I don't use it, it just keeps activating the starter without actually starting the car and gets stuck in an infinite loop until the driver door is open, or until the battery dies. I should probably get that checked.

Ni