Hottest place you've driven!

[Mikebentley]

10 years ago the wife and I took a road trip in the states . Whilst in Death Valley I took this picture of the dashboard on our rental Cadillac Deville. It was a long time ago because whilst there we got talking to Rover testers with a V8 75 and an MG 260 which was a 260 bhp Rover 200.

Anyone got any examples preferably with proof!

[JakeT]

I don't have a picture of the readout but I've done the 5 through California in a Dodge caravan last year (only time I've been where I could drive) and it was consistently 100 Fahrenheit. Been through Death Valley as a passenger.

[anonymous-user]

I wonder how Cadillac ended up using Lexus/Toyota switchgear.

[Zelda Pinwheel]

Draa Valley in Morocco, 115F in a 1990 Land Rover with no A/C. 'twas a bit, erm, sweaty.

[anonymous-user]

I managed a reading of 54c whilst driving just south of Marrakech a few years ago, TV weather predicted 52c. The fan stuck on the dash of my van simply slid off in the heat. It wasn't too bad when moving but just stupid hot when out of the van getting water bottles from the shop to refill the fridge.

[wiffmaster]

Driving through Death Valley last May with the girlfriend and the highest we saw was 47°C (117°F).

As rubbish as our rented Chevrolet Cruze was, the air-con was brilliant. Left the car and walked to one viewing point up a slight gradient - maybe 200 metres walking at most - and we were pretty much dead by the time we got back to the car.

This is the only photo we got - temperature climbed another 2°C, but we forgot to take another picture:

Edited by wiffmaster on Friday 26th September 18:58

[R_U_LOCAL]

Mrs L and I were in Las Vegas a few years ago during a particularly hot August. It was consistently between 45 and 47 degrees celsius - about 113-116 farenhheit.

We left the hire car (US version of the Ford Focus with the most awful automatic gearbox I've ever experienced) outside a shopping centre for a few hours one day and on returning to it I found that I couldn't physically touch any of the controls inside the car because they were so hot. I'm not exaggerating - it was literally oven temperatures inside the car. Pretty much impossible to even breathe, thinking about it.

We had to start it up and put the aircon on full blast for ten minutes whilst we sheltered in a nearby shop.

Whilst waiting, we saw several locals getting in their cars and putting gloves on before driving off.

[ModernAndy]

The UAE or Oman, see profile pic. Not seen 60 degrees there yet but it does get into the 50's.

[Pyrolysis]

We had 58 deg c showing on our wagon when i was deployed in Iraq 2003. All we had to drink was warm water. Not a good day...

[AlexIT]

49 °C in the Mojave on a trip from Las Vegas to Needles and eventually Santa Monica.
Must check on my honeymoon pics CD if I have the proof.

[Sargeant Orange]

51.6c in Death Valley in July & weirdly it felt cooler than Palm Springs where we'd driven from.

[Baryonyx]

Probably through Washington DC en route to Shenandoah National Park. It was so hot in Washington DC that the pavements were going soft and the tarmac was melting.

[TooMany2cvs]

Death Valley was hot. Other bits of the Nevada desert were even hotter, though. (In a 2cv!)
Nearer home, 45degC in Serbia, and probably similar across Spain.

[mattcov]

In North West Queensland and with a puncture (read completely shredded tyre). What little tarmac there was on the road, the jack was slowly sinking/melting into it.

[tvrolet]

Mikebentley said:

10 years ago the wife and I took a road trip in the states . Whilst in Death Valley I took this picture of the dashboard on our rental Cadillac Deville. It was a long time ago because whilst there we got talking to Rover testers with a V8 75 and an MG 260 which was a 260 bhp Rover 200.

Anyone got any examples preferably with proof!

I'll see your 119, and raise you 124.


..also in Death Valley, but in a Corvette

[standfree93]

Back in 2006 or 2007 I was in Lac De Chalain in France and it hit 50c. Remember seeing patches of tarmac melting!

[Asterix]

Regularly have 50+ here in Dubai - 54C is the most I've seen on the car readout - in Al Ain.

[Mound Dawg]

Symbolica said:

I wonder how Cadillac ended up using Lexus/Toyota switchgear.

I was just thinking how st that dashboard looks and was going to make a joke about the American idea of a "luxury car" then you tell me that if I bought a Lexus it would have switches that cheesy?

I'll stick with my dodgy 80s Alfa and cheap Fiats thanks.

Back on topic, 42 degrees C in Ibiza for me so no prizes there.

[Fluid]

Mid 50s in Afghanistan, in vehicles with no air con, and wearing body armour and helmets.

[*Al*]

Last month whilst in the US on holiday we were near Tucson Arizona with 109F and also in Las Vegas it was consistently 100F+.