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Samantha Hornby
Goo Roo
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Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 08:39 pm, by: Samantha Hornby (Marla_singer)

Ok when I drive in the rain or even over a puddle my feet get wet with intermittent splashes of water. I can also feel a LOT of hot air blowing on my feet when I push the pedals in (especially the clutch pedal). On a hot day it's the WORST because the entire driver's side footwell is like a sauna. My feet get so sweaty that they slip out of my thongs and off the pedals.
Any ideas? I think there must be grommets missing somewhere which are plugging up the holes behind the pedals. Also someone mentioned something about a 'firewall'? Any other manual Soarer owners having this problem?

Peter Nitschke
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Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 08:59 pm, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

Sam, the firewall is the sheet of metal between the engine bay and the cabin.

There is obviously a hole somewhere, perhaps pull the carpet back and have a look?

It's actually recommended to not wear things while driving for the exact reason you mention - slippage.

Peter Burrett
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:22 am, by: Peter Burrett (Burrett)

Samantha Hornby
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:54 am, by: Samantha Hornby (Marla_singer)

Jeez...I did it one time for a dare and suddenly it's all anyone can remember...

Kim Nguyen
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:57 am, by: Kim Nguyen (Kim)

That is hot!

hehe

Dan McColl
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 11:41 am, by: Dan McColl (Hoon)

Maurice Diggler
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Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 07:14 pm, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

So... Sam posts when she 'needs' something.

Peter Nitschke
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 02:13 am, by: Peter Nitschke (Pen)

Peter Burrett wrote on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 10:22 am:
Pen, recommended not to wear things? Are you suggesting Sam drives nude?

Damn, I make one lousy typo and it all goes wrong.

It was meant to be "thongs" as in foot wear.

Sorry about that.

Mike Triggs
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 06:49 am, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

I'd reckon nude feet are better than feet with things.. oops thongs on them.

As for the dripping, it might be a problem with the heater core.

Neil Griffiths
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 08:37 am, by: Neil Griffiths (Aussiesc)

Sam, check the grommet is still secure up the top right side of the accelerator pedal.
Because you are manual, they may have used this grommet to run boost lines etc through to the engine bay..
If you remove the right inner platic gaurd cover abouv the wheel, all will be revealed.

Dan McColl
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:20 am, by: Dan McColl (Hoon)

I think half the problem is no plastic inner guard.

Samantha Hornby
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 01:00 pm, by: Samantha Hornby (Marla_singer)

Maurice Diggler wrote on Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 07:14 pm:
So... Sam posts when she 'needs' something

Guilty

I'm sorry...I can no longer access this site at work due to the powers-that-be calling it "non work-related". And as I sit in front of a monitor for 8hrs a day at work, it's usually the last thing I feel like doing when I come home

Dan McColl wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 10:20 am:
I think half the problem is no plastic inner guard.

Thanks Neil and Dan - I think you both may be right. I guess there's not too much I can do about it then if the previous owner has done this eh. Unless I take it to someone and get the boost lines redirected...?

Dan McColl
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Monday, April 09, 2007 - 01:57 pm, by: Dan McColl (Hoon)

Or find a grommet, cut a little hole in it for the boost lines, and put it back in place.

Matthew Sharpe
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 06:55 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

Samantha Hornby wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 01:00 pm:
I'm sorry...I can no longer access this site at work due to the powers-that-be calling it "non work-related".

Don'tcha love bosses that seem to think work should resemble some kind of prison?

Thats one of the reasons why I left my previous job - they deemed that 5% of our time spent on personal email and web browsing was unacceptable and implemented nazi policies to stop it (random email checks, web auditing)

I recon all they did was increase resentment and decrease moral, which probably lead to decreased productivity rather than the 5% increase they were hoping for. Either way, I wasn't sticking around to find out, so they lost one of their senior developers at the very least.

Maurice Diggler
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 10:04 am, by: Maurice Diggler (Mau_rice)

Samantha Hornby wrote on Monday, April 09, 2007 - 01:00 pm:
Guilty I'm sorry...I can no longer access this site at work due to the powers-that-be calling it "non work-related". And as I sit in front of a monitor for 8hrs a day at work, it's usually the last thing I feel like doing when I come home :-(

It's cool, I was only about 1/4 serious.

Samantha Hornby
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 07:25 pm, by: Samantha Hornby (Marla_singer)

Matthew Sharpe wrote on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 06:55 am:
Don'tcha love bosses that seem to think work should resemble some kind of prison?

Thats one of the reasons why I left my previous job - they deemed that 5% of our time spent on personal email and web browsing was unacceptable and implemented nazi policies to stop it (random email checks, web auditing)

Total. I got a corporate wrist-slapping during my annual staff review last year. My boss had printed out an entire month's log of pages I'd visited and laid it on the desk in front of me in a "please explain" manner. As though visiting these sites made me a poor employee in need of reprimanding. Despite the fact that I've won two awards for my work with this Department and always meet deadlines.

What really grinds my gears is that staff are given a monthly web usage quota which by far exceeds the internet needs of most staff. My personal usage is a drop in the ocean compared with what we're "allowed", so what's the big fecking deal? It's not like I'm moderating a child pornography site using my Department's server.