On Fri, 06 May 2005 02:04:48 +0300, Leon >
wrote:

>On Thu, 5 May 2005 17:56:07 -0400, "Daniel J. Stern"
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 5 May 2005, Leon wrote:
>>
>>> My friend got a job in Florida (West Palm Beach) and is afraid to take
>>> his new 530 BMW with him because "it's too hot down there". He is afraid
>>> that the sun will bake out the plasticizers from the rubber trim that is
>>> designed for colder German weather. What do you suggest?
>>
>>I suggest your friend get over his prissy widdle self. If he's losing so
>>much sleep over the inevitable eventual deterioration of his pwecious BMW
>>(by rust in the North, by UV in the South), then he should sell the car
>>and obtain whatever his ignorant little brain considers better suited to
>>the sunny climate in Florida.
>
>OK, I'll let him know that he should have been richer. Right now he
>can afford to buy the car but he cannot afford to ruin it and get
>nothing for it in 4 or 5 years.

If he's moving to Florida, he doesn't have to worry about the sun
baking anything. The humidity helps to counteract that.

Now if he were in Arizona, I'd recommend getting sealcoat put on
everything, including his face.